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Blimey, was this a once only exposure? What do you think the straight line across the sky is?
David Dear - 12/Oct/10Report Yep, single exposure. There were a lot of shooting stars that night so it could have been one of those. However there are a couple of slight kinks in the line so it might have been a plane.
Also, many of you may recognise the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) above me.
Dan Arkle - 12/Oct/10Report Also, many of you may recognise the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) above me.
Brilliantly done, Dan. I don't always like your photos but I realy admire the way you push the limits of landscape photography. Always an inspiration!
David Dear - 12/Oct/10Report Thanks all. I levelled the bent horizon using transform in Photoshop, and lightened the bottom half a bit.
I dislike using proper fisheye correction tools as you lose loads of the field of vision, and then end up with wide angle lens distortion at the corners anyway. As an example this image http://www.flickr.com/photos/v4idas/5079572650/ has the stars moving in an egg shape rather than a circle, due to using a normal wide angle lens.
The colour is light pollution from a nearby town.
Dan Arkle - 14/Oct/10Report I dislike using proper fisheye correction tools as you lose loads of the field of vision, and then end up with wide angle lens distortion at the corners anyway. As an example this image http://www.flickr.com/photos/v4idas/5079572650/ has the stars moving in an egg shape rather than a circle, due to using a normal wide angle lens.
The colour is light pollution from a nearby town.
Thanks all.
I levelled the horizon manually, using Transform in Photoshop (and lightened the lower section slightly).
I dislike using proper distortion correction tools as they often lose lots of the field of vision, and then introduce wide angle lens distortion that makes the star trails look egg shaped.
Dan Arkle - 14/Oct/10Report I levelled the horizon manually, using Transform in Photoshop (and lightened the lower section slightly).
I dislike using proper distortion correction tools as they often lose lots of the field of vision, and then introduce wide angle lens distortion that makes the star trails look egg shaped.
Tokina 10-17mm fisheye @10mm f/3.5 ISO200