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One Night starring at Mauna Kea (13,796ft), on the Big Island of Hawaii.Time Lapse Movie
Taken from Mauna Loa on 8/18/08
Nikon D200
20mm f/2.8
ISO 400
30/1s X 900
Pclix LT100
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This made me smile it's that beautiful 
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Hi, first let me say that I am extremely impressed by your photo. And I myself would like to start with astro photography, do you have a few beginner tips to give?
I use a Canon 40D with a 17-85mm lens now, but I'm not satisfied with the result.
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900 fucking exposures mate? i was doing 100 this evening and my fingers were half dead at minus 11 degree. you are insane but the result is brilliant
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I use an intervalometer, I don't do it by hand!
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ah ok, im looking forward to buy such a thing too. thx
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This photo is one of my favorite photos EVER!
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wow... stunning.. how long was the exposure ...
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This is absolutely brilliant. I want to know how to do this....
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this image has been featured in "Letter N - Night", and can be found here: [link]
Hope you like it
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Wow... An spectacular shot. Love it! I used to live in Hilo and would trek up to the Saddle and usually up to Mauna Kea at night just to poke around and enjoy the view. Brings back nice memories...
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You appear to have perfectly pointed Earth's rotational axis.
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The different colors of the stars are amazing. Stunning picture.
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Fantastic. I also liked to see the time lapse movie.
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Interesting. What kind of ND did you use in order not to overexpose the image.
Other than that, very impressive, I haven't seen longer startrails anywhere else.
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This is really incredible! The time lapse video was really cool, too.
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i just love it man!
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Absolutely stunning. I don't think I've ever seen an image with longer star trails; kudos. As far as your settings, I was wondering if you used any noise reduction per shot, or if it's just straight out-of-the camera RAW files? Also, ten hours of shooting is pretty absurd -- did you somehow wire a contraption to give your camera consistent power, or did the battery grip last this long?
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First off, thank you.
I shoot Jpg for several reasons. In order to keep the signal to noise ratio reasonable I don't take one long exposure, however, many much shorter exposures. This photo was compiled from about 950 concurrent exposures. With that many images it would be very difficult dealing with RAW; ending up around 8gb. Additionally, the camera must be able to save the image before the intervalometer takes the next shot. As it was, my interval was too long; looking at the full resolution, one can see gaps in the star trail.
Noise reduction isnβt necessary. When compiling the images in Photoshop, the noise actually overlaps and cancels itself. Basically I stack them together using the βlightenβ option. The result ends up looking better than ISO 100, in my opinion.
As for power, I use the Nikon EH-6 AC Adapter (for the D200), connected to a portable large battery, like (not my model) [link] . I keep the battery grip in as a backup.
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Dude, thank you for the extremely thoughtful reply. I'd always wondered, specifically, about the battery usage of an extremely long set of shots.
While I'm entirely aware of how to stack images, I didn't realize the noise would cancel out naturally with the blending option. Did you bother using any dark frames? Either way, stunning shot.
Thanks again. Much appreciated.
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