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Challenge: Night Sky II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Date: Jun 11, 2013
Aperture: 1.4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 20
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2013

[Jun. 12th, 2013 08:02:49 AM]

The night before rollover, I went out and shot the big diaper. It was boring, but there were only 15 entries at the time, so why not?

But then the next morning in the shower I got this idea to make it a more fun shot. I would leave the tripod alone for most of the exposure, then near the end turn it to create streaks. Since the dipper stars are the brightest, those would be the ones that would show curved streaks.

I got really lucky that the clouds of the afternoon started to clear out for the evening, and left me alone just long enough in the hour before rollover. So I attempted this thought, and after a few tries, I got the streaks I wanted.

My wife was impressed, which usually means good things for my score. Of course, with only 24 total entries, I could probably score a 5.4 and still get in the top ten :)

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Nikon D500
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 06/18/2013 09:17:07 AM
Very nice shot.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 06/18/2013 09:11:33 AM
I don't really understand the title to this shot..
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Nikon D800
Lomography Petzval 85mm F2.2 MF
 06/18/2013 04:56:11 AM
I'm curious to know how you only got those big dipper stars to streak like that--nice shot!
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 06/13/2013 03:02:31 PM
love the title, lol
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Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G
06/13/2013 10:15:56 AM
I don't know how you did it but I ilke it.
Well done.
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Sony Alpha a1
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 06/12/2013 06:22:13 AM
The curved streaks keep this from being too static.
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