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©2008-2009 ~Adoniram
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Didn't quite time this out right, the tree doesn't have full light on it, which is kind of a bummer. I'll go back and give it another shot.

This was done with an Orion tracking head. The basic process is that you eliminate the motion of the earth to get a good exposure of the stars (the same way huge astronomy scopes work) and then disable the tracking system so that you can expose the rest of the scene in full light. Or vice versa (in this case, the latter; first half of the exposure was made at dusk, second half was made at about 1130 pm).

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:iconjonashek:
I found beautyful colours of autumn on your picture! Nice!
:iconsrsmith:
Did you stay in that spot with the camera between exposures, or leave and come back? I'm guessing the former, as getting the two shots to register that well without leaving the setup intact would be a bit hairy.

It's a great result though - I'm not sure that I've seen anything like that before.

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:iconlakemans:
shot by moonlght Im guessing...?

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:iconmicdt:
amazing technique.

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:iconadoniram:
No, not exactly. If you were to shoot in twilight or moonlight, the stars would cause motion trails across the sky (which is lovely in its own right). In order to do this particular technique, you either must make one very long exposure, using a special tripod head, or two exposures, one early with a "normal" tripod, and one late (or vice versa) with a tracking head.
:iconadoniram:
Had to stay in the same spot. Matching back slates is virtually impossible outside of the studio. No, it is impossible. Too many variables on location.

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