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Stargazing
Stargazing
Dudski


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-07 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Nikon
Location: Parque Cocora, Colombia. 3800 M.A.S.L
Date: Jul 18, 2007
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 15 min
Date Uploaded: Jul 28, 2007

 ... And tonight, as all other nights up at the altitude that we were staying (3800m), it was cold. In addition, it was a perfectly starry night. I had always wanted to take pictures of stars - and no amount of fatigue or cold was going to stop me.. So I set out, armed with my sweet new hat and gloves that I had bought in town, all my warm clothes, and most importantly, my bottle of ¨aguardiente¨ which I had brought up to ¨keep me warm¨. And so one 30 minute exposure later, I was already a little drunk and ready for more camera action . And so I set the shutter off with my little home made shutter presser keeper fabricated from children´s hair elastics which had been bought in Guatemala to be used as poker chips... and ran around like an idiot in order to keep warm. And so above is the fruit of my labour.

Statistics
Place: 148 out of 651
Avg (all users): 6.1387
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 6.0179
Avg (non-participants): 6.6800
Views since voting: 1057
Views during voting: 195
Votes: 137
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 09/03/2007 03:07:44 AM
Dude, I see you have some pink stuff in the top left corner! I have the same god damn problem with my D70 although my pink is worse! Do you any clue why our cameras do that? It drove me nuts when I was doing my long exposure shots in Kazakhstan!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2007 06:18:21 AM
I can't help but love this shot, the composition is amazing and the exposure is fantastic. Too bad about the noise, but I'll give it an 8.
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 08/06/2007 11:28:21 PM
it must be nice o live in a place where it gets truely dark and you can take awesome pictures like that.
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 08/06/2007 09:32:57 PM
Normally I'd hate the hemisphere of stars, but the accumulated light over the valley rescues the image. Well composed. Beautifully lit. Nicely post processed. Well done.
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 08/05/2007 12:19:25 AM
WOAH! ive been wanting to do one of these so bad but don't have the time or experience, great job. i love the clouds/fog
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 08/04/2007 09:21:06 PM
This picture is a strange one. It is like u are in a see-thru tunnel and the light is refelecting in. A very nice job of getting a picture.
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 08/04/2007 05:01:21 PM
very nice work
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 08/03/2007 07:18:09 AM
nicelydone
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 08/03/2007 12:36:00 AM
Looks like a starbow instead of a rainbow. Very nice.
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 08/02/2007 06:12:59 PM
Please tell me how you did that. I love it
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 08/01/2007 03:13:23 PM
I like it, but is it natural, from a time lapse, or are the lights added from another shot? Still, 6.
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 08/01/2007 01:04:58 PM
Great job with the stars, a very neat shot, 8
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 08/01/2007 05:43:26 AM
WOW! the best star trail on the site. I hope you do well
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