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In the dark of a blue night
In the dark of a blue night
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Night Sky (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Location: North Fork American River
Date: Jun 3, 2008
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 466 sec
Galleries: Astrophotography, History
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2008

 Not many entries in this one, I think I am going top 50!! :P Shot from the bottom of a canyon at the confluence of the North Fork of the American River. Pretty happy with the noise with the D200 on this one. Sometimes the night shots gets really noisy.
A few levels changes selectively and a selective color with slight tweaks to blue. Most editing was sharpening and resizing in steps to get to bring out the star trails.
Hope it does well, I like the deep black foreground, probably could have gone for a few more minutes.
shot at 22 mm, for those interested.
Post challenge: Snuck into top 10! Many commented no the bridge OoF but I think it was my editing. I tried to get the stars as sharp as possible to make them brighter, but it oversharpened the bridge so I masked that out. But I think I should have have worked on it more. Thanks for the votes and comments. :)

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 46
Avg (all users): 6.8653
Avg (commenters): 7.6129
Avg (participants): 6.6154
Avg (non-participants): 6.8827
Views since voting: 2504
Views during voting: 781
Votes: 401
Comments: 34
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 06/11/2008 10:13:30 AM
Loved this, Joe. It was my only 10. Congrats on top 10!
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 06/11/2008 01:30:15 AM
Congrats on a 1st page finish. Real unique shot & the composition is wonderful
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/10/2008 10:00:19 AM
Wonderful job on the star trails! 10
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 06/10/2008 05:23:18 AM
Love how black you have got the foreground, and the stars are amazing.

Good luck

Kev
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 06/09/2008 10:00:43 PM
Amazing star trails! The sharpness of the foreground contrasts well with the circular motion of the sky.

I'd like to learn how you set up this shot.
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 06/09/2008 04:52:10 AM
The inclusion of the bridge had made this photo unique as compared with the rest....hence, a great foreground
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 06/08/2008 04:12:00 PM
One of the better ones, absolutely delightful, a pleasure to look at, very well done. 7.
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 06/07/2008 07:15:56 PM
Most photos like these use long capture times. I like this one because its shorter. You can see the effect of declination by the length of the trails! Love it.
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 06/06/2008 11:31:28 PM
I have seen several similar photos, but the bridge backdrop really makes this shot...very nice.
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 06/06/2008 06:05:06 PM
fantastic,love the bridge the trees everything well done
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 06/06/2008 01:47:00 PM
beautiful.
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 06/06/2008 02:51:26 AM
excellent composition!
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 06/06/2008 02:11:55 AM
Great image. The use of the wide angle with the star trails gives the image a sense of motion, if not dizziness.
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 06/05/2008 09:37:21 PM
this is a pretty, well balanced pic. I like the fading into night part
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 06/05/2008 08:44:40 PM
One of my top picks, I just love it!
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 06/05/2008 07:02:23 PM
love the blur of the stars. this is a great one!
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 06/05/2008 03:54:07 PM
Wow a terrible tension is revealed between the static bridge and the dynamic sky, but it kind of makes me dizzy.
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 06/05/2008 01:17:53 PM
This is interesting. I can't tell if it is oof or not...see the bridge line.

The bridge isn't moving and yet there seems to be a hint of motion there.

For me, the red lights are what I see first, but as they are part of the structure, not much you could do about them.
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 06/05/2008 09:35:11 AM
Striking sense of movement here.
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 06/05/2008 09:19:56 AM
Great composition. First, it is quite dramatic. The red lights add the right touch, and having the center of the star movement in the photo makes it tops. The curvature of the black ground following the movement of the stars is icing on the cake. Superb!
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 06/04/2008 10:01:05 PM
Woo! Nice!
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 06/04/2008 08:05:07 PM
Interesting foreground.
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 06/04/2008 06:27:23 PM
I start all my scores off at 10 and look for things that make it not be a 10. To me, it looks like you've tried to sharpen a photo that was not quite in perfect focus. ( I know, it's star trails and they sometimes have that look.) It looks over-sharpened to me but still a very lovely photo. 8
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 06/04/2008 04:21:00 PM
My favorite in this challenge, excellent work!
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 06/04/2008 01:32:56 PM
I always enjoy long exp
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 06/04/2008 07:58:07 AM
I like how the north star is in the frame.
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 06/04/2008 07:48:34 AM
great shot, but the sharpening makes the bridge look slightly out of focus
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 06/04/2008 05:52:28 AM
Though it seems to be a bit blurred, this is the best composition for me. Congrats.
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 06/04/2008 04:53:41 AM
love this use of a long exposure to show our movement
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 06/04/2008 03:35:08 AM
Cool look to the stars, the red lights add that extra touch. I wish the bridge were more focused.
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 06/04/2008 01:40:51 AM
Very well done.
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 06/04/2008 01:02:03 AM
The focus on the bridge is sligtly off. Besides that great pic...Good luck
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 06/04/2008 12:34:26 AM
another one...a good one though
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 06/04/2008 12:09:06 AM
THIS WILL BE POPULAR AND DESERVES TO BE IN TOP 3 ... 9
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