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:iconmrparts:
Here's my second attempt and I found the North Star!

The subjects in the foreground suck since I'm practicing in my backyard. My house is the closest one LOL!

Now I have to go find a good place with a great subject and do this all again!

UPDATE: I forgot to add this to this photo:

This is actually 188 shots taken at 30 seconds each and put together with the "StarTrails" program.

It's free to everyone! You can get it here: [link]
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!teh-feckerer Jun 14, 2009
Wow great work man. Always been really into star shooting. But was jus' recently told about the Startrails program. Seems to work well for the brighter foreground.

Mind if I ask what the advantage of using Startrails is over a single shot?

';preciate the time :)
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~MrParts Jun 20, 2009  Professional Photographer
Thank you!

For me, the program keeps the foreground from becoming super bright and drowning out the stars. Besides I don't know how to do all that layering stuff in PSP.
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~YoungIvan Jun 14, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
what's the difference between many shots or a single one?
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~MrParts Jun 20, 2009  Professional Photographer
The foreground doesn't drown out the background ie; the stars.

I don't know how to do the layering stuff in PSP that I hear most people use to do this stuff.
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~steverobles Jan 25, 2009
very well done!
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~MrParts Jan 26, 2009  Professional Photographer
Thank you!
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*kcebertxela Jan 25, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
The shot itself is amazing! how long of an exposure? I do love the idea of having subjects in the foreground, it brings an element of realism to an otherwise otherworldly spectacle. Maybe next time a hot chick instead of a house, lol! ;)...jk
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~MrParts Jan 25, 2009  Professional Photographer
This is actually 188 shots taken at 30 seconds each and put together with the "StarTrails" program.

It's free to everyone! You can get it here: [link]

If I can find a hot chick to stand outside in 9 degree weather for an hour and forty five minutes, I'll have a photo for you and a new wife for me!
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*kcebertxela Jan 26, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Lol! Cool, I'll have to check out that site more, and finally find a place with lttle light pollution, unfortunately even on a clear night over here, only a handful of stars are visible.
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~MrParts Jan 27, 2009  Professional Photographer
I did this in my backyard with a parking lot nearby and all it's lights beaming all over the place.

It only uses the brightest parts of the follow photos when it stacks them on the first one. If your first photo is fairly clean, the program won't notice the difference.
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