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Matterhorn star trails

Postby tommyg on Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:35 am

OK, so this is a quick first attempt at star trails from our recent trip...

Matterhorn during the night...

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Any C&C appreciated, nothing done as yet except blending the images together

62 Images, F4, 30 Seconds, ISO 400 at 70mm
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Re: Matterhorn star trails

Postby aim54x on Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:30 pm

Very nice work, love the trails. I do think it would be very nice if the rock is a bit more exposed (maybe some photochop is called for)
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Re: Matterhorn star trails

Postby surenj on Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:42 pm

aim54x wrote:very nice if the rock is a bit more exposed (maybe some photochop is called for)

Would be easy if he made a longer (say on bulb) exposure for the rocks. Otherwise photochop will struggle to find detail on the underexposed areas.
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Re: Matterhorn star trails

Postby colin_12 on Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:07 pm

Nice Tom,
Did you do more images or was the 1/2 to one hour all you managed?
Nice subject also :up:
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Re: Matterhorn star trails

Postby tommyg on Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:01 pm

colin_12 wrote:Nice Tom,
Did you do more images or was the 1/2 to one hour all you managed?
Nice subject also :up:


We were staying in a hotel ata place named Gornergrat - at 3100 metres above sea level - taken from through the window of the room .. since it was -4 celsius during the day - I was glad to be able to stay in the room .. although having the window open all night wasn't that good!

I have around 5 hours worth I think over the course of the night - this was a 30 odd minute test somewhere in the middle of it all, I think I also have another photo with the same image but longer exposore, so might be able to mix the 'rock' from that into this one. Will put it up when done
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Re: Matterhorn star trails

Postby Chica on Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:15 pm

Side note... the things we do for photography.... sleeping in the highest hotel in the Swiss Alps with the window open!!! :-) All worth it though!
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