Volcano Pics

[RichTbiscuit]

Don't think I really need to say anything tbh!

[tim-b]

cool! are they yours?

[itsnotarace]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skarpi/4505369452/

[AndWhyNot]

Truly awesome, esp the intricacies of the first.

You can tell it's a long exposure from the star trails (and how cool is that to be looking down and still get star trails!) but my guess is it was exposed on bulb to wait for the first lightning bolt. That's why there's no discernible cloud movement, as the subject lighting was instantaneous.

[strobist]Wonder what the GN of lightning is [/strobist]

[AndWhyNot]

Actually, just looking at the consistency of the star trail length from image to image, these are prob exposures of 30sec or less taken with a fast prime tele - 300mm +

Still incredible

[SFMXKR]

Fantastic shots. Incredible.

[Xaero]

Stunning shots!

[RichTbiscuit]

omg these aren't mine! I'm not taking credit for anything this awesome. They were linked on another forum!

[Simpo Two]

I thought they were fake at first, but the star trails explain how it was done, using the lightning as a Speedlight SB-10000000!

[SFMXKR]

RichTbiscuit said:

omg these aren't mine! I'm not taking credit for anything this awesome. They were linked on another forum!

Irrelevant, many thanks for posting.

[LukeBird]

Wow, incredible!

[Gemm]

Love the 3rd one.

[cottonfoo]

AndWhyNot said:

Actually, just looking at the consistency of the star trail length from image to image, these are prob exposures of 30sec or less taken with a fast prime tele - 300mm +

Still incredible

For star trails that long you're looking at around the 20 minute mark, 30 seconds is just about enough for stars to still resolve as dots.

[mybrainhurts]

That's what happens when you put the wrong fuse in.....

[Lambochick]

"I only told you to blow the bloody doors off!"

p.s. Great pics.

[AndWhyNot]

cottonfoo said:

AndWhyNot said:

Actually, just looking at the consistency of the star trail length from image to image, these are prob exposures of 30sec or less taken with a fast prime tele - 300mm +

Still incredible

For star trails that long you're looking at around the 20 minute mark, 30 seconds is just about enough for stars to still resolve as dots.

20mins using ultra wide angle maybe. You could certainly achieve trails like that within a couple of minutes (or less) using long glass. Maybe the image is cropped a bit? It's apparent from the linear rather than curved trajectory of the star trails that we're looking away from Polaris so the stars' travel is emphasised further.

For instance, first image below is 43 mins looking at Polaris at 10mm, second image is 12 mins facing opposite Polaris at 50mm. Trails in second image are much more regular than first, it's all down to focal length and direction.





Oh yeah, that second one I'm using to promote my current exhibition of long exposures

[cottonfoo]

AndWhyNot said:

20mins using ultra wide angle maybe. You could certainly achieve trails like that within a couple of minutes (or less) using long glass. Maybe the image is cropped a bit? It's apparent from the linear rather than curved trajectory of the star trails that we're looking away from Polaris so the stars' travel is emphasised further.

Yep could be cropped, I was making some assumptions there (notably that it wasn't).

235 seconds at 18mm f/11, http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/3480702641_2a5...

[RichTbiscuit]

Another one for you.

[Marty63]

Have been sent the link below, close photos of land around.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from...