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Posted By Ash [Profile] [Gallery] Original Filesize 142.0 KB
Category Night Scene Original Dimensions 920 x 616
Date Posted 08-08-2008 01:40 PM Number Of Views 427
Average Rating 4.50 Number Of Comments 7
Title Country stars
Description Evening falling on the outskirts of Toowoomba, a growing regional town of Australia, looking out over old farmland, soon to be taken over by new residential developments.
The land was opportunistically illuminated by 3 cars' lights sweeping over the landscape by turning into the road parallel from a nearby T intersection.

Captured by the DA 16-45 at f/5.6 ISO 200 for 40 minutes
Camera K10D
Lens DA 16-45
Location Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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Image 03-25-2009 01:05 PM
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One supposes the circular white flecks are stars: why are they circular and not longitudinal?

An excellent picture; even the car headlights have not provoked flare.
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One supposes the circular white flecks are stars: why are they circular and not longitudinal?

An excellent picture; even the car headlights have not provoked flare.
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Thanks for the comment.

The circular pattern occurs due to the orientation of the camera to the south. I'm no astrophysicist, so I can't explain it well, though I understand the stars rotate around a southern pole, hence forming a circular pattern.
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Nice job on star trails.
And lucky for the headlights for foreground exposure.

Cheers. Mike.
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cool shot. a longer exposure would probably result in even more spectacular trails.


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