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Teakettle Trails
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Challenge: Duotones II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
Location: Death Valley National Park, CA
Date: Feb 18, 2006
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2817 seconds
Galleries: Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2006

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Avg (commenters): 6.9375
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/01/2006 12:37:19 AM
This is a star trails photo taken at Teakettle Junction, Death Valley, CA. It is approximately a 45 minute exposure with the North Star at the center of the trails. As the Earth rotates, the stars appear to rotate around the North Star.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 02/28/2006 11:29:50 PM
Interested to hear about this.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 02/28/2006 02:48:43 PM
This shot is fantastic, a little distracting but brilliant. I'm very new to photography, how did you achieve this effect?
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Nikon D3
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 02/28/2006 01:18:06 PM
how was this done?
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/27/2006 09:32:45 PM
I am interested to know how you achieved ths visual effect in the sky. Very interesting and creative,
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 02/27/2006 03:29:22 PM
How did you do this?
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 02/26/2006 05:18:32 PM
Nice shot.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 02/26/2006 02:14:19 PM
Very nice effect on what I think is the north star and a long exposure?
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 02/25/2006 09:13:25 PM
Great shot! I would be very interested to know the details on how you shot this. I would love to do some similar shots.
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Pentax K7
Pentax FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited AF
 02/24/2006 06:40:13 PM
I enormously approve of star trail photos. Good work, this one's very clean.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/24/2006 07:35:18 AM
Wow, this photo was well executed by aiming the camera directly at the North Star and using the mountain as your foreground. Being a little more aggresive with the Levels would have made the image pop quite a bit more. That said, your sucessful planning and execution of such a long exposure deserves a high score.
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Nikon D70
 02/23/2006 08:33:05 PM
Nice job
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Kodak Z650
 02/23/2006 03:28:04 PM
IS THIS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF BASIC EDITING? I'LL GIVE YOU A THREE 'CAUSE I LIKE IT, BUT, I THINK ITS OUTSIDE THE BOX!
Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon
 02/23/2006 11:44:22 AM
Very Cool! How long was your exposure?
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 02/23/2006 02:23:45 AM
I'm verry curious how you did this. Are those stars? Too bad'there's nothing on the hill. But I like it
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 02/23/2006 01:08:41 AM
How did you do that?! What are "teakettle trails"? Fascinating compositon. I like it. Kind of reminds me of a modern version Van Gogh's Starry, Starry Night. 7
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/22/2006 10:50:27 PM
Very interesting. It'll be interesting to see how you accomplished this, after the challenge. 8
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 02/22/2006 01:47:01 PM
crazy science way up north!?
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