Dimensions: 1728 x 1152
Capture Time: 2006:11:15 21:20:16
Camera Model: EOS-1D Mark II N
Type: CR2 Image
Size: 6.9 MB
ISO speed: 640
Exposure time: 712/10 sec
Aperture: f 3.5
Focal length: 15 mm
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Place: 4 out of 319 Avg (all users): 7.2339 Avg (commenters): 8.0400 Avg (participants): 7.0641 Avg (non-participants): 7.3763 Views since voting: 3684 Views during voting: 287 Votes: 171 Comments: 34 Favorites: 10 (view)
Used a 1 million candle spotlight, lighting up the rocks by pointing the light behind me against the ground for just a few seconds and continuing with the rest of the exposure.
This image certainly suits your name to a "T" :-) If you asked me to select the best image of "planet making" from the DPC archives, this might be it... I'd love to hear some details of how this was done, specifically the lighting.
Am I allowed to just say "cool"? Cool! You obviously know why it's cool. I don't have to explain it. I guess I'll just say that beyond the obvious, I like the composition. It's in tight, a little disorienting. Love it. 8
Wow!!!!! I will definitely be checking this one out after the challenge to see what settings you used and hopefully you told something about how you got this photo. I'm in awe that you got so much beautiful light on that rock, and still showed so much detail in those stars. This is one of the best star photos I've ever seen! 10 (If you see another favorite added -- that's me :)
7 - Nice, hope it is 'real'. Two main factors holding this back for me are the bottom right corner dominates too much and the overall balance/framing - perhaps a variation may have made this even better, not sure. Difficult, but the beginnings of star trails, either 'more' or less, may also have made this even better in my opinion. Also, the sky perhaps, including the color(s), coming through just a little stronger, to give this even more impact/drama.
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