Not many entries in this one, I think I am going top 50!! :P Shot from the bottom of a canyon at the confluence of the North Fork of the American River. Pretty happy with the noise with the D200 on this one. Sometimes the night shots gets really noisy.
A few levels changes selectively and a selective color with slight tweaks to blue. Most editing was sharpening and resizing in steps to get to bring out the star trails.
Hope it does well, I like the deep black foreground, probably could have gone for a few more minutes.
shot at 22 mm, for those interested.
Post challenge: Snuck into top 10! Many commented no the bridge OoF but I think it was my editing. I tried to get the stars as sharp as possible to make them brighter, but it oversharpened the bridge so I masked that out. But I think I should have have worked on it more. Thanks for the votes and comments. :)
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Most photos like these use long capture times. I like this one because its shorter. You can see the effect of declination by the length of the trails! Love it.
Great composition. First, it is quite dramatic. The red lights add the right touch, and having the center of the star movement in the photo makes it tops. The curvature of the black ground following the movement of the stars is icing on the cake. Superb!
I start all my scores off at 10 and look for things that make it not be a 10. To me, it looks like you've tried to sharpen a photo that was not quite in perfect focus. ( I know, it's star trails and they sometimes have that look.) It looks over-sharpened to me but still a very lovely photo. 8
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