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ibenick
08-14-2010, 07:14 PM
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asdf
08-15-2010, 01:28 PM
Obviously the water needs to be perfectly still and you need a very dark night.
This one looks great is it stacked?

blueeyes
08-15-2010, 02:13 PM
My kids like your picture. Sarah wants to know how long you have to expose the film to capture the star trails?

asdf
08-15-2010, 02:15 PM
well this is digital
Stars really start "moving" on anything beyond 30seconds but to get some decent trails you want to run it for at least 10min.

blueeyes
08-15-2010, 02:34 PM
Thx! She is disappointed our camera won't do that. :haha:

ibenick
08-15-2010, 03:48 PM
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asdf
08-15-2010, 04:19 PM
I like the second one better but would of used a brush to increase the exposure on the bottom third on the image to help the reflected trails pop out a bit. I really don't think you did anything wrong but the framing does not really flatter the reflections. The mountain silhouette on the lake blocked out quite a few of your trails (and hence their reflection) and the bit on the right side could have been replaced with more reflected trails. Just my .02

I have only had a go at reflecting trails once and it went pretty well for me. I spent most of the night standing 6" deep in a small pond to make sure I could take advantage of as much water as possible.

Your trails have really come a long way over the last couple of month and are looking really good.
We should get together and shoot sometime. :cool2: