Look closely, he just used a big flash in the photo without star trails. :-) Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a little controversy that popped up on the DP Review Pentax > forum a few weeks back regarding the Pentax Photo Gallery. Two photos > from the same photographer: > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/home#section=ARTIST&subSection=2245441&subSubSection=3826178&language=EN > EXIF says the exposure time was 31 min and 29 sec and it certainly > looks that way from the star trails. > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/home#section=ARTIST&subSection=2245441&subSubSection=3190723&language=EN > EXIF indicates an exposure time of 16 min and 38 sec, half the time of > the first shot but the star trails aren't half as long, they're > non-existent! Also, there's no dimming or diffusion of the stars close > to the horizon from passing through more atmosphere and low-level > airborne dust like the first photo: The stars are clear and bright all > the way down to the horizon. Almost as if the sky was pasted in from > another photo... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
