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Cougar548
24th of August 2009 (Mon), 19:15
So can anyone guess where this shot was taken? Well if you haven't been to Hilton Head then you probably have never seen the Harbour Town lighthouse. I must say, I had been planning this shot for the longest time and considering this is the first star trails shot I ever did, I am glad that it turned out as good as it did. A couple things I learned, I needed a wider angle but then I wouldn't have been able to frame the picture the way I did. I also have to think about the moon in my shot next time. I was only able to do 120 frames (30 seconds) because the moon started to creep in on the left. Most importanly... next time I need to bring something to do! I got so bored just sitting there. Oh well, there is always next time.

So after much ado, here's the photo!

http://www.oglesbay.com/images/Lighthouse.jpg
http://photos.oglesbay.com/Family/Hilton-Head-2009/9395343_2eyDb/1/629287075_KWXcg
Celestron
24th of August 2009 (Mon), 22:23
No Picture.............
Cougar548
24th of August 2009 (Mon), 22:59
No Picture.............

Weird... I could see it on mine.

I changed it to a link, can you see it now?
GoneTomorrow
24th of August 2009 (Mon), 23:03
Can't see it either.
joestacey06
24th of August 2009 (Mon), 23:33
Link works for me.

BTW, nice pic!
canonnoob
24th of August 2009 (Mon), 23:39
linky no worky
siddr20
25th of August 2009 (Tue), 01:58
Link doesnt work.
Adrena1in
25th of August 2009 (Tue), 03:17
Try this link everyone.

http://photos.oglesbay.com/629287075_KWXcg-L.jpg

Nice photo.
siddr20
25th of August 2009 (Tue), 09:48
same thing.. just blank page..

Just upload it to photobucket and you wont have any problems :)
cspratt
25th of August 2009 (Tue), 13:05
Nothing here.
Cougar548
25th of August 2009 (Tue), 13:09
I think I at least got the link working now.... Shesh! Talk about letting all of the air out of your sails!
GoneTomorrow
25th of August 2009 (Tue), 14:11
Now I can see it. Looks good. What was the process (number and length of exposure(s))?
Jethro790
25th of August 2009 (Tue), 15:00
Awesome! I need to try stacking for my next star trail shot, my long exposures are just too noisy.
Cougar548
25th of August 2009 (Tue), 18:03
What was the process (number and length of exposure(s))?

Thanks everyone for your compliments. I'm gonna have to figure out why the file wasn't showing up initially... Anywho, here's the info:

F4
ISO 200
120 30 sec exposure (1 hour)

I tweaked the files a bit in Lightroom and then put it through Startrails