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Apr 22, 2011 10:55 |  #1

Folks, The Wife and I are packing up the family and road tripping to the north rim of the Grand Canyon the first week of June. We'll spend several days there before moving on to other destinations, but I hope to get some star trails and sky shots if the weather cooperates. Sadly, there's no room to take along my scope or a tracking mount, so these will be fixed, tripod shots. On the bright side, I will have The Wife's 5DII and 50D available for use.

So, with those limitations in mind, does anyone have any recommendations/sugges​tions for shooting locations (can't miss foreground formations) or other tips? Thanks in advance!


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May 03, 2011 11:31 |  #2

Check out this gallery, there are a couple of Grand Canyon night shots from the south side in there:

http://photos.seivertf​amily.com …ion%202009/Gran​d%20Canyon (external link)


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May 03, 2011 13:30 as a reply to  @ Jeff's post |  #3

Wow, that's a lot more light on the ground than I'd expect. Thanks for the link.


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May 03, 2011 16:44 |  #4

IIRC there was about 1/2 moon lighting up the North wall.


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May 04, 2011 10:50 as a reply to  @ Jeff's post |  #5

Okay, that makes sense. Appreciate the info!


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