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01-DEC-2008

Belt Rising

Monument Valley has a small "Primitive Campsite" right next to the visitors centre. This was the view from our tent, I just could not refuse a night exposure of the famous Buttes as I saw Orion rising behind! I had one shot at this with only one nights stay here, but I was rewarded with my best night exposure so far. At first I was worried about the light polution (probably from the settlement of Mexican Hat), but I now feel this actually adds to the photograph, defining the horizon and lighting the cloud in the bottom left. A good idea with night exposures is to first try a 60 second exposure to check focus and composition is correct (you could hardly see the buttes in the viewfinder). I then exposed for just 17 minutes (was supposed to be 15 but I forgot!) to keep Orion recognisable, rather than an hour and have just concentric arcs.

Canon EOS 1DS Mark III ,24-105mm f4 L IS
1034s f/5.6 at 85.0mm iso200 full exif

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Zane Paxton13-Jan-2009 07:53
Great image Rich!
Bill Paige06-Dec-2008 22:08
Awesome
Guest 06-Dec-2008 05:45
Great work, Rich. Beautiful time lapse. well done. v
Sandi Whitteker06-Dec-2008 05:11
Fabulous capture Rich! Seventeen minutes was probably a happy accident, since the start tracks seem perfect! Just a great shot Rich!! Worth roughing it.
Bryan Murahashi06-Dec-2008 05:02
Very nice scene for this star trail capture.
Jason Merlo06-Dec-2008 04:20
nice job. v
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