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02 May 2013 Sam Rua

Mono Lake Tufa Star Trails

Mono Lake, near Lee Vining, CA

This is a stack of 61 exposures, with each individual exposure being for 60 seconds.
The total star trail time was just over an hour. The last image in the stack was with
illumination of the tufas. This was my first attempt at using the image stacking process
to create star trails. I can see trying this again because the results here are very encouraging.

I created an animation of the star trails above. This 25s video represents the same
time period as above (an hour's worth of actual star motion), looped three times:



Click on the image below for more images from my journey to the PNW:

Canon EOS 5D Mark II ,Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
tripod, remote timer cable release full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Susan Rovira19-Jun-2014 20:17
Very cool!
Sandi Whitteker26-Jul-2013 15:54
Turned out super, Sam. Can't believe I still haven't stacked mine!
Simon Chandler14-Jun-2013 16:13
What a stunning image! Excellent work. v
LynnH09-Jun-2013 23:52
This is really good! V
Jola Dziubinska27-May-2013 22:28
Fantastic effect, Sam! V.
Dallas Hyatt22-May-2013 14:21
Very cool and well executed.
Bryan Murahashi22-May-2013 05:05
Fabulous colors in the star trails all around the interesting Tufas. V
Dan Greenberg22-May-2013 04:52
I'll say the results are encouraging. This really turned out neat. A well accomplished experiment.
Sandy Rich22-May-2013 00:34
This was so worth the time and the effort. Great work.
azttttommy21-May-2013 16:53
Two or three beers to collect those images?
Carol Rollins21-May-2013 13:18
Wow. Fantastic stuff Sam!!
Guest 21-May-2013 02:48
That's superb. Best. J
janescottcumming21-May-2013 01:04
Extraordinary!!! V
Sandi Whitteker20-May-2013 21:08
Wow, Sam, it turned out great!
Guest 20-May-2013 15:42
This is an awesome image...
The eye is drawn into the center of the star trails by the concentric circles...
Gary A. Rich (GRainelev)20-May-2013 14:52
Sam, this is a fantastic image. Well done. V.
Guest 20-May-2013 12:50
I agree with Stephanie. Amazing work Sam. V
Stephanie20-May-2013 11:36
Simply amazing work Sam! My compliments to you! VVV
godro20-May-2013 10:53
Nice work!
Carol How20-May-2013 05:59
I've entered the realm of the outer limits :) superb work! V
waterfalls man20-May-2013 02:48
Beautiful Work V!1
Jean Chiasson20-May-2013 01:59
Beautiful Star Trails
composition Sam vote
Jocelyne Feizo20-May-2013 00:48
Wow!! Beautiful Sam!!
woody3420-May-2013 00:19
Fantastic creation, Sam,,, outstanding work..I love it...V
Marcia Colelli19-May-2013 21:36
Wonderful image and fantastic capture V
davidksmith19-May-2013 21:30
Sam, this is a fantastic photo with 61 exposures. Man great work.
Helen Betts19-May-2013 20:02
Fantastic image, Sam! I would say you should be more than encouraged by this process, and I look forward to seeing more results from it. V.
Char19-May-2013 19:32
How magnificent and unusual, Sam! \/
Hank Vander Velde19-May-2013 19:15
Fantastic work Sam.
SLC_Images19-May-2013 18:08
Outstanding job and very interesting image! VT!!!
Tom Munson19-May-2013 17:45
Amazing work, Sam!
Marcia Rules19-May-2013 15:15
quite a most unusual effect that you nailed Sam! High regards here!
Glenn Dean (Vatorman)19-May-2013 14:56
My jealous side has names for you :-) but -
great work Sam!
Jess. ( Lady.D.)19-May-2013 14:54
Great patience to great this fabulous shot Sam, outstanding work....
Peter Stahl19-May-2013 13:37
You found polaris perfectly. Great job Sam! :-))
globalgadabout19-May-2013 13:01
like a celestial vortex...impressive range of brightness and colours...a real tour-de-force Sam..V
Neil Marcus19-May-2013 12:09
It was worth the effort. This is other worldly.
Janet Forjan-Freedman19-May-2013 11:17
A thrill to view this outstanding work!
Blandine Mangin19-May-2013 09:54
very beautiful work ! v
Hernan E. Enriquez19-May-2013 06:37
Amazing work, Sam!
Long Bach Nguyen19-May-2013 06:27
awesome...you are truly dedicated photographer to capture this fabulous image
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