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Submitted: September 4, 2012
Image Size: 1.2 MB
Resolution: 1800×1200

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Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter Speed:300/1 second
Aperture:F/4.5
Focal Length:17 mm
ISO Speed:400
Date Taken:Aug 13, 2011, 12:02:31 AM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh
Sensor Size:11mm

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Star Trails at Maryhill Stonehengeby ~djniks97

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Weather and Sky

The Maryhill Stonehenge is a full-size, astronomically-aligned replica of the original Stonehenge in the UK. It was dedicated as a memorial to those that died in World War I.

This image was created by stacking thirty nine photographs (about 3 hours 15 minutes of shooting) shot after midnight. The centre of the circles is the North Pole Star. If you look (very, very) closely, you can even see a couple of Perseids meteors.

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f/4.5 | 300 sec | ISO 400

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I shot 39 RAW images and converted them into JPG using Lightroom. Then I used a program called StarStaX (Windows users can use Startrails.exe) to stack the 39 JPG images. Finally, I opened the stacked image in Photoshop and touched it up.}

~amordragon Nov 17, 2012 Student Photographer

Wonderful job! Thank you for the useful info as well.

~djniks97 Nov 18, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

You're welcome!

*Dieffi Sep 19, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I have featured this wonderful shot in my collection of awesome landscapes![link]
Thanks for sharing!
I hope you will enjoy and agree!

~djniks97 Sep 19, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Incredible selection, thank you so much!

*Dieffi Sep 20, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

My pleasure and thanks!

*tacosteev Sep 18, 2012 Hobbyist

This is amazing work!

~AKsPhotography Sep 7, 2012 Professional Photographer

nice

~greenspoon Sep 6, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Awesome & Beautiful!

~Domin-hater Sep 6, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I've never tried this kind of photography so maybe I'm asking a dumb question. But why did you make 39 photo's and stack them together instead of using the bulb mode for 3 hours and 15 minutes?

~djniks97 Sep 9, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Because I don't want to risk burning my camera's sensor from exposing for so long.

Plus it allows for more creative options, like having a model in the pic, etc.

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