First watch, a photo from アリゾナ, West

Photographer's Note

Sunrise and stars at the Grand Canyon's Desert View Watchtower.

ISO 400, 30 seconds at f/2.8, EV=-1.0, 14mm focal length

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jemaflor (147300) 2019-10-05 23:25

Hi Mark,
Very beautiful blue hour shot just before the sunrise with all these stars in the blue night sky, interesting presentation with the golden light and this tower, well made, tfs.

drt100 (4038) 2019-10-06 0:24

A wonderful night view of this tower. I have been here a few times in daylight but not night. The sky is always rich with stars and stars and stars. I love this part of Arizona at night. Well done.

drt100 David

Energysavingelk (7834) 2019-10-06 0:48

Hello Mark!

A close connection between earth and the skies, I'm astonished that this really did work so well. Your exposure time was long resulting in the stars flattening out from points to short stripes, but the result is staggering. I'm waiting for more brilliant ideas like that!

Best regards from Rhineland, Germany
Sven

dragonslayero (3592) 2019-10-18 0:32

Hi Mark

I feel that nighttime photography is my cryptonite, so it was a nobrainer to notice this one.
Excellent sharpness of the tower. And I must say I am impressed you have avoided most of the motion drag on the stars, especially considering your 30sec. exposure. I can see some of it is more apparent at the extreme top of the photo, but considering your short focal length it is still not bad.

Thanks for sharing.

OJJ