Time Compression

Hopefully this type of shot is allowed on this site. This image was several star trail and moon shots taken over the Catalina Mountain Tucson, Arizona, USA. The glow behind the mountain is the moon before becoming visible above the ridge line.

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Ant Marriott

Lion

So you have layered the last shot of the moon over the star trials to stop it from trailing across the image ? Posted 10 years ago
1. Stephen Philips
  
  Lion
  
  Ant, yes but not traditionally layered it is merged by "image stack" PS. It was a series of no less than 100 images of the night sky before the moon was present (hence the glow behind the ridge line. Once the moon was in the right position I took several images at different positions and then picked the one I liked best to include in the stacked images of the stars. Once you run the stack algorithm the pixels become seamless. Hope that helps. I have a series of the moon at different positions that I was playing around with which I will include on this site but will remove it after a day or so as it is not one of my most appreciated shots. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
2. Stephen Philips
  
  Lion
  
  here is the new image if you are interested...
  
  http://www.jungledragon.com/image/29795 Posted 10 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Yes, this is allowed on the site. We'd consider it a wildlife landscape that happens to be at night. If you'd make a similar shot with a city landscape, it would be considered offtopic.

Back on topic, fantastic shot! Posted 10 years ago

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By Stephen Philips

Uploaded May 8, 2015.

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