Starry sky over the swamp
An amazing starry sky can be seen over the swamp during a crystal clear night.
Swamps are an ideal place to take shots like this one because in the remotest no artificial lighting is present.
As I was standing there, I only saw a dark black sky with stars and the moon, but no colours.
I guess, the colours became visible due to the very long shutter speed that I used.
I am also impressed by the large number of stars that are visible in my picture (looks much more than it was in reality).
Location : Brackvenn (National Park ‘Hohes Venn’, Belgium)
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The making of :
First, I made a ‘normal’ shot of this scene that resulted in a well exposed moon.
Then I shot the same scene several times again with a different shutter speed (5, 8, 10 and 12 minutes)
To my taste, the starry sky was best exposed in the 10 minutes shot, but the moon of course was totally over-exposed.
I replaced that over-exposed moon by the correct exposed moon of my first shot.
The result is what you see and no further manipulation took place.
(all shots were made on ISO100 to reduce noise as much as possible)
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When the job was finished, it was dark as hell and I still had to go a long way home out of the swamp.....
B.K-K 17. August 2017, 18:49
sehr eindrucksvoll, wenn man die Lupe bemüht - schön auch, daß der Mond noch mit ins Bild genommen wurde - :-)))LG Brigitte
rolvin 4. Februar 2017, 19:37
This is the only way to get the moon into the picture. But I do not quite understand why you have been exposed for so long.Unless it was your intention to capture the stars movement.
Looks very good in any case! ;)
Roland
odeveld219 25. Oktober 2013, 20:45
Een bijzonder sfeerrijke nachtopname!!!!!!!!!!!! De sterrensporen zijn schitterend!!Mvg, Odeveld
Nordeifeler 15. Oktober 2013, 22:53
Eine wunderschöne Nachtaufnahme Mark..Gefällt mir bestens...Grüße Kai..
BRYAN CRUTE 12. Oktober 2013, 17:21
A stunning visual treat, what a sight this must have beingRegards
Bryan
Gaby Falkenberg 11. Oktober 2013, 12:16
Wow,sehr faszinirend,die Mühe hat sich gelohnt.
LG.Gaby
Mohr Wilfried 11. Oktober 2013, 9:33
Grandios.Gruß Wilfried
carinart 9. Oktober 2013, 20:28
Eine traumhafte Aufnahme ist das!L.G. Karin
troedeljahn 9. Oktober 2013, 19:38
Grandios. Eine Hammer Bild.VG Wolfgang
Inge Stüwe 9. Oktober 2013, 7:50
Romantik pur, eine herrliche Aufnahme!!Gratulation!
Liebe Grüße
Inge
Adele D. Oliver 9. Oktober 2013, 1:59
really amazing .... the millions of stars, the colours, the clear moon .... your time and work truly paid off - a magnificent capture and mood !!!greetings, Adele
Wolfgang Bazer 8. Oktober 2013, 23:48
Your photo is amazingly well done, and your way home when the job was finished is part of our wonderful hobby, which leads us sometimes to some adventures...Cheers Wolfgang
† Ushie Farkas 8. Oktober 2013, 23:10
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Grüße
Vera Shulga 8. Oktober 2013, 21:52
Starry photo!Great work!
Regards, Vera
Lawson McCulloch 8. Oktober 2013, 20:22
I don't think I have ever seen such a sky as this, so full of these beautiful stars.best wishes,
Lawson