Photo of the Day ContestForth Rail Bridge by Robbie Graham
Wednesday, 26th December 2007
Forth Rail Bridge
by Robbie Graham
For those interested in the technical details…
100 exposures overlaid with ’startrails.exe’ (pretty good little free tool). 30 seconds per exposure, ISO 400, F7.1. The exposure time was a compromise between over-exposing the bridge (it ends up looking a bit too red here) and getting enough stars exposed. I think in the depths of winter with a totally clear sky you could get a better balance.
There were clouds skidding over the sky - looks amazing in the camera preview screen when you whiz through all the images quickly! However this has watered down the stars a little. Still, for the Forth, I was surprised at the amount of stars that were visible. Given the amount of exposure time, all the trains and ships are reduced to lines of light.
100 exposures overlaid with ’startrails.exe’ (pretty good little free tool). 30 seconds per exposure, ISO 400, F7.1. The exposure time was a compromise between over-exposing the bridge (it ends up looking a bit too red here) and getting enough stars exposed. I think in the depths of winter with a totally clear sky you could get a better balance.
There were clouds skidding over the sky - looks amazing in the camera preview screen when you whiz through all the images quickly! However this has watered down the stars a little. Still, for the Forth, I was surprised at the amount of stars that were visible. Given the amount of exposure time, all the trains and ships are reduced to lines of light.
Robbie Graham
Forth Rail Bridge by Robbie Graham was Photo of the Day
on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007.
It is tagged Night, Stars, Bridges.
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11 Comments
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david Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 10:42 amstunning photo
great job
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Pauline Jones Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 10:56 amVery imaginative use of technology; a completely different way of painting the Forth Bridge.
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Goncalo Lemos Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 1:15 pmI like the composition. It is not easy to shoot star trails near cities. That technique may be the best for that instead of a single exposure of 50 minutes.
Best regards -
Anurag Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 1:52 pmapart from the technique even the composition is quiet interesting
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Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 2:00 pmExcellent note, good picture and thanks for the free tool-tip!
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Andrew Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 2:39 pmI am dizzy.. hehe
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Tom Brooklyn Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 7:37 pmVery neat how you did that. I can’t imagine how you could get the exposure any better. Cheers.
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Eileen Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 11:15 pmVery nice, what fun! EZ
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Renee Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 4:17 pmVery intersting! funny Andrew!
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Rosita Says:
December 29th, 2007 at 10:25 amWell done!! I’ve heard it takes several hours to take such a shot…maybe I will try it myself, because this looks awesome.
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Gabriel Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pmThat is REALLY, REALLY amazing
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