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Star Trails from Tunnel View



Star Trails from Tunnel View, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Driving into Yosemite on a clear November evening, I stopped at Tunnel View for this 25 minute exposure from the classic Ansel Adams view spot.

With night photos, the color depends on your white balance setting (star light is not sun light). Night photography utterly baffles auto white balance settings, so the best bet is to correct the white balance in post-processing.

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One Response to “Star Trails from Tunnel View”

  1. Photoblog 2.0: » Photoblog 2.0 Archive: » When Virtual Worlds Collide Says:
    November 22nd, 2007 at 4:30 pm

    […] aring”> Tufas, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After photographing star trails over Yosemite Valley, I headed over Tioga Pass, and stopped to photograph sunset at the Mo […]

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