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Down in the Valley

Down in the Valley, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Taken from old Inspiration Point, this image uses a layer mask and gradient to combine a brighter foreground image with a stacked set of captures exposed for the sky and stars.

[All captures Nikon D200, 10.5mm digital fisheye, ISO 100, tripod mounted. Foreground: About eight minutes at f/2.8. Sky: eight captures each at four minutes and f/4.0, combined using the Statistics script in Photoshop CS3 Extended with the mode set to Maximum.]

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2 Responses to “Down in the Valley”

  1. Photoblog 2.0: » Photoblog 2.0 Archive: » Stacking Star Trails: Tips & Techniques Says:
    October 30th, 2008 at 11:35 am

    [...] Taken from old Inspiration Point, this image uses a layer mask and gradient to combine a brighter foreground image with a stacked set of captures exposed for the sky and stars….Down in the Valley [...]

  2. Stacking Star Trails | Photoblog 2.0 Says:
    August 12th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    [...] Taken from old Inspiration Point, this image uses a layer mask and gradient to combine a brighter foreground image with a stacked set of captures exposed for the sky and stars….Down in the Valley [...]

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