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The cameras were set up for this well before dark and we were off to do Milky Way shots. I could only rely on my iPhone compass and level to try to get the center of rotation centered in the frame in order to get round trails. (The camera was angled up to match the 38 degree latitude.) I was aimed about a degree off north but there were other tripods to my left so I settled on this composition. With the camera almost on the ground I was at least able to get the church decently in the frame.
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Technical Details
About 3 hrs of 4 min exposures, stacked in Lighten mode. Luckily not many satellite or plane trails, but a couple of the more noticeable ones cloned out. Low level LED lights on the building during the exposures. Lights inside the church added and shot at the end. Not a lot of processing to the church. Some FG burning. Cropped a little off the top as it was feeling top heavy.
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Nice work; great to have the foreground image. Did you do this a while back? Curious why the DSLR and not the R5. So, about 75 images, or did you take breaks between the 4 minute shots?
Diane, I think this is magnificent. I am in awe of all the work you did to capture this photo. The lights in the church are a great bonus and really brings it to life, rather than a plain old church. I’m curious how you added lights inside the church - was it in person or in post. It seems like you said you added them in person after shooting for 3 hours.
Thanks, @Allen_Brooks, @SandyR-B and @robertakayne! This was on a night photography workshop in Bodie about 2 weeks ago. The R5 was being used for Milky Way shots while the star trail setup was running with everyone’s spare bodies. A bummer, because the camera was almost on the ground and there is no reticulating screen and if I ever assassinate a piece of software it is going to be Canon’s Camera Connect. The lens focus ring was taped and autofocused on the distant horizon and set to manual focus. Then the camera mounted on the pre-aimed tripod head and the intervalometer set to shoot 4 minute exposures with 1 sec breaks (longer would have left gaps in the trails), starting in something like two hours. (Camera in B mode.) I knew I had about 4 hours of battery life, which would be enough. It was about 45 shots. Cameras were unattended while we hiked down the road to shoot the Milky Way at several lighted FG setups. Then afterward some of those lights were set up inside the church to get the interior lighting to composite. All the lighting setups were by the workshop leader, Paul Dileanis. (This was the second 2 am bedtime in 4 days, after a 45 minute drive to the motel.)
