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celestial guide WC446
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celestial guide WC446

by Stuart Williams

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted August 25, 2010773 views5 comments
the stars. in particular the south and north poles and their circumpolar stars - here's the celestial south pole. that's the southern cross in the top right corner! i thought this fitted the challenge rather well!!

thanks for looking; your guiding thoughts are welcome.

500c/m, 50mm, cable release, 5 hours or so of exposure, delta 100 b&w film.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on August 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM
It's a perfect fit for the challenge, and a very interesting shot. Almost like the surface of a record . . . at least, that's what I think those things used to look like. Pretty cool shot.
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Comment posted by Stan Rose on August 26, 2010 at 1:42 PM
It does look like the surface of one of my old Lps....weird but nice. :razz:
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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on August 27, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Wow! great capture.
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Comment posted by Buck Ward on August 27, 2010 at 5:23 PM
That's one heck of a star trail picture! As for the theme, this leaves no doubt about the direction to south, I would have guessed that was the north star if you hadn't told me otherwise, but I'm sure a navigator would know which hemisphere he is in.

Very cool.
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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on September 10, 2010 at 3:32 PM
Very cool...
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