Park Avenue Star Trails

[Roman Kurywczak]

This was taken during one of my Arches/Canyonlands workshops. I am really fascinated by night images, both long exposures and star points. Having very small group sizes (4) enables me to give personal attention to my clients since most haven't photographed at night. Looking forward to next years May trip.

[Greg Russell]

This is a pretty sweet shot. I also really like star trails and try to shoot them whenever I'm far enough from civilization to make it worth my while. I'd love to know more about your specs on this one, as well as the source of illumination on the LH wall--it doesn't look like moon. Also, the light on the distant horizon--residual sunlight?

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Greg,
Sorry...it was 1 hour at f4.5 and ISO 400. Walls painted with flashlight.....time unrecorded. Light is the upcoming sunrise colors at 4am!

[John Labrenz]

This is fantastic Roman.
Star trail images always fascinate me...this one has really interesting horizon colors, careful light painting....and especially noteworthy is the attention to composition in ensuring the proper location of the north star.
Really well done!

[Bill Lockhart]

WOW.

Best regards,

Bill

[E.J. Peiker]

Freaking phenomenal. My only suggestion would be to correct the wide angle perspective distortion with the Photoshop Transform > Perspective tool.

[Paul Klenck]

The color and use of light is terrific. That sky --even without the star trails -- is great.

[alibenn]

Fantastic, All works great for me, who shares your love of night work...

[Jens Peermann]

Fantastic effect! I really like it. The rocks seem to have lost a lot of detail, though.

[Steve Fines]

Wonderful image. Just a blast to see.

I get the sense that the rock walls on the left are "creeping up" a little from lens distortion. Might try to fix that if you see it the same way.