Star Gazing on the St. Croix - a photo on Flickriver

            I bought a little hot shoe astrotracer for my camera and thought I would try it out before I find a real Milky Way to shoot.  

It moves the sensor in the camera using a GPS signal and moves the sensor along with the movement of the stars allowing for long exposures without star trails.  This way you can lower the ISO on the camera to prevent noise.  It seemed to work pretty well but does blur the foreground so that needed to be masked in separately.  

I thought I would do some light painting of the tree so you could actually see it.

Taken in: United States / Minnesota / Taylors Falls / Taylors Falls (show map)

Taken on: March 20, 2020

Tags:

pentax astrotracer

st. croix

river

Interstate park

Minnesota

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3, f/3.2, 263 sec, 15mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	263
Focal Length:	15mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Windows)
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