Another great shot. It looks like you're spinning really fast. How do you comine the photos into one image?

I never thought that's what's special about the Northern Star...
Thanks ;)
Also thanks for the panning technique earlier in your works and much earlier in a Formula.1 poster on the wall, if you recall what/when I'm talking about; I've been using it quite often here :)

Outstanding night photograph Sam!
I really like to see the circular motion, almost as good as viewing the real thing.
Glad to see you are finally in England, can't wait to see what photos you bring back. I hope 2gigs is enough memory!!

Your work is magnificent. I recently bought a 350D on the basis of the work you were doing with it. The outfitter I bought it from here in Toronto probably owes you a commission. It's going to be a long time, if ever, before I have the technique (much less the eye) to do what you do, but this is something I want to learn. Especially grateful to you for including the photographic settings in your tags. Thanks for the inspiration. Enjoy England!

The spiral effect is cool.

Great idea finding the north star and putting it in the middle. The view of the lake looks almost identical to my backyard in Massachusetts, uncanny! Always a sucker for long-exposures. Thanks for all your great photos! Enjoy England!

o-oh-OH this is beauteous!!!!!!!!!

So peaceful, so grounding. The way you have centred on the North Star is amazing. FABULOUS work, Sam! Thank you!!!

brilliant as always! i am going up to friends house next weekend and they live near Yosemite, hopefully i'll be able to capture some night shots. i've never tried them before :-)

im beginning photography and i was wondering if u could explain how u did this cause i think that its really cool thanks!
ali

Great Sam....Just waiting a ddoi-shot from London too. I've been 3 days ago and is absolute amazing (not like Toronto, but is OK ;))

that is absolutely mesmerizing.

Nice shot,
Did you use a filter? how did you manage to get such a dark sky with 5 minutes exposure?
I still liked yesterday's shot more than today's, simply because it seemed more natural, but I acknowledge the patience and skill to take a pic like today's.

Not to detract from Sam's photos, viewers might take a look at this South African 19 year olds night photos - all with film which doesn't have noise problems but can result in off colors due to reciprocity factors. Most of his night photos are shot at about 7 to 8 minutes and look like daylight shots - quite amazing stuff. Unlike any I've seen in 60 years.

http://rosshillier.my-expressions.com/

Amazing shot, I always love star trails, so beautiful.

I wish I can see more stars here in Toronto. With the city lights, its hard to do some star gazing. I love this shot! It's hypnotizing. :)

Gorgeous, beautiful, evocative. Magic summer night on a lake, surrounded by lovely black mystery. The kind of night that makes life worth living. Thanks for all the time you have spent learning how to capture such a night and then for sharing with us.

Sam: If you're still in Oxford try to get a cool shot of the famous Jericho Tavern. It's the pub where Radiohead cut their teeth.

This is totally cool! Love how you framed it on the north star!

great shot. crazy patience. there must've been practically no wind for those trees to stay so focused. good work. i cant wait to try one of these shots.

awesome, im amazed of that star that doesnt spins.. how did you do that?!

that's wicked man, wicked.

first of all I want to thank you for your daily doses they are very cool.

Also I found this page that explains the north star and it has a related picture with it.

http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae492.cfm

Love it! It has such a great, dream-like feel.

could you explain more how you did this shot? i try to do stuff like this all the time with my little digital camera (powershot, nothing too good). like i did fireworks once and it was awesome! anyway, i'd appreciate it if you explain more...you're shots always rock though, there's one on my desktop all the time!

-mitch

I wish I could see more stars here in NYC, but unfortunately because of the clouds and smog, it probably won't happen soon. Great capture. I never knew that about the north star either.

Stunning image. I love the technique used, I must try it out some day.

I've always wanted to try this!

Oh WOW OH WOW! This is the first time I see long exposure shot like this. I mean a circular star trails of the northern stars. Cool!

It's beautiful. It's really difficult to do star trails here in singapore because we're pretty badly urbanized and the light pollution's terrible, but it's always inspiring to visit your site every night. Gives me something to think about in my sleep. And by the way, it was the work you were doing with the 350D that swayed me to getting it over some other cameras. Wonder when I'd ever be that good though. Well done!

This truly "eclipses" my picture of Venus and Jupiter. oh well...one of these days. I am surely impressed.

L:ookingg at stars like thgis makes you feel you are inside a washing machine.

Love the shot.. well done man. Makes me feel kinda existential!!

i would have to take a guess that you used Photoshop to combine them... erasing the areas you didn't want to overlay. Hence there being a little halo around the foliage and horizon.

am i right?

Very nice Sam. I have attempted something along these lines but have had no success. Seeing those trees in the near foreground really grabs one attention.

awesome pic! love the effect! :)

Hi Sam
I have visited quite a few times and am always impressed by your photos - but this one really interests me. - I love the circle in the sky that you've created - it makes me really aware of the fact that we are spinning continually but that I never usually notice.
I have wanted to visit Canada for many years and your images confirm that desire. The trapped sunset picture is stunning.
I would be interested to see pics from your visit to England.
Thanks for your efforts.

Very cool image. I think the clouds just add texture to the sky. The star trails turned out great. I think you can tell in some of the trails that you did one exposure at half the length of the other. But I don't think that really hurts the image at all.

Dreamy shot.... just so creative and cool. I like it a lot!

Wow -- just awesome!

Great shot. I like it very much. :)

Ok, ok, I know Quebec is a huge place, but I SWEAR this is the same cottage I visited this summer. Is this an hour north of Ottawa, near Denholm, on Lac Champagne by any chance? I know, weird, but what if it was the same place? Weirder.

All of your photos are amazing!

The star trails are amazing. Pretty impressive technique as well.

well well well, it looks like we have monets stary night on our hands. dosent it?

Oh my word, I absoutly adore this photo! I am the type person who loves to take pictures and have my camara everwhere I go, but I am uneducated in the art. I love you art work, it is beatiful, I am a new fan!

wow, im really impressed by this shot! Makes me want to go out and experiment with my camara! I really like these time laps photos...you should do more of them! Great pic!