That's a good way of doing this and getting over the noise issue. Still such a good amount of detail in the foreground. Nice idea.

Nice shoot. Really neat.

Brilliant. I like the idea and the outcome. :)

This is great. I am an Astronomy major and have been wanting to get an oppurtunity to take pictures like this. The series of 33 pictures is a great idea. I am wonder if there is an easy way for you to explain how you combined all those pictures in photoshop? I also have the desire to combine a series of photos for the upcoming ski season. Thanks for the inspiration.

You've got me thinking of combining long exposures in PS. It's a cracking shot.

HANDHELD ?????
don't believe it, sorry!!!!!

wow! another one of your experiments! you sure play and have fun. this is great.

Excellent work. I love this photo. In a long time i havent seen work this good. but this photo is amazing. I love how you can see the earth's rotation.

You never cease to surprise me about the techniques used. Great idea!

I like your technique here. Interesting idea to combine exposures. I all ready picked up on your timer device, neat idea.

whauu, interesting picture

I love the process, but I'm not sure I understand how you combine all the photos into one using photoshop. Is there a standard for that ?

Beautyful! - you did this kind of image some months ago at your place with more colour in it. Just want to tell that I remember. And now this picture has its charm of its own.

i was very impressed by this foto, different types and different directions of lines , it's
unbelievable !

Excellent shot.

That is a nifty trick to get a long exposure shot. Looks pretty cool.

This is nuts!!! I am going to try this myself someday. Thanks for the great tips. And great shot btw. Cheers!

wow! i love this shot.

Wow. Incredible. It's amazing how dark the image is even with the multiple lengthy exposures.

this is beautiful
i missed them all here in montreal, i was kinda sad.
but you bring them to me! =) lol good stuff!

great shot! that's probably some of the most defined star trails i've ever seen before

Crisp, clear, clean.
White arcs above and below.
And we see shadows.
The white lines catch my attention.
The shadows give birth to contemplation.

Poetry sucks.

Just great job!

Looks like the wind must have been pretty calm by looking at that tree. I like the star trails. Must be the ultra wide lens making them bend in different directions? Very cool looking.

Handheld eh? Hmmmmmmm, Your arms must be sore.

What's interesting is the way the lens makes the arcs of the bottom stars inverted.

Wow, what a great result. I take it you made this with that little device you were talking about earlier this week. Very very cool. I wasn't really getting how the timelaps device could work in another situtation, but this is the example I needed to see. Fab shot.

Absolutely hypnotic.

That's one damn good photo.

Handheld? Yeah right! Haha. Great picture anyway.

A very cool shot!

Whoa, wait. What's with the stars arcing away from each other? I've seen a lot of astrophotography and I don't think I've ever seen that. Or am I just not very observant?

very cool, and thanks for telling us how you did it, I find this very interesting

I love the way the star trails are echoed by the greenhouse hoops.......whether that was your brilliant observation or simply wonderful serendipity, I thank you for sharing it, Sam!

Do you have an uncompressed version? The detail looks a bit pixely to me; or is that from overlaying the different shots? Wonderful work.

Love the shot and thanks for the details - gives me ideas.

WOW

Multiple exposures is the only way to go... thanks for reminding me! This is very inspiring. Thanks for taking the time to set it up and post it.

I love this shot!

I've tried to do some shots like this, but in the daytime. How do you accomplish doing a long-time-exposure photo without letting in so much light it just washes the whole photo out? I'm sort of a newbie at photography, so this one has me baffled.

This is such a great photo. I would have love to see it in color as well. Great innovative shot!

Impressive image and cool technique, thanks for sharing.

extremely creative sam - you always impress me. i have to try this!!

Thank goodness! Not another boring time lapse at night! You balanced it perfectly at the bottom of the pic. Very interesting thanks to the composition.

Most excellent shot! Superb!

Thanks for the Photoshop tip.

RE: Rand L

the edddy stars are becaus eof the unsharp mask applied. i'm 99.9% certain anyways.

Great photo Sam. I mean the patience alone to sit there... WOW! while you're at it, would you please give us an understanding what in the hell do you do to keep yourself occupied when doing these long exposures? shed some light perhaps. i'm in awe!!

A Masterpiece yet again. Best wishes on your future endeavours my friend!

WOAW!, WHOUAH!, WHOOOAH!, GARGL , ARGL, PSCHIIIIIT, BOUM , BOOOOM ... Just Great !

Scott - the star trails diverge because the equator is included in the shot - the stars on the equator will make straight lines, all the rest make circles round the nearest pole. We usually only get photos around one of the poles, so this shot is very nice to see.

Great use of the wide angle, light, everything!!

Looking at your startrails of Aug 24, 2006 on 2-6-07 while going back over some of your old photos and I would try this with a Rebel XTi, which I got for Christmas, without a Pclix. The maximum Tv setting on my camera is 30 seconds which only gives about a sixteenth of an inch star trail. Guess I will have to read the manual or maybe I will have to purchase one of those Pclixs or a camcorder.. Actually I got a 30D for Christmas which I was suppose to get a $220.00 Canon rebate on and when the rebate did not come I took it back to Costco and traded for a Rebel. Hope others have better luck with their Canon Rebates.