<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Amazing Sky]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://amazingsky.net]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Alan Dyer]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://amazingsky.net/author/amazingsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Success! Thank you&nbsp;all!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6555" data-permalink="https://amazingsky.net/2016/07/05/success-thank-you-all/star-trails-behind-double-arch-3/" data-orig-file="https://amazingsky.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/success-graphic-v2.jpg" data-orig-size="1994,1197" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Image \u00a9 Alan Dyer&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Circumpolar star trails spinning behind Double Arch at Arches National Park, Utah, as the waning gibbous Moon lights the arches toward the end of the sequence. The Big Dipper is streakng into frame at top right from behind the butte at right, while Jupiter is the bright object at top left streaking down into the scene. \r\rDuring the shoot, other photographers were lighting the Arches but this did not affect my shoot, as my foreground came from near the end of the shoot after they had all left and I had natural illumination to light the Arches.\r\rThis is a stack of 160 frames taken over 2.5 hours from 9:30 to midnight, starting in moonless darkness, then brightening as the Moon rose in the last hour of the shooting, lighting the sky and arches. The nearest arch casts its shadow onto the distant arch, with its shadow shape matching the other arch.\r\rThe frames were stacked with Star Circle Academy\u2019s \u201cAdvanced Stacker Actions\u201d for Photoshop using the Long Streaks effect. The foreground comes from a stack of 8 frames for noise reduction, taken toward the end of the shooting with the moonlight illumination. An additional frame taken a couple of minutes after the last star trail frame adds the short unstreaked stars at the head of the trails. \r\rEach exposure was 45 seconds at f\/2.8 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D and 14mm Rokinon lens. Dark frames taken at the end of the night (8 stacked in Mean combine for a master dark) were also subtracted from each of the foreground and star trail stacks, which reduced noise speckling.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1428461800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\u00a9 2015 Alan Dyer&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;45&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Star Trails Behind Double Arch&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Star Trails Behind Double Arch" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Circumpolar star trails spinning behind Double Arch at Arches National Park, Utah, as the waning gibbous Moon lights the arches toward the end of the sequence. The Big Dipper is streakng into frame at top right from behind the butte at right, while Jupiter is the bright object at top left streaking down into the scene. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During the shoot, other photographers were lighting the Arches but this did not affect my shoot, as my foreground came from near the end of the shoot after they had all left and I had natural illumination to light the Arches.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a stack of 160 frames taken over 2.5 hours from 9:30 to midnight, starting in moonless darkness, then brightening as the Moon rose in the last hour of the shooting, lighting the sky and arches. The nearest arch casts its shadow onto the distant arch, with its shadow shape matching the other arch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The frames were stacked with Star Circle Academy’s “Advanced Stacker Actions” for Photoshop using the Long Streaks effect. The foreground comes from a stack of 8 frames for noise reduction, taken toward the end of the shooting with the moonlight illumination. An additional frame taken a couple of minutes after the last star trail frame adds the short unstreaked stars at the head of the trails. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Each exposure was 45 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D and 14mm Rokinon lens. Dark frames taken at the end of the night (8 stacked in Mean combine for a master dark) were also subtracted from each of the foreground and star trail stacks, which reduced noise speckling.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p><span style="color:#ccffcc;"><em>We achieved our funding goal on Kickstarter with 10 days to go.</em></span></p>
<p>Hurray! We made it to the top, with funding now secure to complete the production of our video tutorial series.</p>
<p>But the <span style="color:#00ccff;"><a style="color:#00ccff;" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/58417101/nightscapes-and-time-lapses-from-field-to-photosho" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> </span>campaign doesn&#8217;t end now! You have until July 15 to back us, and get the videos at a big discount off the final retail prices when they are released later this year. So there&#8217;s still time to act and save!</p>
<p><span style="color:#00ccff;"><a style="color:#00ccff;" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/58417101/nightscapes-and-time-lapses-from-field-to-photosho" target="_blank">Go to our Kickstarter page for the details.</a> </span></p>
<p>After July 15, you&#8217;ll still be able to order the videos through <span style="color:#00ccff;"><a style="color:#00ccff;" href="http://www.all-startelescope.com" target="_blank">All-Star Telescope</a></span>, but the cost will be higher.</p>
<p>Many thanks to all who contributed so far and to those who will in future!</p>
<p>— Alan, July 5, 2016 / <span style="color:#00ccff;"><a style="color:#00ccff;" href="http://www.amazingsky.com" target="_blank">www.amazingsky.com </a></span></p>
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