panning timelapse of a windmill at night with stars

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panning timelapse of a windmill at night with stars

there are 2 meteors in this on as well. its astonishing how much crap runs into our planet and how easy it is to capture it in photos... I probably have a collection of about 50+ meteor images now just from the past month.
i messed this one up and have to go back soon to try it again. the stars are in focus and the windmill is not.. i have to use a wider angle lens i think and do some testing on it. I set up fast and just started it without really checking the shots.. also had to speed up the pan about half way through because it was getting light out, i attempted to correct in post that but its not perfect

got there about an hour later than i wanted to (after driving past it 2x and setting up I didnt get the first shot till about 4:30am) earlier I stopped to watch the moonset on the way back from the state fair scoping out locations for the lunar eclipse later next week.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• timelapse
• time
• lapse
• stars
• windmill
• meteor
• tmophoto

[MAGICTimeLapse]

Very nice! Did you adjust the exposure time by hand or automatic?

[tmophoto]

it was done manually. if youleave it on automatic it flickers very badly

[spencerKblack]

The windmill being out of focus didn't bother me at all. As for it getting lighter towards the end, I think makes it more interesting than being a set back. This is excellent work! What was your exposure and iso set to?

[tmophoto]

it was constantly changing from about 10 sec to 1/250 of a sec and iso 1800 to about 1000 iso. I was adjusting the camera as the sun came up

[nipponhouseplayer]

Great

[pigsarehot]

breathtaking!

[distorteddogma]

Wow, this is excellent.

Be Well.