Morro de Sao Paulo 2008

One of the great advances of digital capture is the ability to shoot stars using a fast enough shutter speed to eliminate trails.  The stars remain bright and sharp in even a printed image.  With good noise reduction software (I use Imagenomic), the results are even better.

I did not have a tripod with me for this shot and instead rested the 20D on a windowsill for a two-second exposure at f2.8.  Lens 17-35mm L at 17mm, ISO 1600.  The bright light on the right side of the horizon is a natural gas platform off the coast of Brazil.
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  1. Unknown13 October, 2009 13:12

    John,

    I would love to hear your rationale for the ISO setting. Given that your exposure was already 2 seconds, why worry about raising the ISO. In other words, 3 seconds at ISO 800 is not likely to make a difference, and you would introduce less noise.

    Great photograph!

    Craig

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