JPG: Photos: "The Old School House" by Daniel Newton

The Old School House

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by Daniel Newton

Uploaded 7 Oct 2009 — 96 favorites

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In a lonely valley near rural Alturas, California, miles away from sky polluting lights of the city, the setting sun illuminates a dusty Ranch. Among the rusty Buicks and grazing livestock stands a decrepit, single-roomed school building complete with a creaking door, broken paned glass windows and occupied by an ecosystem of eight-legged nocturnal crawlers.

It was there, on the dusty floor lined with torn Jehovah’s witness brochures and the occasional playing card, that we slept.

Clocking in at 7 hours (stacked), this shot of an old single room school building is the longest star trails shot I've done thus far.

Technicals:
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16mm, 70 x 6min = 7 hours, f/4, ISO 500.

A coleman lantern illuminated the inside and a red gelled flash light painted the exterior. Thanks to Jon for the superb light painting.

In the story Lets Go Streaking, a Digital Guide to Star Trails.

43 responses

silvia fib said (7 Oct 2009):
be stars? :O

beautiful!
Lianne Steinnagel gave props (7 Oct 2009):
wow. Well done! Great image.
Gary Fudge gave props (7 Oct 2009):
GOOD USE OF EXPOSURE
Jason Hudson said (7 Oct 2009):
A seven hour exposure. Wow. I hope this gets published somewhere someday!
Sanjin Agic said (11 Oct 2009):
Nice nice nice nice nice nice nice... Sorry, I dont have 7 hours to writte how well done this is. Good work
Howard Seelig gave props (14 Oct 2009):
amazing
Hauritsa said (15 Oct 2009):
good job!
rory adityawan gave props (15 Oct 2009):
7 hours of one single shot?? tough one..
Wendy A Perry gave props (16 Oct 2009):
This is crazy!! So amazing!
aurelio laloni gave props (18 Oct 2009):
hat off!
Mark Jenson gave props (20 Oct 2009):
Very nice!
lotsohats gave props (21 Oct 2009):
Nice!
Matt Granz gave props (23 Oct 2009):
Fantastic Blending! I want to try out multiple exposure night shots and you are inspiring me… though I'm not the best at combining...
Sandy Tyler gave props (24 Oct 2009):
Wow, just amazing!! Wonderful capture and thank you for the technical info, greatly appreciated!!
Wallace Jones gave props (24 Oct 2009):
wow! that is awesome! congrats on making the JPG blog!
Gwen Ewart gave props (24 Oct 2009):
exactly what Sandy said!
Misty Briggs said (24 Oct 2009):
Simply amazing.
Eric M gave props (26 Oct 2009):
Love it!
David McCrillis gave props (27 Oct 2009):
Brillant!
Sean Lee gave props (27 Oct 2009):
incredible capture - insane patience!!! I love it!
Zerina Phillip gave props (27 Oct 2009):
Love it. Very beautiful.
mark regester gave props (27 Oct 2009):
excellent!!!!
Richard Schenk gave props (28 Oct 2009):
wow! I stepped up to a dslr for nite pics, but have stillyet to embrace it. Cool!
G Kosmas gave props (28 Oct 2009):
Fantastic!!!
Marianne Greig gave props (28 Oct 2009):
i can only say "wow"
Kristina Gale gave props (28 Oct 2009):
Absolutely amazing!
Matt Waldron gave props (28 Oct 2009):
I think wow sums it up nicely.
Raffi D gave props (28 Oct 2009):
Awesome.
Carlos Ugarte said (30 Oct 2009):
Definitly worth the time. amazing image
mark yugawa gave props (30 Oct 2009):
wow, this is amazing
Sarah Levi gave props (1 Nov 2009):
its so beautiful and useful. brilliant!
Chloé Dei Cas said (1 Nov 2009):
i love this picture. this work is beautiful !!
Navrooz Irani gave props (1 Nov 2009):
Looks like a painting. Absolutely amazing!!!
Cindy Griff said (1 Nov 2009):
Exceptional, quality work.
Brian Basi gave props (1 Nov 2009):
OMG!!! This is one the best star trails I've ever seen!!! 7 HOURS... you're truly dedicated to getting the shot!
Angel Foice gave props (1 Nov 2009):
reminds me of van goghs painting, starry night. i love it!
Will Simon gave props (3 Nov 2009):
easily one of the best (if not THE best) star trail pictures ive seen. lighting is just fantastic!
Seth Deibel gave props (4 Nov 2009):
really incredible work...nicely done
Pet Parents gave props (7 Nov 2009):
wow. what dedication
Andreas Gehret gave props (8 Nov 2009):
Absolutely incredible shot! Amazing!
J.P Fonrodona said (9 Nov 2009):
amaaaaziiing!!!!
Hongky Zein said (10 Nov 2009):
It's beautiful picture....

How's the camera's censor ?...

TQ
Matt Ramsey gave props (11 Nov 2009):
Wow, this is awesome! Great work!