Astrophoto: Bristlecone Startrails by Dustin Kukuk

by dianne on October 13, 2011

Astrophoto: Bristlecone Startrails by Dustin Kukuk

Bristlecone Startrails. Credit: Dustin Kukuk


This amazing startrail image was shot by Dustin Kukuk in Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Forest, White Mountains, California during the Kessler “TimeFest 2011″ Timelapse meet up.

“This photo is from a 400 frame astro timelapse that I merged together into 1 single frame, creating this amazing image of our night sky.

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  • Deejay Nunti

    buy yourself a normal lens . No need for fisheyes in astronomy photos. Make it a gift to your local store , it`s good for security surveilance…

    • http://twitter.com/drkanab Dustin Kukuk

      Just wanted to let you know that this image was captured on a Canon 5D Mark II with a 16-35mm L series lens, not a fisheye. You really shouldn’t assume things, you could make an ass out of yourself…

      • Anonymous

        That’s a great image and a nice Camera/lens combo. I have the 7D and 24-70mm and just got into using Lee’s filters and other landscape work.

        I would love to try that with a flashlight or softbox aimed at an angle to the tree, this way, you could get more detail out of the landscape.

    • Josh Owens

      “no need for fisheyes in astronomy photos” are you serious? I’ve seen some amazing astro shots done on a fisheye. what there is really “No need” for is comments like this suggesting other artists remain within the “Normal” – and FYI this photo was not taken on a fisheye, which makes your comment that much more lame.

  • Anonymous

    One wonders.. how many sunrises and sunsets that tree has witnessed? How many supernova or meteors? Hmmm….. time traveler fur shore!

  • Anonymous

    This is a great image and very useful. To the top right you can see the area around Polaris, By the Bristle Cone you can see the Celestial Equator (typically Orion’s Belt). To the bottom left you can see the area around the Southern Cross. Note the way in which the star trails are “back to back”. The point is that for us in the Northern Hemisphere in our summer Shadow Stick curves go one way, at the Equinox they behave like the Orion Belt stars and in our winter like the Southern Cross stars.

    Markout the shadow once a month and 7 curves define the Solar Year. Although this is a mostly lost concept it is worthwhile to repeat and understand.

    Sorry for the shorthand nature of this Comment.

    Brian
    Roseland Observatory

  • Anonymous

    This is a great image and very useful. To the top right you can see the area around Polaris, By the Bristle Cone you can see the Celestial Equator (typically Orion’s Belt). To the bottom left you can see the area around the Southern Cross. Note the way in which the star trails are “back to back”. The point is that for us in the Northern Hemisphere in our summer Shadow Stick curves go one way, at the Equinox they behave like the Orion Belt stars and in our winter like the Southern Cross stars.

    Markout the shadow once a month and 7 curves define the Solar Year. Although this is a mostly lost concept it is worthwhile to repeat and understand.

    Sorry for the shorthand nature of this Comment.

    Brian
    Roseland Observatory

  • Anonymous

    You clearly see that Earth must be a sphere.

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