Timelapse from the Atacama desert in Chile

[iceman]

Taken at Cerro Paranal, in the high, dry, Atacama desert in Chileby renowned TWAN'er, Babak Tafreshi.

Some great sequences. Some of them are magical, especially the one with Orion rising.
Doesn't have the cinematography of the modern timelapses these days.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/05/an-astronomers-paradise/

I wish I knew how he achieves that glowing stars look! :)

[luigi]

Babak is a great nightscape photographer I prefer his photos over the timelapses. Timelapses bore me to death, that's just personal :)

About the glowing stars I think I have the answer to that one: A fog filer.

I use a Tiffen double fog filter. It does the trick but most of the time I just hate the effect :)

[Ric]

Beautiful skies, that's for sure.

I'd love to spend a week or two up there with my scope.

[danielsun]

Wow, That was great work. And how about the iridium or meteor capture at the horizon! cool stuff.:thumbsup:

[Jen]

:eyepop: wow :eyepop:that looks really cool :thumbsup:

I would love to spend a week or two up there looks lovely :)

[OICURMT]

Agreed, but I call it a filter... :lol:


ah.... sorry ... couldn't resist.... :rofl:

[luigi]

I file photos :) but I can't typ. So wht ? :D:D

[bartman]

:thumbsup::screwy::rofl::thumbsup:

[Greg Bock]

:thumbsup: wow, how do you get a job there, what a fantastic place to work!!!!! Love it.

[gregbradley]

Some great work there. I agree that soft look does make the brighter stars look more interesting.

The new Nikon D800 has time lapse built in camera so that could make it handy.

Greg.