Cosmos by abirkill

Cosmos

The light from a thousand stars, some of it travelling for more than 10,000 years, finally ends its journey in my camera.

This photo was taken from my favourite star location, Porteau Cove Provincial Park, and is a rework of a series of images I shot in January. Some of you may remember the the timelapse video I created from these photographs.

This is made up from 191 stacked photographs, taken at 16mm, f/3.5, ISO 2500, and with a little creativity applied in Photoshop.

Worth viewing large!

Framed and unframed prints are available for purchase! http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cosmos-alexis-birkill.html

As of 18th April, this photo is the second most 'interesting' (according to Flickr's algorithms) geotagged photo in the world!
This is fantastic.... I LOVE it!! Great colors and so sharp!
April 16th, 2013  
Incredible image.
April 16th, 2013  
191? Wow. Again impressive. You've got tenacity. Have you been marketing these?
April 16th, 2013  
Fabulous. I like the added whimsy with the pink stars.
April 16th, 2013  
@brianl Thanks. At one point the 6GB Photoshop file was taking almost 40 minutes to save!

I sell more landscape photos than star photos at the moment -- there is definitely a smaller market for star photos, but also a much smaller base of photographers taking them.
April 16th, 2013  
Very cool
April 16th, 2013  
Oh I love how the stars all look like little purple comets shooting round and round. Beautiful!
April 16th, 2013  
This is so beautiful.
April 16th, 2013  
Very nice Alexis! I like the extra editing in PS and the final result!
April 16th, 2013  
Wow...incredible!
April 16th, 2013  
Beautifully done!
April 16th, 2013  
Just beautiful.
April 16th, 2013  
great shot!
April 16th, 2013  
love it Alexis. May I ask what the photoshop tweeks are? Pink star effect?
April 16th, 2013  
@brav Thank you :) I used opacity levels to 'fade out' the star trails, rather than keeping them a uniform brightness, I applied the starburst effects to the leading edge of the brightest trails, and I applied the colouration to the starbursts :)
April 16th, 2013  
love it. great ideas which really work.
April 16th, 2013  
I dont have the words Alexis........WOW
April 16th, 2013  
Wonderful and fav
April 16th, 2013  
Lovely shot. I remember the earlier ones.
April 16th, 2013  
Mac
Gorgeous! Love your work!
April 16th, 2013  
wow gorgeous!!!
April 16th, 2013  
WoW!!!!!! This is simply gorgeous!!! FAV!
April 16th, 2013  
Wow, incredible
April 16th, 2013  
Absolutely incredible image! FAV
April 16th, 2013  
Fantastic capture. You are so great at this type of shots.
April 16th, 2013  
amazing!
April 16th, 2013  
That's such a cool edit. :)
April 16th, 2013  
love the edit ~ love all your night sky shots
April 16th, 2013  
Wow - simply stunning. Fav.
April 16th, 2013  
Absolutely amazing! Love it! FAV
April 16th, 2013  
Wow! Beautiful!
April 17th, 2013  
Looks magnificent enlarged. A wonderful capture.
April 17th, 2013  
awesome shot Alexis.
April 17th, 2013  
Well done, you!
April 21st, 2013  
Out of this world - Fav!
April 21st, 2013  
This is gorgeous. I can't believe I didn't follow you earlier - if not for your amazing shots then for the fact that you're one of the savviest most helpful 365ers around :)
April 21st, 2013  
Instant fav!
April 23rd, 2013  
Incredible
April 25th, 2013  
Impressive photo.
April 26th, 2013  
Beautiful! You're amazing. What else is there to say?
April 29th, 2013  
Amazing amazing amazing!
April 30th, 2013  
+fav!
April 30th, 2013  
grandioso hermano
May 5th, 2013  
Amazing image. FAV
May 6th, 2013  
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