Starry, Starry Night

The stars were so amazing up in the NC mountains. The brightest spot toward the center of the photo is actually the planet Venus. I had the camera on a tripod with a 30 second exposure setting...now I just need to get a remote shutter release to eliminate some of the blur.
I think I'm all caught up with posts now. :)

[Jennifer Ashburn]

gorgeous!!! I have never been able to get a good nighttime star shot like this!

[ShadowDancer]

Beautiful! I've tried something like this the other day, but I didn't see so many stars.

[Pat Knowles]

Stunning night sky, I suppose there wouldn't be much light pollution up there . We find it's the same in NZ, such starry skies !!

[Joe Hagarty]

That's fabulous - When you live in these mountains, these scenes are here every night.

[lesley allen]

Such a beautiful colour blue, lovely shot.

[Stephanie Sharif]

Love the photo. I use my self-timer to avoid shake. works like a charm. The most amazing starry skies I have ever seen were in South and North Dakota where big cities are few and far between. Your sky is beautiful too.

[Terry]

nicely done Peggy, wow

[Robin]

Spectacular, Peggy. You are so good at these nighttime sky shots.

[Peggy Sirk]

@stephsharif Oh, duh...why didn't I think of the self timer! I agree ~those big skies out west are simply amazing!

[Constance Brinkley]

I love this and the movement of the stars works in this shot.

[Ann Ligon Hatch]

Another great one! I love stargazing in the NC mountains....

[Isis Weiss]

Wow!

[Lisabell]

This is really beautiful.

[Yoella Offir]

What a fantastic capture and great blue.

[Terry D]

beautiful shot!

[Beverly Moolman]

Wondeful!

[Katrina Cristy]

Wow, great shot! You are lucky to see so many stars at night!

[Barb Smith]

Awesome, awesome, awesome. You are becoming the master of nighttime shots!