O Holy Night! by redy4et

O Holy Night!

Greetings to all my 365 friends! Wishing you all joy and happiness during this holiday season and continued success with your amazing photo images
in the coming year!

I'm thrilled to give full credit to my husband Mark for this star trails shot taken during our Burma adventure. He's the astrophotography guy who got "dragged" to Burma and ended up taking the most incredible photos; the majority were far superior to mine. This is his story of this image of a starry, starry night. If you look in the center of the smallest circle, you'll see the North Star.

"We arranged our tripods and cameras in the early morning hours amidst a forested, eerily beautiful setting of ancient pagodas and stupas near the bank of the Irrawaddy River, a 45- minute drive from Mandalay. This is where Kublai Khan supposedly established an encampment during the Mongol invasions of Burma during their successful campaign to capture Bagan, the capital of the Pagan Kingdom in Burma between 1277 and 1287. This circumpolar star trail is comprised of nearly 200 stacked images of 30-second exposures using an intervalometer with a Canon 20d."
Merry Christmas Elizabeth to you and your family.
December 25th, 2015  
Merry Christmas! Great shot
December 25th, 2015  
Amazing. What a "heavenly" shot. Please tell Mark that this shot is stunning.
December 25th, 2015  
Love it! FAV1
December 25th, 2015  
Great job!
December 25th, 2015  
fabulous shot and my fav xmas carol title....
December 25th, 2015  
Superb.....excellent.....amazing!! I hope one day to do one of these just as successfully as Mark, even though that is a tall order!!! Amazing capture and processing!! Kudos to Mark! And, Happy Holidays to both of you.....I hope we will see more of each other in the New Year, and compare travel notes!! Cheers!!
December 25th, 2015  
Merry Christmas! Burma is high on my list of places to visit. Did you find it pretty safe?
December 25th, 2015  
Awesome picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Merry Christmas.
December 25th, 2015  
Fabulous
December 25th, 2015  
Mark has taken a phenomenal photo and it's a lovely tribute to him to post it for the holidays. Please share with him how envious I am of his image!!
December 25th, 2015  
OH MY...this is fantastic!! HUGE FAv. Merry Christmas!
December 25th, 2015  
@catwhiskers Safety and security were never an issue on this trip. In fact, we left camera gear, glasses etc. in one of the holy sites and when we went back the next day, all were exactly where we had left them!
December 25th, 2015  
Totally stunning and spectacular. Wow! Thanks for the narrative.
December 25th, 2015  
Brilliant shot Elizabeth
December 25th, 2015  
Best wished for the festive season also Elizabeth
December 25th, 2015  
So beautifully done Merry Christmas Elizabeth
December 25th, 2015  
Ethereal! Happy Christmas. FAV, of course!
December 25th, 2015  
Wonderful! A great image resulting from expertly executed technique and to cap it all, an interesting commentary. It has it all! Thank you for sharing.
December 25th, 2015  
Extraordinary and phenomenal! Fav
December 25th, 2015  
Lovely
December 26th, 2015  
Great shot.fav
December 26th, 2015  
Awesome capture!
December 26th, 2015  
FAVtastic :)
December 26th, 2015  
Super job. You were out there for a long time for sure...
December 26th, 2015  
Congratulations on making the PP. Well deserved.
December 27th, 2015  
Awe-inspiring and spectacular, Elizabeth -- please pass along our compliments to Mark! So glad we had time together in December, but now I'm ready for some astrophotography lessons next time! What do you think, @Taffy and @thirdjoe ?
December 27th, 2015  
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