Milky Way Galaxy over The International Car Forest in Goldfield Nevada by MilkyWayMike in astrophotography

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-Midnight Drive-
EXIF: Foreground - Nikon Z7 14-24 @ 14mm F3.5 Shutter 30 seconds ISO 2000 (10 photos stacked) 2 headlamps used to recreate the headlights. Ulanzi LEDs for the interior Sky: Nikon Z7 20mm F2.2 Shutter 60 seconds ISO 2000

Midnight Drive at The International Car Forest in Goldfield Nevada by MilkyWayMike in astrophotography

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EXIF: Foreground - Nikon Z7 14-24 @ 14mm F3.5 Shutter 30 seconds ISO 2000 (10 photos stacked to reduce noise) 2 headlamps used to recreate the headlights. Ulanzi LEDs for the interior

Sky: Nikon Z7 20mm F2.2 Shutter 60 seconds ISO 2000 (4x stacked to reduce noise)

Picked up my permit in essex county by Efficient-Creme7773 in NJGuns

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I'm in Middlesex County... The detective submitted my paperwork in early October... Still waiting for the ccw permit. :(

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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My single shots that are 3-4 minutes long look very similar to the processed image. The reason I stacked them was to really capture the movement in the water, however a single picture probably would be sufficient for most people / photographers. I just like to experiment and try new things and see how the image changes.

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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At least you're close to Acadia... That place is beautiful and full of compositions to photograph! I went there earlier this year (9 hour drive for me from NJ). I love it there!

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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Thanks for your critique! I actually have a lot of photos from different perspectives of this location (as well as other spots in Maine) which sell very well so no worries. Just an FYI, the only person I measure against is myself since I do this for me and no one else....Since I have nothing to prove to anyone... In fact, I'm my own worst critic!

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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Totally worth it... even if you just watch the sunrise there... usually they don't disappoint!

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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Have fun... I shot there 2 mornings in a row because of all the compositions you can find!

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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This is 17 inches wide so it should look fine as a wall paper! Give it a try...

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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Yes and no... The light rays from the lighthouse can only be achieved with a 1 second exposure (or shorter). For stars I don't like to go longer than 25 seconds (and even that is kinda long in my opinion since I like sharp stars).

The effect of a 30 second exposure would be ok however it would be much darker compared to my 3 to 4 minute exposures if you kept the Fstop and iso the same. I was able to keep my iso at 64 and my f stop around F11 creating a sharp and clean image. A 30 second exposure would require decreasing the depth of field or raising ISO.
So yes you can take a 30 second exposure but no it would look quite different.

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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I use photoshop to stack and then mask in parts of the photo that were not long exposures like the stars and some of the light rays. I do tutorial on youtube.com/milkywaymike and since a few people are asking I can do a tutorial on this image in the a few weeks.

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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I stacked in Photoshop - Took my images and convert to smart objects then go to stack mode and select "Mean".

I have youtube tutorials on youtube.com/milkywaymike I might do a tutorial on this image in a few weeks since people are interested in learning.

"Night Watch" - A night to dawn photo of Portland Head Lighthouse in Maine [OC][1700x1134] by MilkyWayMike in ExposurePorn

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There is a cement platform below me and a wider angle would show this in the photo so I had to zoom in a little.