Three More Shots From West Central Illinois
Nov 3, 2016 10:34:02 #
jrkirkham
Loc: Illinois
Thank you everyone for your kind words and honest critiques. One of you mentioned the vertical streak on the right side of #3. That is a mystery to me. The small village of Littleton, Illinois only has a population of 200. It is near some of the darkest skies in Illinois. There are no airports in the area and that streak was captured in the shot. I have no idea what caused it. The angle doesn't match anything I would expect to see. I left it in because it is a mystery to me.
Nov 3, 2016 10:52:44 #
jrkirkham wrote:
Thank you everyone for your kind words and honest critiques. One of you mentioned the vertical streak on the right side of #3. That is a mystery to me. The small village of Littleton, Illinois only has a population of 200. It is near some of the darkest skies in Illinois. There are no airports in the area and that streak was captured in the shot. I have no idea what caused it. The angle doesn't match anything I would expect to see. I left it in because it is a mystery to me.
Aliens!
Nov 3, 2016 10:53:30 #
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jrkirkham wrote:
This is my second post. I'm just learning how to d... (show quote)
That old building is about buried, very pretty. The second one makes me want to stroll the path just to see what's there.
Nov 3, 2016 14:04:13 #
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Nov 3, 2016 17:21:02 #
Great set of three very unique shots...enjoyed them all 
Nov 3, 2016 17:27:42 #
jrkirkham wrote:
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Fantastic images!!!!!
Nov 3, 2016 19:57:31 #
Nov 3, 2016 22:00:34 #
I'm in agreement that these are all very nice. While scrolling down, the 2 B&W preceding #3 make the 3rd shot really pop. So while the first 2 are very good, when you get to #3, you go WOW. I have to hand it to you - it takes an amazing amount of patience to take 90 nighttime exposures, then blend them. My hat's off to you. Keep posting please.
Walt
Walt
Nov 3, 2016 22:08:19 #
Outstanding work, thanks for sharing.
Hope to more of your photos soon.
Hope to more of your photos soon.
Nov 3, 2016 23:08:34 #
If you download and look closely at #3, you will see numerous dotted lines at the right side and bottom of the photo including your vertical line which makes a turn up high in the star trails. They appear to be aircraft strobe lights. Near the top you can see the trails left by the left and right wing marker lights as well as the white/red tail light.
I live about 50 miles north of this location and there are numerous aircraft flying in every direction here.
I live about 50 miles north of this location and there are numerous aircraft flying in every direction here.
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