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Phil, Love the star trails. I also wanted to shoot star trails for this month's assignment but had trouble finding a place dark enough to allow me to do it, all the dark places around are parks that close at dusk. Damn street lights!

Thanks 4xxx and James

I messed up with cardinal rule number 1 - compose the shot when it's light and then shoot! I could have popped into town but wanted a different challenge...

I'm drawn to that location though, but I may try a shot with sand dunes in the foreground from early evening onwards in the next few days which will be much better - OK for a first stab, but nowhere near a winner with the shots this month so far.

It's whetted my appetite anyway, I'm like a dog with a bone and I'm not letting go until I've got a startrail wallhanger - it's a pretty antisocial form of photography, unless you go camping with a crate of beers and some friends - now there's an idea!

Just got my entry in. Not my kind of photography, night work, but I thought I'd give it a shot!

- Bjorn -

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Hi Phil (and others!),

I have not tried star trails yet, but have some ideas for some places in the desert for winter camping. I don't have a fancy remote with a built in timer, so taking many pictures of a precise period back to back is more difficult than just leaving the shutter open.

Is there an advantage to taking the 60 individual shots and layering them over just letting the camera go for an hour and a half? From what I'm reading online right now, it looks like the stacking technique is favored when there is a lot of light pollution from the city. Is that about right?

Thanks.

Whoa, some amazing shots. 4xxxx, dubaiphil, Eagle1337 and Vissie were fantastic. Victor Hoffmann and Bjorn van Sinttruije are the ones I liked the most, very well done folks.

I'd post my shot from a hotel window, taken in São Paulo, Brazil, but it would just eat dust behind those ones.

This is going to be really hard, wish I could vote more than one.

Well, the poll is up now lagnificent, so it's time to decide which entry is your favourite!

- Bjorn -

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Hi Khalismur,

Thanks for the comments, I believe this month is going to be a tight one right till the end . Some really amazing photos and great work coming out after dark

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djfsolo: Your shot is very nice. Abstract, elegant, simple.

Hi folks,

Congratulations to thestig2010 for winning this month's On Assignment and commiserations to Vissie who came a very respectable second.

@thestig2010 - You now get to choose the subject for our January competition. Could you please let us know by the end of December, via a post in this thread, what you would like us all to get snapping away at.

Bob.

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Congratulatıons on wınnıng the assıgment Stıg.Well done!

Sue

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thestig2010's theme is now up and running for your posting pleasure, with his theme "A-Z". Link:

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