How the hell did you get enough light to shoot that at 1/2000?

Well it was pretty bright, despite being cloudy, and I was shooting at f4 ISO400 intentionally so I could use a fast shutter speed, to make sure I really caught the action.

Thanks!

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Great thread ! Thomas 's pix are stunning .... but all of you are talented !!

Possibly the coolest star photo I've taken yet...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/...00e59fa9_b.jpg
I'm Spinning Around by Blampish, on Flickr

That IS very cool. How long did you have to time it to get that effect. I'm thinking about being outside and freezing while taking pictures LOL.

Well I have a remote which lets me time it - that one was actually a stack of 246 shots, each 4sec (+4sec gap) f3.5 ISO3200 - which means it was out there for about 33 minutes. I then layered them in Photoshop, set the blending to 'lighten' and flattened it, then a bit of curve tweaking.

I've left the camera outside taking some more shots now, am experimenting with different settings to see what I get - gone for 15sec f11 ISO6400 each shot this time, with no interval. Means I can take less shots and cover more time. I'm going to give it an hour this time and see how it looks.

I also put together a video of some of my timelapse sequences - - there are some daytime ones in there too, but mostly nighttime ones. I uploaded it in 1080P so watch it fullscreen for best effect :D

I loved your timelapse on youtube !

Another one, with a little more colour to it...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/...f2537ca5_b.jpg
Criss Cross by Blampish, on Flickr

This would have been even better except that someone had opened the back door, letting warm air out, which then caused the lens to fog. I need to get some silica gel and some sealable bags for next time I do this 'cause the inside of the lens has fogged since I brought it in - and I only got this lens today!