Rui Baptista Photography
… And The World Goes Round And Round… - #11 on explore
Star trail images are kind of a magic thing to me.
Everytime I stack the photos, when clicking the button, I marvel at what suddenly appears on my monitor. Where previously I could only see the stars’ pinpoints has now been replaced by beautiful and intriguing trails created by the stars movement (or, more properly, Earth’s movement…). Wow! What my eyes (and brain!) couldn’t see was in fact being registered by the camera and is finally being brought to light! Ain’t that a magical thing?
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The Noudar Natural Park is located in a farm estate called Herdade da Coitadinha, between the rivers Ardila and Múrtega, in southern Alentejo (Portugal) , with the nearest (small) town – Barrancos - some 10 km away.
To get there from Barrancos, you will take a dirt road that goes through an area of extensive holm oak grove (‘montado’), ending at the point where the two rivers converge.
The pastures, holm oak and olive groves, grazing cows and herds of black pigs are all common to neighbouring farms in this region. But here, a more abrupt and rocky relief has protected dense enclaves of holm oaks and forest where light penetrates with difficulty. In Noudar, life presents itself in a state of wilderness and absolute purity.
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Apart from its beauty, the place, being remate and exempt from any light pollution, is excellent for astrophotography (the best where I’ve ever been).
This star trails image is the result of stacking 100 sky exposures (ISO 1600, f2.8, 18s, 16mm) and blending it with a single exposure for the foreground (ISO 1000, f2.8, 120s, 16mm). All of the exposures were taken with a Nikon D810 camera and a Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 lens.
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Parque de Natureza de Noudar, Alentejo, Portugal
© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
… And The World Goes Round And Round… - #11 on explore
Star trail images are kind of a magic thing to me.
Everytime I stack the photos, when clicking the button, I marvel at what suddenly appears on my monitor. Where previously I could only see the stars’ pinpoints has now been replaced by beautiful and intriguing trails created by the stars movement (or, more properly, Earth’s movement…). Wow! What my eyes (and brain!) couldn’t see was in fact being registered by the camera and is finally being brought to light! Ain’t that a magical thing?
*****
The Noudar Natural Park is located in a farm estate called Herdade da Coitadinha, between the rivers Ardila and Múrtega, in southern Alentejo (Portugal) , with the nearest (small) town – Barrancos - some 10 km away.
To get there from Barrancos, you will take a dirt road that goes through an area of extensive holm oak grove (‘montado’), ending at the point where the two rivers converge.
The pastures, holm oak and olive groves, grazing cows and herds of black pigs are all common to neighbouring farms in this region. But here, a more abrupt and rocky relief has protected dense enclaves of holm oaks and forest where light penetrates with difficulty. In Noudar, life presents itself in a state of wilderness and absolute purity.
*****
Apart from its beauty, the place, being remate and exempt from any light pollution, is excellent for astrophotography (the best where I’ve ever been).
This star trails image is the result of stacking 100 sky exposures (ISO 1600, f2.8, 18s, 16mm) and blending it with a single exposure for the foreground (ISO 1000, f2.8, 120s, 16mm). All of the exposures were taken with a Nikon D810 camera and a Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 lens.
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Parque de Natureza de Noudar, Alentejo, Portugal
© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.