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At the time Southern Cross sleeps
In Japan we can scarcely see the Southern Cross in south island near Taiwan just above the horizon.
One third of the cross already had been below the horizon but I decided to take on this timing to show the Milky Way band rose high enough above.
What was amazing was the reflection of the 2 bright stars Centaurs Alfa & Beta on the mirror like quiet sea.

Picture was taken with 5 composite images of 20sec exposures in 2 parts above and below the horizon compensated for star rotation.
I personally do not like to rotate the stars to show the trails which makes the sky too busy and spoil the silent image of the night.
That also rotates the Milky Way and ruins the sharp image.
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Woah! Is there a way to buy just a high-res version to use as a computer wallpaper?
Anthony Luke 3 months ago
wow

Henry M 3 months ago
Amazing! :)
Charlie Lembach 3 months ago
Beautiful work
Marcelo Lima 3 months ago
Yasuaki, how did you compensate for star rotation? Thank you for a great image!
YASUAKI SEGAWA  it is a long effort taking process.
please send me an Email for detail
I saved the answer for the same questions form eager photographres.

the mail adress is no my web site.
Amadeusz Starzak 6 months ago
0.0 woowww
shige 7 months ago
speechless...
Rita LaVeck 7 months ago
I'm speechless.. thank you so much for producing and sharing!
Edoardo Moruzzi 8 months ago
how many ISO did you shoot at?
YASUAKI SEGAWA  Hello
I usually use ISO1600
Edoardo Moruzzi  Thanks a lot!
24 1,4 is amazing!
actually I shoot with 16-35 f2,8 wich is great, but I get this quantity of stars only at 6400iso wich is not so good for noise...
David Martin Castan 8 months ago
wow superb
Roeselien Raimond 8 months ago
A truly magical scene.....
Onur DUMAN 8 months ago
good work
Balazs Pataki 8 months ago
mind-blowing and beyond awesome.
Superb... :)
Maria Rodrigues 9 months ago
fantastic!
iryna melnyk 9 months ago
great work
michel manzoni 9 months ago
fantastic ,
Mikhail Shlemov 9 months ago
Bravo!
Simply amazing...!
/Wulff
cyferko 9 months ago
Superb
Iñigo Barandiaran 9 months ago
Amazing!!! superb!!, congrats!!! :)
Zarif Nuhut 9 months ago
Superb...
Tammy Bergström 9 months ago
Remarkable picture Yasuaki - wow!

/Tammy
Turan Reis 9 months ago
excellent


Excellent, Great, Lovely Milky Way.
Wesley Law 9 months ago
fantastic!!
Dmitry Laudin 9 months ago
stunning
dimas danny satria 9 months ago
great done....
Michael Oates 9 months ago
Absolutely stunning, well done.
Suren Manvelyan 9 months ago
WOW!
Nicolas Marino 9 months ago
thanks for sharing how you did it. The image is simply spectacular. I wonder if you could do a more detailed tutorial for the Tutorials section in this site.
Great shot!
Barbara Read 9 months ago
Amazing!
Ursula I Abresch 9 months ago
Fantastic!
Kirsten M. Juul 9 months ago
Brilliant photo work and a very interesting explanation. The result is absolutely stunning!
A n d r e a s Beier 9 months ago
top+++
thibault bevilacqua 9 months ago
awesome sky ! woow
Sven Fennema 9 months ago
Stunning!
Marie-Louise 9 months ago
Most impressive!
Imagine all those stars being Suns... no we cannot be alone in the galaxy.
hithroad hithroad 9 months ago
This so beautiful.
Alex Mody 9 months ago
Wow, beautiful night skies.
thanks Yasuaki for the explanation, now the image means even more for the Heavens declare the Glory of God...
Richard Spurdens 9 months ago
Certainly an impressive sky
Al Sheihk 9 months ago
as fine as the view itself,great presentation.
Paula Loonen 9 months ago
Fantastic view!!
anna andrzejewska 9 months ago
wow!!!
Marei 9 months ago
Wow...! The sky is fantastic...
Congrats.
Marei
mathieu capdeville 9 months ago
incredible shot, nature is an artist
KPK 9 months ago
Wonderful!
Jacob Tuinenga 9 months ago
Amazing!!
leila babaei 9 months ago
Excellent!
alpersargin 9 months ago
a fantastic work..
Anders Lundberg 9 months ago
????????Quite far from the night sky over Tokyo...
Farshad Davari 9 months ago
amazing
Monki Ho 9 months ago
really nice!! i like startrail~ wonderful :)
Christoph Hessel 9 months ago
a wonderful impact od the universe we are part of
Christoph
Chongky 9 months ago
Breathtaking! Excellent Work!
Martin Lutz 9 months ago
Hi Yasuaki

very beautiful photo. nice work :-)

Regards Martin Lutz
Paulo Nogueira 9 months ago
Beautiful
Roberto Bertero 9 months ago
Absolutely amazing, like the previous shot you posted!!
Mohammed Alfahad 9 months ago
wow !
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