Les У?toiles filantes

Date : 19/07/2010
Lieu : Vila Boim, Alentejo - Portugal
MatУ?riel de prise de vue : Canon 50D -ISO1000 10mm F/4
Commentaires : "A house full of stars" This is a long exposer taken in Alentejo, Vila Boim, 200km from Lisbon city, Portugal. A total Integration of 2h44 minutes. In the sky we can enjoy the path of many stars and constellations like Ursa Major ( at right ), Ursa Minor and the Polaris star ( middle of the image ) as well Draco, and Cepheus. The movement of the stars throughout the night described a circular motion, as being near the Northen Star

Date : 13/08/2010
Lieu : Fonte-de-Telha, Almada - Portugal.
MatУ?riel de prise de vue : Canon 50D -ISO1250 10mm F/4
Commentaires : "Light Trails in the Forest" - In the center of the image between the trees, we could see the path of the stars of Sagittarius constellation, the sensation of movement was also caused due to the region of Milkyway wich is mixed with the tone of the bottom sky. The image was taken in a little pine forest located near the Atlantic Ocean, in Fonte-de-Telha, Almada, Portugal

Date : 02/10/2010
Lieu : Sesimbra, Portugal
MatУ?riel de prise de vue : Canon 50D -ISO80 50mm F/13
Commentaires : "In the limit of naked eye detection" - Image obtained during an exposure of 1h40m with a 50mm lens, recording the trails of the stars in the constellation Pisces Australis, passing behind the medieval Castle of Sesimbra (Portuguese architectural heritage) that is also called the Moorish Castle, ordered to build by Dom Sancho I in the year 1200, the thirteenth century, stands at 240 meters from the water level, and is still today well preserved