National Park, After Dark*

Challenge #4 in the After Dark series. Hosted by EvokeEmotion.

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Do you head towards the park entrance/exit after the obligatory sunset shots? Or do you stick around? Show us your best picture taken within a national park boundary after dark. *NO STAR TRAILS, please. I would like to have a separate challenge just for star trails.

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Announced:

Saturday, 31st March, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 7th April, 2012 – Friday, 13th April, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 14th April, 2012 – Friday, 20th April, 2012 (GMT)

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No border or title on image.
In the title, state the name of the national park, and which state/province, country it's in.
Again, no star trail images, please. Reason is, I don't want to have star trail images dominating and crowding out other types of photography. I will definitely run a star trail challenge in the future.

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Arches National Park - Moab, Utah

by sightedtouch

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The Milky Way under beautiful Delicate Arch

Camera:	Canon EOS 50D
Lens:	Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
Submitted:	Wednesday, 11th April, 2012 03:23 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 2nd July, 2011
Focal length:	10 mm
Shutter speed:	25 sec
Aperture:	F3.5
ISO:	1600
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Thank you everyone for your kind comments, much appreciated.

This was a one-shot photo shot in RAW, it was not combined. Using a 10-22 lens, I could take up to a 30 second exposure without getting star trails.

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I assume this was a combined photo. Regardless, it's wonderful.

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Outstanding shot!

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Obviously the camera was tracking in order to avoid star trails. How did you avoid blur on the arch?

Beautiful image!

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NIce Capture :)

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Portal extraordinaire.

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One of the best if not the best image I ever saw of Delicate Arch. Great work!

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this is really out of this world!! very well crafted image indeed! compliments!

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congrats and gorgeous! what was the light source to lit up the arches?

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