Lauterbrunnen star trails

POSTCARD-PERFECT VILLAGE
My latest work from this beautiful place and my last post in 2016 whereas for some of you guys it might even be the my first post in 2017 ????
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The previous picture which I shot there got so popular so that I decided to return here and shoot this paradise looking scenery again ???? The image is a time blend. The base exposure was shot during blue hour so that I could stop down my lens to f11 for maximum sharpness and depth of field. Then I planned to wait an hour or so shoot the star trails. On the right hand side of the image you can see that the mountain is illuminated by yellow light. This is where the very famous „Staubbachfall“ waterfall drops 297m down! However these days the waterfall does not look that impressive as it barely runs water. However as the light was turned on anyway it was impossible to get a clean image of the night sky. Beside that fog was about to develop making it even more impossible to get any usable shot. I left my tripod with the camera on it and went back to my nearby parked car and waited. According to an information which I found online the light should turn off at 2200. When I stepped out of the car at that time the fog was actually gone however the light was still on. So I decided to wait until the lights would eventually switch off. It happened at 2317…finally! I let the camera run for 50minutes to capture the star trails. When I was done the tripod was frozen on the ground and the camera was covered by a layer of ice accretion! It stayed there for more than 9 hours, however that way I was sure the tripod did not move during the entire time and the blending process in PS was easy to do!
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For those of you guys who are interested in the gear I used as well as the camera settings...
Canon 5DIII + Canon 16-35mm F-2.8 L II @27mm
Foreground f-11 -- ISO 100 -- 25s
Stars f-4 --ISO 8000 -- 100x 30s
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