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Constellation Pisces


Kodak Pro 400 PPF - 6 x 7 cm Pentax medium format camera w/90mm lens

- Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac. Its name is the Latin plural for fish. It lies between Aquarius to the west and Aries to the east.

This photo of Pisces shows, enlarged in their true color, the main "naked eye" stars that make up the shape of the constellation. This is a natural photographic technique with the various effects created during a single exposure of the film.

Our photographic technique was used that we call a "motion stop sequence" to get the long exposure of the constellation and a sharp exposure of the trees in the same photograph. The camera must accurately track the movement of the stars across the sky over the hour long exposure to keep them from smearing on the film. Then a new exposure is taken with the tracking drive turned off to capture the "Earth scene" and keep it from smearing on the film. Then the two are merged together so the final photograph shows both components clearly as they looked to the observer in "real time".single exposure of the film.