How do you go about capturing an entire day in one photograph? It’s a tricky one, but that didn’t stop astrophotographer Chris Kotsiopoulos from taking up the challenge. The result is the incredible 24 hour photo below where he’s visualized a whole day in a single image, and conveniently deconstructed its components.The day in question was 30 December 2010, which Kotsiopoulos started by setting up his camera to face east, taking a series of photos following the sun as it moved from east to west. Then, after the sun had set, he pointed the camera west, photographing a series of shots going from west to east, including an 11 hour startrail sequence (check out the stunning the timelapse video above), to capture the day and night parts respectively. Kotsiopoulos added these to some transitional shots and stitched them all together to get the remarkable image below. For more details on how he achieved it, and the problems he overcame in the process, along with a step-by-step guide to constructing the image check out his forum post.And below is a breakdown of the various components that make up this image. For a high-res version go here.Kotsiopoulos’s work features all kinds of amazing astrophotography ranging from the night sky, the sun, the moon, along with globe panoramas shot in his native Greece. Go check out his website for more breathtaking work.[via Today and Tomorrow]
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A Full Day Captured In A Single Photograph
Astrophotographer Chris Kotsiopoulos’s spectacular visualization of 24 hours, composed of 500 startrails, 35 sun sequences, and 25 landscape shots.