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Oh; I'm so sorry! I thought that this meant that it was a composite! [quote] The featured picture is actually the addition of ten consecutive images taken by the same camera from the same location.[/quote] Maybe I read into it wrong! :oops:

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Interesting picture; even though it is a composite!
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I would not call this picture a "composite". Summing a series of consecutive images is merely a stack- a technique for making a longer exposure than a camera otherwise supports. If the exposure times are changed to increase dynamic range (I don't know if that's the case here) it's a form of HDR processing. Still not composite.

A composite image would have different elements in different frames, and all the frames wouldn't necessarily be captured at the same location or in the same direction.

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Interesting picture; even though it is a composite!
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Thanks for that comment, Orin! :D I wasn't sure what to say myself. You summed it up perfectly! :D

Ann

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Interesting picture; even though it is a composite!

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