Time for creative destruction of the creative cloud
On May 6th Adobe announced its next iteration of the Creative Suite titled Adobe Creative Cloud. The software will be offered as a subscription only and priced (for existing users) at $49.99/month for the entire Creative Suite and $19.99/month for Photoshop only.
The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory and the air sampling tower at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. A one hour, five minute long exposure produces star trails, or circular paths of the stars around the celestial poles due to the earths rotation (130 separate exposures of 30 seconds duration each of the same subject matter are sandwiched together to form the star trails). Photo by, Jonathan Kingston/New York Times/National Geographic
What are Star Trails?
Simply stated, star trails are the streaks in a photograph left by stars during a time exposure as the Earth rotates. Objects in the foreground of the photograph remain sharp as they are not moving relative to the camera, while the stars, depending on which cardinal direction the camera is facing, will form concentric circles or streaks in the sky.
Why does Photographing Star Trails require a different technique with a Digital SLR?
This is the first time in a number of years I have not participated in the pre-release beta testing for Photoshop, and I must say it is strange to be out of the loop and unconstrained by an NDA. One thing I know for certain is that Adobe works on 18-24 month product cycles, and CS4 is just about to hit the 18 month mark. In my humble opinion its lunacy to have such a short product cycle as the consumer barely has time to adopt and learn the updated program before it is depreciated by the next product cycle, but, that being said – everybody gear up for the next life change from Adobe!
Jonathan Kingston Explores the World in Search of Images and Insights