Celestial Beacon

A 60-minute long exposure of the iconic concrete water tower in Budapest's 22nd district. Captured on 35mm film, showing faint star trails circling behind the glowing warning lights. The image was heavily overexposed due to the hour-long exposure, requiring digital post-processing to bring down the highlights and remove a heavy overall green color cast typical of long-exposure film color shifts.

• Camera: Minolta XD 5

• Lens: Vivitar 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 (@28mm)

• Film: Kodak Ektar 100

• Settings: 60 min @ f/3.5

• Location: Budapest XXII, Hungary

• Year: 2021