Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
Old buildings in Smokey Mountain National Park
Boost Creep
Adventurer
blackdog, curious how you go about shooting your star trail pics. you say 30 and 100, is that 30 and 100 pics edited together? are those shorter exposures? i guess i'm lost on what you did. i've only just started to try those myself last weekend and just did a single 12-15 or so minute pic and go this.
guess i'm just looking for tips or tricks to learn and get a better pic
guess i'm just looking for tips or tricks to learn and get a better pic
Pathfinder
Adventurer
No, those are not the Apostles, but the Susies off of Grand Portage..across Wauswaugoning Bay
We shot from right here - 47.987087, -89.652482, according to Google maps
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
blackdog, curious how you go about shooting your star trail pics. you say 30 and 100, is that 30 and 100 pics edited together? are those shorter exposures? i guess i'm lost on what you did. i've only just started to try those myself last weekend and just did a single 12-15 or so minute pic and go this.
guess i'm just looking for tips or tricks to learn and get a better pic
Some folks shoot a bunch of short exposures and then combine them to get the full circle of star trails.
I take the lazy approach and shoot one long exposure. This is about a 30 min exposure at ISO 200.
Blackdawg
Dr. Frankenstein
Yea the photos i posted above are Stacked. 30 or 100 30sec exposures stacked on top of eachother. I have done the bulb mode way though too where you just leave the shutter open. I like stacking as it gets rid of noise and i have more control over the image.
This is just a 45 min exposure though
IMG_7740.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
They do have different..Feels to them..at least to me.
For stacking i just use the Magic Lantern Intervalometer and do 100-200 or even 300 photos. That way i can pick which 50-100 photos i want within that time period if clouds happened to roll in for an hour or something of that nature. Plus i can get more stars and keep the sky dark.
I will light paint or do a long exposure for the foreground and use 1-4 images for the foreground and then put in with the stacked stars.
This is just a 45 min exposure though
IMG_7740.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on FlickrThey do have different..Feels to them..at least to me.
For stacking i just use the Magic Lantern Intervalometer and do 100-200 or even 300 photos. That way i can pick which 50-100 photos i want within that time period if clouds happened to roll in for an hour or something of that nature. Plus i can get more stars and keep the sky dark.
I will light paint or do a long exposure for the foreground and use 1-4 images for the foreground and then put in with the stacked stars.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
Motif #1 in the Rockport Massachusetts Harbor
Random Fish Shack in the same town
Random Fish Shack in the same town
Blackdawg
Dr. Frankenstein
I hate that! haha
Sometimes you can get some in before the Moon rise but its usually just not as dark a sky as you have to shoot "early"
Rattler
Thornton Melon's Kid
I ran into that when I took the ones I posted earlier. One of the nights the moon rose at @ 11;30 and it was like the sun coming up it was so yellow.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
Goat Island Light House, Cape Porpoise Maine - 30 Minute exposure, but it was a full moon that was just coming up over the horizon, so the sky was pretty washed out
matthewp
Combat Truck Monkey
Goat Island Light House, Cape Porpoise Maine - 30 Minute exposure, but it was a full moon that was just coming up over the horizon, so the sky was pretty washed out
Gorgeous picture!