My first star trail!

[Mansi]

Shot at 13000 feet at below freezing temperatures
200iso fuji film on my Nikon f75
f8, focussed at infinity, shot on bulb
and a 2 hour 20 minute exposure
I was kind of kicked that it came out ok! My first shot.. boy will i be trying more of these :lmao:

11th June 2005

btw that was the moon that went down

Thanks for looking

 

[GrAsS]

Thats cool, i tried it a couple of times in a forest near my house, gave me some pretty spectacular shots.

Another thing thats cool is that you shot this on film, respect for that, im a film shooter my own, i wont go into detail why cuz then i'll get banned here

anyway nice going, maybe a bit more texture in the sky would have been pretty but seeing as you had an exposure of more then 2 hours that would be a little hard

keep up the good work, try finding and old shed somewhere or something like that, object light up really nice with this kind of exposure, and with the stars twisted up like that, i should get you a cool effect

 

[Mansi]

Thanks Grass.. you know what i love film tooo!!! digital's cool but nothing beats film yet
oh well i am learning a thing or two shooting digital.. but my fave medium is and always will be b/w film
I'm not going to be able to shoot any more star trails toh.. this is my first and last pic for a bit.. i'm back home from the trek and around here.. it's impossible to have clear skies... if it's clear then its the damned pollution I'll still try however..
i wasnt very happy with the shot.. but i'll pass coz its a first.. next time i'll do better
Thanks for your comments

 

[M @ k o]

OMG ! Marvelous shot ! Very cool picture. I'm gotta have to write this down in my to do photos book. 8 )

Well Done Mansi !

 

[westman]

good shot

 

[john3eblover]

wow...thats impressive

 

[aprilraven]

very cool shot.....great job....
love the colors.....

 

[JonMikal]

excellent results for a first timer!

 

[Canoncan]

Just stellar results.

 

[Mansi]

Thanks everyone for your comments

 

[omeletteman]

hmmm I'm jsut getting an annoying "x" box and no picture, think you could post the link? Thanks.

 

[ThatCameraThingy]

Mansi ,

Yours beats mine , hands down!!

Awesome !

you do realise that the competition is now on???


Hanno

 

[Mansi]

here's the link for you omletteman http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/MansiMidha/Manali%20NEW/38e2943d.jpg

Hey hanno...competition?! lol i better look around..
thank you thank you thank you... im going to catch your star trail pic now

 

[Ghoste]

Love the shot Mansi! I'm wondering though, how do you focus for this kind of shot?

 

[Chiller]

Holy Cow Mansi.. That is really really amazing. Excellent job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!