Star trails.. Fail? OR not?

[D-B-J]

I spent three hours to get this shot. Any comments?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Did you add the vingette? I am not fond of it.

But neat star trails!

 

[darkchild]

do you just put the cam in b mode for half hour to get these?

 

[D-B-J]

Did you add the vingette? I am not fond of it.

But neat star trails!

This was the only way to counteract the hot pink edges caused by the sensor heating up too much. It wasnt my personal choice, but i figured it looked better than hot pink edges..:lmao:

 

[D-B-J]

do you just put the cam in b mode for half hour to get these?

Yes, and use a remote shutter release cord to hold the shutter open.

 

[pgriz]

Actually, pretty good. You'd like to experiment by pointing at the celestial north pole (that's where Polaris, the North Star, is located), and finding an appropriate foreground to give context to the trails. When the shutter is open for a long time, sky fog (the reflected light from light sources near and far from you), becomes apparent - which is why dark sky locations are prized by amateur astronomers. Derrick's technique of stacking "short" exposures, has the benefit of recording the star trails while minimizing the sky fog.

 

[DerekMellott]

I reprocessed this image and reduced the noise a bit, The next time I try this I will have to make the interval shorter, you can see the outer stars have breaks in the trail.

I also animated these trails.

 

[D-B-J]

anyone else?!

 

[DerekMellott]

Sorry, I forgot to to tell you how I feel about your image.

I like it, I like the composition and I don't even mind the vignette, good way to get rid of the pink edges.

 

[reznap]

Next time you gotta stack multiply exposures like Derek did on his picture. It's a good first try though.. Having something in the foreground is a must. The outline of a tree is... ok, but having something more in the scene will make for a more dramatic photo I think.

 

[D-B-J]

Sorry, I forgot to to tell you how I feel about your image.

I like it, I like the composition and I don't even mind the vignette, good way to get rid of the pink edges.

Thanks!

 

[D-B-J]

Next time you gotta stack multiply exposures like Derek did on his picture. It's a good first try though.. Having something in the foreground is a must. The outline of a tree is... ok, but having something more in the scene will make for a more dramatic photo I think.

Whatcha mean, exactly?