Startrail :: Narrabri NSW

eMOJO

This is my third attempt at some star trails and rather than shooting south (southern hemisphere) I thought I would have a go at due west... there was some back burning which put some smoke in the sunset.



167 frames @ 30sec : ISO200 : f3.5 : 18mm.

I really need a wider lens for this sort of stuff, also I had to delete 2 frames where a vehicle came up and down the driveway

RogersDA

167 frames for 30 seconds each? Why not longer bulb exposures with greatly reduced number of frames? The star trails look a bit choppy in some places.

Ohiohiker

RogersDA wrote: »

167 frames for 30 seconds each? Why not longer bulb exposures with greatly reduced number of frames? The star trails look a bit choppy in some places.

DSLR sensors get heat up over a long exposure and you start adding noise and possibly hot spots. The choppy look probably is from him deleting the 2 frames mentioned.

eMOJO I love this shot especially the fact that you included the oranges and red from the sunset. Look forward to seeing more.

FlyNavy

Very creative! Nice work.

eMOJO

RogersDA wrote: »

167 frames for 30 seconds each? Why not longer bulb exposures with greatly reduced number of frames? The star trails look a bit choppy in some places.

Yep the "choppy" look is from removing two of the frames and at 30sec exposures I can lock the trigger on and go do something else... In the case of this shot I was partaking in Good Friday festivities, I came back after three hours and although the battery was flat on my return I had about 90mins of shots to stack.

As mentioned the reduced noise in a 30sec shot makes dealing with the final image so much easier + I'm using a 400D which doesn't handle noise all that well.

Cheers
E

eMOJO

Ohiohiker wrote: »

eMOJO I love this shot especially the fact that you included the oranges and red from the sunset. Look forward to seeing more.

FlyNavy wrote: »

Very creative! Nice work.

Thanks, I have been planning my next one... just need conditions to line up

joe-bob

It's a unique photo compared with most star trail shots. Very nice.

riverrat66

eMOJO wrote: »

This is my third attempt at some star trails and rather than shooting south (southern hemisphere) I thought I would have a go at due west... there was some back burning which put some smoke in the sunset.




167 frames @ 30sec : ISO200 : f3.5 : 18mm.

I really need a wider lens for this sort of stuff, also I had to delete 2 frames where a vehicle came up and down the driveway

Very nice!

Doug Solis

I actually like what the back burning has done, by adding a splash of morning clouds to the horizon. Nice job with the streaks, makes for a very beautiful image.

A-1 Boss

I love this shot. I'm not very experienced with software so do you stack all of these shots in photoshop or how do you put all 167 frames together? Do you set your camera in an mode that automatically takes the shots? I wanna give this a try!

eMOJO

I use some free software called startrails.de and for the workflow, I have adopted what can be found in this resource linked here

After stacking in the startrails software I then move the image into photoshop.

Cheers
E

A-1 Boss wrote: »

I love this shot. I'm not very experienced with software so do you stack all of these shots in photoshop or how do you put all 167 frames together? Do you set your camera in an mode that automatically takes the shots? I wanna give this a try!

Chris H

this is really a very unique shot, I love it. I assume the shorter exposures also made it easier to avoid blowing the highlights in the lighter parts of the horizon?

eMOJO

That's right, I actually didn't use the first 6 or so exposures because I felt they were too bright, not blown but just too much for this shot.

Chris H wrote: »

this is really a very unique shot, I love it. I assume the shorter exposures also made it easier to avoid blowing the highlights in the lighter parts of the horizon?

bigpix

Have not tried a star trail as yet but you have given me some inspiration..... nice capture

annnna8888

Being a big fan of star trail photography I really like this photo. The simplicity of composition with a couple of trees at the bottom, some sunset color and lines of star trails make it a winner in my book.

Ana