Star trails

AndySwinden

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This is one of my first attempt at doing star trails. I did it while on holiday in France, where it really does get dark !n was surprised at the range of colours I managed to pick up.

What do you think ?

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This reminds me of my first attempt at doing a star trail, and your right it is amazing the colour range in the stars, but as chirs has said it would be a lot better if your had something to set the trails against such as some landscape or some building :D I have done quite a few of them and I find that its nice to get creative :D

This is the most recent of my photo's to feature startrails and if I'm honest startrails are only a small part of the overall image :D CLICK HERE

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You got the technique sorted Andy, nice and clear. You've managed to get a shooting star (most probably shooting star, 99% sure it's not aircraft but might be satellite) in the middle of the upper left quadrant too, bonus :)
Like the others have already said, time to get other stuff into the frame too, at the very least a simple horizon. Nice work :)
 
Thanks guys ! You are right, a bit of foreground interest would help a lot.....will have a go on the next clear night. I was assuming it was a shooting star (or similar) I did also get 3 aircraft (which I cloned out of the relevant frames) and they looked very different.
 
You're on to the foreground interest already so I won't mention it again ;)

The travelling object looks more like an iridium flare to me - reflection of light off a satellite; they tend to taper both in and out where shooting stars are typically bolder at one end.

Can't easily work out if you stacked this or it's a single exposure?
 
I like it, nice and clear, nice colours. I see what others are saying too about foreground.

Never having tried one myself, how do you get the trails in a circular motion? Do you just point it at the sky anywhere or is it more scientific?
 
rugeyes said:
I like it, nice and clear, nice colours. I see what others are saying too about foreground.

Never having tried one myself, how do you get the trails in a circular motion? Do you just point it at the sky anywhere or is it more scientific?
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Circular trails appear to centre on Polaris aka the north star. The further away from there you're aiming your camera, the straighter your trails will appear.
 
AndySwinden said:
I was assuming it was a shooting star (or similar) I did also get 3 aircraft (which I cloned out of the relevant frames) and they looked very different.
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It was probably the ISS

agree with other foreground interest would make it more interesting

I must have a go at this one day I never seem to get around to it
 
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AndWhyNot said:
Circular trails appear to centre on Polaris aka the north star. The further away from there you're aiming your camera, the straighter your trails will appear.
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Cheers
 
Cheers all. Heading to the south coast for a couple of days so may try this if the sky is clear.
 
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