Finally! I have been chasing the opportunity of making a startrails image for a long time and yesterday, after a pizza with my sister and brother in law, the sky was dark enough for me and brother in law to take out our cameras and tripods and give it a try. I ‘m quite satisfied with this first result, but I know I must look for a better foreground. Plus I will try to delete the pictures with the airplane streaks!
@photogypsy@jacqbb thank you very much for your comments. In fact it is difficult to find a place facing north and dark enough, without close lights that could ruin the effort. But it’s a lot of fun!
Wow wow wow!!! I've wanted to do one of these forever and just love your result!! Did you watch a video to learn to do it? Or take a class? It's really awesome!
@taffy@gerry13 thank you very much! Actually the technique is quite simple, you need an intervallometer set to take a 30 secs long image every few seconds for about an hour and a half. In the end you must download all the photos in Startrails or Starstax, two free programs that will put together the images for you, and voilà! The difficult part is to find a dark enough spot and a clear sky. Which should not be difficult in Beaver Island. There are plenty of instructions in the internet https://capturetheatlas.com/star-trails-photography-guide/
@caterina Thanks! I think I'll try this sometime in later September when it is dark somewhat earlier. As long as there is no wind, it should be safe enough to set the camera up here and let it do its thing. Thanks for the link!
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