First Star Trails Attempt

@mikegifford gave me a push challenge of star trails. Weather report looked as if we'd have cloud cover all week, but we didn't. But we do have a very bright sky with the almost full moon. I'm pretty disappointed with this but I'll be trying it again when the sky is dark again.

[Jane Pittenger]

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[Aaron]

Great first try Jane! I would definitely close the aperture more though, to f/16 or f/22 to keep it dark; and decrease ISO to 100 :)

[Jane Pittenger]

@grizzlysghost Thanks Aaron. I was going by what I found on line. I'll try your ideas

[Mike Gifford]

Great first try! As Aaron mentions, drop the ISO to 100 and raise the aperture. Did you stack or is the EXIF info correct at 323 sec (~5.4 min)?

[Jane Pittenger]

@mikegifford Exif is right. I was trying to get my remote to take multiple shots but couldnt get it to. Not sure what the trick on that is. I found a stacking program that doesn't require photoshop...I just have elements 10. I'll keep working on this. A definite push!

[Kerri]

Love the blue :)

[Mike Gifford]

@jgpittenger Does your camera have a built-in intervalometer ? Look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervalometer
Many of the DSLR have this capability. Once you get your camera setup you then set the timing interval.

[Judith Greenwood]

At least you'll get a dark sky - ours is never dark. Looks like you've got the technique right as well.

[Sue Wilde]

The blue sky is quite different

[Jennifer]

Cool!!! Better than I could do! Well done.