Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Star Trails

So I finally got out to shoot some star trails and I have to say I am pretty pleased with my first attempt shot. Here is the one photo I got just two different edits. Feedback on which one you like best please.




4 comments:

Sara said...

I really like the 2nd image. I just think the blue makes it feel more... night-ish? Great shot either way. I'm going to go Google instructions on how to do this now.....

Cassandra Steen said...

Really awesome scott, also gonna check out how to do this, looks great

Gabrielle Touchette said...

Yes, I like the coloured one best too. There's just something more mystic and alive about it.

I haven't done much star trails shooting, but I noticed that on the end of a few of the brighter star trails there's a sort of dot or "period". I wonder why? And then it got me thinking... imagine every 20 minutes or so (depending on the length of your exposure), you'd cover your lens for a while and take it off again, and so on. I wonder what it would look like to have dotted lines as star trails? Would that even be cool? I guess I should experiment myself with traditional star trails before I start thinking of modifying them up.

Anyway, good work! How long were your exposures, by the way?

Scott Zielke said...

Holy I never even noticed the little period thing at the end of the trails...that's so weird. I think you should definitely experiment with it. And my exposure was a little over an hour.