Stars & star-trails in the dusk

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

With the motorhome being self-contained with hot 'n cold running everything, when we stop overnight "out in the bush" we get to enjoy many lovely evenings

1)- the test shot for focus - about 20 minutes after sundown

exif- Panny FZ-2500; 30s x F5,6; ISO-400; Lens at 1x zoom / 24mm FFequiv

2)- the final blend of 360 x 1/2-minute exposures

exif- Panny FZ-2500; 3-hours x F5,6; ISO-400; Lens at 1x zoom / 24mm FFequiv

Notes .... for any of us who might like to do a startrail pic, first download the stacking program "startrails" from www-startrails-de (fix the - before typing)
It is very easy to use and the above 360 image stack took about 10-minutes of time (while I sat and had a cuppa watching it do it all by itself)

As always, feedback welcome
Phil

 

[terri]

Beautiful work! Your sky is lovely, bathed in this gorgeous post-sundown light. Very nice job.

 

[Jeff15]

A nice set...

 

[D7K]

Excellent captures, I’ve tried startrails but was still left with some (minut) spaces between the star trails themselves, I guess my camera was setup wrong waiting too long between shots.

 

[wobe]

Beautiful - love the sky colour.

 

[smoke665]

Well done! There's something mesmerizing and peaceful about the image.

 

[Lottie]

Beautiful colours, love it

 

[Original katomi]

Well shot
Having tried I know it’s not as easy as it looks

 

[jeffashman]

Beautifully done!

 

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Excellent captures, I’ve tried startrails but was still left with some (minute) spaces between the star trails themselves, I guess my camera was setup wrong waiting too long between shots.

G'day mate

Some cameras have a menu option called "NR reduction" which cycles the sensor to 'clean' it between each long exposure. If you have this option in your camera's menu (somewhere) then turn if "OFF"

In practice if shooting 15-second exposures, it cycles the sensor for 15-seconds to 'clean' it before your next 15-second exposure thus leavng dots between the star lines

Phil

 

[slat]

Nice shots.