North Wales Star Trail

[jambouk]

A 7hour star trail I took two nights ago from near Harlech, North Wales. Canon 6D and Samyang 14mm lens, f/4, ISO800, 15 second subs, 1 second pause. Stighly washed out by the Moon.

James

[Daniel-K]

something i have never got around to doing, i must try it. fantastic image.

[jambouk]

Daniel, if I can do them, anyone can. I put together a brief guide on how to do them on my local astronomical society's website, though I suspect like many, you know what to do, it's just a case of having a go:

http://nottinghamastro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/star-trailsnas.pdf

I think the two biggest problems are light pollution (but there are ways around this) and dew (again there are ways). If I have a go in light polluted skies I put my LP filter inside my camera, but either use a custom white balance or normalise the RGB once the images are stacked (or convert to monochrome). I now have a spare dew heater which I run of a spare battery so the lens remains just warm enough to keep dew at bay. I've yet to find a solution to badgers scratching thier ar**s on my tripod though; apparently lion dung works, but the last time I asked for this at the zoo I got thrown out...

James

 

[laudropb]

Very nice capture.

[happy-kat]

Great picture and enjoyed the pdf too.