Star Trails
Pictures of star trails resembling comets have fascinated me for a long time. In addition to the visual splendor of the images, the scientific fact that they illustrate Earth's rotation about the polar axis was the topping on dessert for my inner geek. In this blog I will describe some of my attempts to photograph the star trails. My description here is going to be very plain and simplistic suitable for the curious beginners, SLR Ninjas please bear with me. Overall, my experience has been that it is technically easy to do this, but you need to some good homework before you go out to shoot. Pick the right night (around new moon), dry weather, and pick a good location with less light pollution, and pick a good background that has the right blend of landscape and sky. Fig 1. ISO 1600, 3minute Exposure, 34 Frames, ~1.5hr Duration, Post Processed for Temperature, Sharpness, and Highlights A basic requirement for shooting star trails seems to be SRL cam...