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Kinda cooool.
I don't know what the lights are tho? Aurora?
900 second star trail shot (264k - 1000px)
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Kinda cooool.
I don't know what the lights are tho? Aurora?
Yeah, why poor EOS?
Does long exposures hurt the sensor? The shutter?
Or merely drain the battery?
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It looks like a whirlpool. Is that just captured by chance? My poor astonomy knowledge would like to be improved. If I was to point my camera up at the sky with a really long exposure, would I get shots such as these. I would have thought the stars would have just gone across the shot in streaks?
Great capture.
Great capture.
As long as you get one of the pole stars in shot, then all the others will appear to go around this because the earth is rotating on it's axis, the pole star being above the pole will not appear to move as much as the others, so you get the rather pleasing swirl effect.
Just try hard to make sure you do the shot on a cloudless night as can be seen here clouds do tend to obscure the view somewhat.
You can either do the shot in one long exposure like this one was, or you can do loads of shorter shots, (around a minute or two), and then layer them together in Photoshop or other software.
There is a cracking shot that Amp34 did in the "Post Your Pictures Here" Thread. He took 45 one minute shots and layered them into one graet picture.
Just try hard to make sure you do the shot on a cloudless night as can be seen here clouds do tend to obscure the view somewhat.
You can either do the shot in one long exposure like this one was, or you can do loads of shorter shots, (around a minute or two), and then layer them together in Photoshop or other software.
There is a cracking shot that Amp34 did in the "Post Your Pictures Here" Thread. He took 45 one minute shots and layered them into one graet picture.
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WOW I'm liking the ideal of these shots. whats the standard settings would you guys use to get this kind of shot. And is there a suggested Lens to use.
It looks like a whirlpool. Is that just captured by chance? My poor astonomy knowledge would like to be improved. If I was to point my camera up at the sky with a really long exposure, would I get shots such as these. I would have thought the stars would have just gone across the shot in streaks?
Great capture.
Not if you are pointing towards the pole.
The star in the middle is the pole star.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polestar
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Nothing like doing it the easy way
How do you do this layer thing? As im tempted to do it myself...
Edit: I used ISO 200, F/5, Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm.
The battery went at exactly 900 seconds which was wierd but oh well, was trying to do an hour, luckily checked at 30 mins and found it was off
Im going to try Amp34s idea, don't really fancy sitting outside for AGES tho
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Have never done the layer thing myself, Amp34 describes how in the thread mentioned, and also links to some softwre to help you do it.
To save sitting around for ages invest in a timer remote, Canon do the TC-80N3 but it is a bit steep if you are on a budget, original Canon are around £100-£120 depending on where you get it from. There are auction sites that do them cheaper and also third party options even cheaper.
To save sitting around for ages invest in a timer remote, Canon do the TC-80N3 but it is a bit steep if you are on a budget, original Canon are around £100-£120 depending on where you get it from. There are auction sites that do them cheaper and also third party options even cheaper.
Thats quite an interesting shot, the clouds and the light pollution make it seem quite surreal. It's also quite interesting that you have the pole star at the bottom of the shot, not the top, did you rotate it?
Pah easy indeed!
The software is really easy to use, the only drawback I found in using multiple shots (other than taking up way too much space on the memory card) is that there is a slight space in the trails for each exposure. It's resonably visible on the screen at 100% but I don't know what it will look like when printed.
A remote would be a very good investment if you do do lots of shots, i'm aiming to get one for my next go.
Nothing like doing it the easy way
How do you do this layer thing? As im tempted to do it myself...
Edit: I used ISO 200, F/5, Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm.
The battery went at exactly 900 seconds which was wierd but oh well, was trying to do an hour, luckily checked at 30 mins and found it was off
Im going to try Amp34s idea, don't really fancy sitting outside for AGES tho
Pah easy indeed!
The software is really easy to use, the only drawback I found in using multiple shots (other than taking up way too much space on the memory card) is that there is a slight space in the trails for each exposure. It's resonably visible on the screen at 100% but I don't know what it will look like when printed.
A remote would be a very good investment if you do do lots of shots, i'm aiming to get one for my next go.
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Thats quite an interesting shot, the clouds and the light pollution make it seem quite surreal. It's also quite interesting that you have the pole star at the bottom of the shot, not the top, did you rotate it?
Pah easy indeed!
The software is really easy to use, the only drawback I found in using multiple shots (other than taking up way too much space on the memory card) is that there is a slight space in the trails for each exposure. It's resonably visible on the screen at 100% but I don't know what it will look like when printed.
A remote would be a very good investment if you do do lots of shots, i'm aiming to get one for my next go.
Well I have found software that will do shots every minute for you, a second shouldn't make *that* much difference!
Software? Are you going to hook your camera up to your PC or is the software for something else?
The gap isn't huge, as I said only really visible at 100%, i'll upload a crop in the morning so you can see what I mean. When I get home at christmas I'm going to print it out and see what it looks like (along with about half a dozen other images, my dad is going to love me!)
The gap isn't huge, as I said only really visible at 100%, i'll upload a crop in the morning so you can see what I mean. When I get home at christmas I'm going to print it out and see what it looks like (along with about half a dozen other images, my dad is going to love me!
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