wow, those are really cool star trailsKelly wrote:Some inspiration: Matthew Cook Photography - Star Trails
That's exactly the stuff I have in mind. Wish I could do that
wow, those are really cool star trailsKelly wrote:Some inspiration: Matthew Cook Photography - Star Trails
Those are incredible! Love 'em! Well done.americanhero wrote:wow, those are wonderful trails.
I tried some trail as well this year. Took this two shots in Southern Utah while there on vacation. It also was my very first attempt with the trails
The first one wasn't long enough, only 12 independent shots which I later later stacked together. All shots were 30sec exposures
the second one is much better, I stacked 5 or six shots together. Each of the shots had a 2 minute exposure and the lighting on the rocks is from my campfire.
if I ever find a place here in Western New York without a lot of light pollution, I will give it another try.
thank you.hoohaa wrote: Those are incredible! Love 'em! Well done.
I have recently started reading on stacking. I can't figure out how some of it works though. I saw one awesome image someone took and they did 100 30-second exposures and stacked them. The result was amazing. But when I did any 30-second images, it looked like a blank screen on my camera. How does that work if you have all those exposures and it seems to be capturing nothing. I'd hate to go sit somewhere for an hour, do all those exposures, stack them and find I got nothing in the end!
Is stacking a tough thing to do?
Loved your shots. I hope some clear weather comes soon as I'd like to try some star trails again.
Matt wrote:Photoshop CS4 and 5 will do stacking quite well.