1st attempt at star trailing.

actually.. its more of 1st attempt at star trails / bulb mode and my new 18-270mm tamron lens. comments needed so i can try out more shots while im still up in the mountains in canada!



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Mr Darcy wrote:Main thing would be to get rid of all that terrestrial light. Turn off all the lights if possible or go somewhere its dark outside.
Then I would open up the lens as far as it will go, Increase the ISO as far as reasonable and use the in-camera noise reduction. Make sure you have fresh batteries though, especially in Canada in Winter! Also , make sure the moon has set
Check the recent posts. there have been some great examples of Star Trails recently from Broken Hill. bigv is one name that comes to mind. Anyway, they used a technique of layering lots of shorter duration exposures. Worked a treat.
1. should i on/off my on lens VC?
2. advantages/disadvantages of doing layers/30min exposure shot?
3. Why push up the iso and not just use 100?
Secondly do not use in camera noise reduction because you will end up with big caps between the stars.
Mr Darcy wrote:Secondly do not use in camera noise reduction because you will end up with big caps between the stars.
Can you explain this more Big V?
My understanding was that the long exposure NR takes a second frame for the same duration WITHOUT opening the shutter
Big V wrote:Greg, the beauty of using the layering method is two fold, you can take star trails from any location no matter how bad the light pollution and this gives you the creativity to frame the image any way you want. As an example I have done this from the centre of Adelaide with a statue pointing to the star trail. Secondly it will beat the noise down which would be an issue on a series of short exposures at higher ISO settings. You get a great deal of flexibility using this method.