Star trails 1
While I was in Central Australia recently, I thought I would have a go at star trails. It is not often that you have wonderful views of the stars, you can leave you camera unattended for long periods and not have to worry about dew getting on the lens or someone taking your camera. I took the easy approach and took a single long exposure rather than multiple exposures.
My first attempt was a complete failure. I had high ISO noise reduction switched on and I thought my camera was malfunctioning when the camera kept processing for minutes and minutes. This is one of the next attempts. It was for only about 10 1/2 minutes so the trails are very short.
The trees are desert oaks, Allocasuarina decaisneana
f/4 635 sec ISO 80 16mm Pentax 16-50mm f/2.8 Pentax K-5
Star trails 1
While I was in Central Australia recently, I thought I would have a go at star trails. It is not often that you have wonderful views of the stars, you can leave you camera unattended for long periods and not have to worry about dew getting on the lens or someone taking your camera. I took the easy approach and took a single long exposure rather than multiple exposures.
My first attempt was a complete failure. I had high ISO noise reduction switched on and I thought my camera was malfunctioning when the camera kept processing for minutes and minutes. This is one of the next attempts. It was for only about 10 1/2 minutes so the trails are very short.
The trees are desert oaks, Allocasuarina decaisneana
f/4 635 sec ISO 80 16mm Pentax 16-50mm f/2.8 Pentax K-5