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Startrails

I was surprised how this came out after playing with the levels. The original is below.

 

I have seen a few of these startrail shots on Flickr and often wonderded how to make one. I found some freeware on the web which works perfect. This was made from 79 shots at f4 - 15 second exposure 70mm over 32 minutes.

 

www.startrails.de/html/software.html

 

The one downfall was having to sit outside for ages and press the button for how ever long. To get around this I found another website with instructions on how to make a remote relese shutter cable and by playing with the wires got it work on continuous shooting mode. I poped open a can of larger and let the camera do the work.

 

www.instructables.com/id/Homebew_Wired_SONY_ALPHA_Remote/

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Uploaded on February 21, 2010
Taken on February 21, 2010