Skyline Arch
This is my first try at photographing star trails. This image took 2 hours to shoot, which seemed crazy to me at the time - I've never made that kind of commitment to a single image! The colours in the stars are real - not all stars are white (only the very brightest) and I found out that if you set your ISO low enough (this was shot at 1600) you can capture some of that colour.
I messed up the intervalometer settings, which is why it looks wonky, but I like it anyway.
I was in Utah for a week specifically to photograph the night sky and what an amazing night sky it was. The Milky Way positively glowed. Photographing at night was an incredible way to see Arches National Park - which is usually so very crowded. At 9pm, when dozens of cars were leaving the park, we were just arriving and then we had the incredible luck of having it almost to ourselves. If you want to see more of those pictures (and my other efforts at night photography) feel free to look at my Night Sky album.
Skyline Arch
This is my first try at photographing star trails. This image took 2 hours to shoot, which seemed crazy to me at the time - I've never made that kind of commitment to a single image! The colours in the stars are real - not all stars are white (only the very brightest) and I found out that if you set your ISO low enough (this was shot at 1600) you can capture some of that colour.
I messed up the intervalometer settings, which is why it looks wonky, but I like it anyway.
I was in Utah for a week specifically to photograph the night sky and what an amazing night sky it was. The Milky Way positively glowed. Photographing at night was an incredible way to see Arches National Park - which is usually so very crowded. At 9pm, when dozens of cars were leaving the park, we were just arriving and then we had the incredible luck of having it almost to ourselves. If you want to see more of those pictures (and my other efforts at night photography) feel free to look at my Night Sky album.