Yvonne V White
Startrails over the M25
You can do startrails, even where there is a lot of light pollution, this one is about an hours worth of 30 sec exposures, stacked in a free program called Starstax, then edited in Lightroom to bring out some detail. The direction is north facing... about half a mile across the fields is the Sth Mimms junction where both the M25 and A1 intersect, and there is of course the service station. So plenty of light being emitted, as you can on the horizon. I chose this location for that reason, plus I liked how the trees leading off down the lane created a good frame. When the weather is a bit warmer, would like to do a couple of hours worth here, it was -5 tonight.
Startrails over the M25
You can do startrails, even where there is a lot of light pollution, this one is about an hours worth of 30 sec exposures, stacked in a free program called Starstax, then edited in Lightroom to bring out some detail. The direction is north facing... about half a mile across the fields is the Sth Mimms junction where both the M25 and A1 intersect, and there is of course the service station. So plenty of light being emitted, as you can on the horizon. I chose this location for that reason, plus I liked how the trees leading off down the lane created a good frame. When the weather is a bit warmer, would like to do a couple of hours worth here, it was -5 tonight.