Friday, October 29, 2010

Old Old pic, first star trail pic I ever did

Here's the first star trail pic I ever did! I much prefer the one that I took that I put in the first post of my blog, as it has cool scenery in it, but this one turned out better in my opinion. The difference between the one here and the one in my first blog post, is that the one in the first blog post had the Full Moon out so it looks like day time in that one, while still being able to see stars!

This was done as a long exposure with the camera pointed at the north star, Polaris. All stars appear to rotate around polaris due to the Earth rotating in space. Stars closer to Polaris move in a very tiny circle, while the ones farther away make a huge swoop. I had to cut this off early as the clouds started rolling in as you can tell :)

19 comments:

  1. Wow, that's really cool... I wish I had a camera that could do this

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  2. I love these pictures! Nice blog you've got here :)

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  3. Dude thats awesome for your first time! I wish I could do soemthign like that. The city sucks for star-gazing though :(

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  4. that's a really cool effect. too bad i live in the city.. i can't even see the stars!!!

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  5. I always thought pics like this one are just a simple shoop. Big WOW!

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  6. Great pic! I remember trying to take some star pics with an ancient camera I had, it was a challenge for sure.

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  7. That's a great picture! I would love to see that same effect on a panaoramic shot over the beach! That would be dope! If u ever do that send me the pic! :)

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  8. WOW love your work! its great!will be back to see more!

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  9. Whoa, awesome picture...that's really cool!

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  10. Amazing picture mate. Keep them coming.

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