Star Trails

[Josh Campbell]

All the star trails I did over the summer... and one from last week

1

Star Trail 7/7/11 by TheLouisianaJackhammer, on Flickr

2

Star Trail 7/26/11 by TheLouisianaJackhammer, on Flickr

3

Pleasant View Church by TheLouisianaJackhammer, on Flickr

4

Pleasant View Church (one traffic trail) by TheLouisianaJackhammer, on Flickr

5

Star Trail 10/24/11 by TheLouisianaJackhammer, on Flickr

you can read more about them at The Ol' College Try

also, I could use specific opinions about 4 and its alternatives---http://oldcollegetry1991.blogspot.com/2011/11/pleasant-view-church-part-ii.html

[joechan]

Wow, I always want to shoot pictures like these! Too bad the city lights pollution is heavy in my town.

[cassidyfenty22]

nice I wanted to try this one out but I haven't bought a remote though.

[Dyflam]

It's cool to see the different colors of the stars... nice shots.

[Bryancute]

I have a really good camera and I want to take some long exposure photos of the sky without getting star trails. I know I have to mount the camera to a device that will track the sky as the Earth rotates. Some higher-end telescopes have this device but I don't need a telescope, I just need the tracking device.

[480sparky]

I have a really good camera and I want to take some long exposure photos of the sky without getting star trails. I know I have to mount the camera to a device that will track the sky as the Earth rotates. Some higher-end telescopes have this device but I don't need a telescope, I just need the tracking device.

Here ya go!

[steve.fdr]

Great star trails, did you use one long exposure for each one or a few shorter ones and then stack them. I have read both can be done but wondered which would give the better results.