Album Night Shots and Star Trails

[Bill]

My first milky way shot of 2012

The Milky Way over Camp by Summit42, on Flickr

 

[wes242]

Iceberg Canyon LP

 

[Yvonne]

here is one from Cathedral Butte trailhead, so far just stacked, totally unprocessed due to lack of software on my netbook.
But what is the bright light in this shot?
It was there only for a few seconds.
At first I thought it was ISS again like the night before, but ISS needed a few minutes to pass.
So, any ideas?

 

[gnwatts]

Vernazza, Italy. Hand held, or rock held.

 

[HomerJ]

Star trails over Cherry Peak. The light on the right side is from the full moon. The clouds started to move in near the end of my series of photos. I like how they made it look with the moon lighting them up.

 

[Bill]

It was there only for a few seconds.
At first I thought it was ISS again like the night before, but ISS needed a few minutes to pass.
So, any ideas?

I answered on FB but i'll answer here as well. Its called an iridum flare or satelite flare.
More info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare

 

[Yvonne]

Thanks again, Bill. Before you mentioned it I never heared of it before. Interesting stuff. At least it looks great in the shot

 

[Yvonne]

Bryce Canyon Navajo trail at night. Damn light pollution from nearby Tropic

 

[Dave]

Bryce Canyon Navajo trail at night. Damn light pollution from nearby Tropic

Funny, I think the orange glow kind of adds to the photo.

 

[Dave]

In the Meadow by ashergrey, on Flickr

A 40-minute single-exposure shot a bit after sundown from the Uintalands association on the north slope of the Uinta Mountains. Eventually I'll get an intervalometer and actually start stacking, but for a one-and-done I thought this came out well.

 

[wes242]

Heres one from Yuba Lake the other night

 

[Nick]

A 40-minute single-exposure shot a bit after sundown from the Uintalands association on the north slope of the Uinta Mountains. Eventually I'll get an intervalometer and actually start stacking, but for a one-and-done I thought this came out well.

Not sure if you know but you can stack with a plain old $5 wired trigger. No intervalometer needed. Killer shot, btw. Those single exposures are tricky.

 

[Dave]

Not sure if you know but you can stack with a plain old $5 wired trigger. No intervalometer needed. Killer shot, btw. Those single exposures are tricky.

I know you can, but I like the fine-grained control provided by a full-featured intervalometer.

 

[Nick]

I know you can, but I like the fine-grained control provided by a full-featured intervalometer.

I guess I don't get how you'd really use an intervalometer for star trails. You don't want an interval between stacks so everything else can just be controlled on camera, right? The only difference is that I guess you could make each exposure longer than 30 seconds?

 

[Bill]

I guess I don't get how you'd really use an intervalometer for star trails. You don't want an interval between stacks so everything else can just be controlled on camera, right? The only difference is that I guess you could make each exposure longer than 30 seconds?

With an intervalometer you can do 1, 5, 10, 15, (ect) min exposures back to back to back. The main downside to this method is that you end up with a limited amount of stars because you cant run your F-stop wide open and a high ISO. I've played around with my intervalometer a bit but all my trails for the last few years have been 30sec or less exposures stacked.

 

[DAA]

Dang... There are some GOOD photogs on this forum. So many great night shots in this thread, too many to choose favorites.

I need to just hang out around here and try to soak up tips, pointers or random crumbs of wisdom.

Here's a couple of mine - weak sauce for sure. Never have tried star trails, one of these nights I'll have to try and stay up and give it a shot. Anyway, both of these were full or near full moon nights, one from the Doll House and the other from Butler Wash.

- DAA

 

[wes242]

Heres a couple from the other night at Lower Bounds.

 

[Waynee-ack]

Spent last week in Yellowstone with my wife and two boys. This shot is from the cabin we rented just off Henry's Lake. This is my first Milky Way picture taken with my new Tokina 11-16mm lens.
ISO 1250
f 2.8
30 sec
Nikon D7000

The Tokina 11-16mm lens is fantastic I just need to learn to use it.

 

[Yvonne]

Spent last week in Yellowstone with my wife and two boys. This shot is from the cabin we rented just off Henry's Lake. This is my first Milky Way picture taken with my new Tokina 11-16mm lens.
ISO 1250
f 2.8
30 sec
Nikon D7000

The Tokina 11-16mm lens is fantastic I just need to learn to use it.

I have the same camera and lens and love the combination of both :twothumbs:

 

[Waynee-ack]

I have the same camera and lens and love the combination of both :twothumbs:

Bought the D7000 last December and have really enjoyed it and I am learning a lot.