During my holiday in the Slovak Republic, I experimented with some star trail photography. I have been fascinated by this for some time and wanted to try for myself. Below is a first try-out, definetaly not the last one! After reading some tutorials on Internet, my set-up was:
Tri-pod
Eos 5D Mk11
Tamron XR Di 28-75/2.8
Shutterspeed: 30 seconds
Aperture: 2.8
Manual Focus
Remote control TC80-N3
The latter I used to lock the shutter release, enabling the camera to make multiple images, unattended. I centered the image on Polaris (the current Polar Star) as it virtually does not move, making a great center for the images.I used 109 images which post-processed in StarStax. As the output file was rather big, I did quit some compression. Looking forward to your C&C (or better; experiences / your examples on this topic!)
) Arnold, especially for a try-out! I did my first try-outs last year at campsites in Switzerland. I didn't go for the stacking method, but instead chose for single long exposures. Since, I haven't been in suitable locations without much ambient light anymore, so I didn't experiment any further with star trail photography. The stacking method makes it easier to expose the photo correctly and make trails as long as you prefer. I think it also introduces less noise and does not make defective pixels as visible as a long exposure does. Still I like the long exposure method as it gives you really a picture as made on site.
would harm the sensor in some way. Can't wait to make some more!
