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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Star Trails over Sylvan Lake


This was taken Saturday evening during the Perseid meteor shower...

I had my camera shooting 30 second exposures continuously for 75 minutes, but I ended up using 50 frames (25 minutes of shooting) for this image.


Star Trails and Meteor Showers by David Gevert, on Flickr

I learned a lesson with this shot, as it was my first attempt at star trails. My ISO was too high, so each individual image picked up too many stars. My full stacked image was actually too busy, but I liked the 50 frame composite.

The foreground was a 3 minute exposure blended in with the stacked star trails image.



Aug 15, 2018 at 01:02 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Star Trails over Sylvan Lake


Yes, the star field is very busy from the high ISO setting, but the effect on the lake is very beautiful. It's not typical to see the stars provide diffuse light over the landscape and water. I like it.


Aug 15, 2018 at 01:16 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Star Trails over Sylvan Lake


Very nice results! Good that the land and lake don't look like it is middle of the day. Thoroughly enjoyable image.


Aug 15, 2018 at 06:49 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Star Trails over Sylvan Lake


Yeah, I often composite images for astro/night star shots, and usually I'll end up darkening the foreground exposure image a bit before I combine everything. I'm not often a fan of the light-painted foreground astro look, unless it's done really well.

In my experience, I've found that a three minute exposure at the settings I'm shooting with gives a decent foreground brightness. Otherwise, I'll setup and shoot at blue hour, and then wait for nightfall.



Aug 16, 2018 at 09:54 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Star Trails over Sylvan Lake


I like this quite a bit! The star trails bring out the rocks imo.


Aug 16, 2018 at 12:38 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Star Trails over Sylvan Lake


Well done.


Aug 16, 2018 at 04:14 PM





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