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John Charlton
{K:5595} 10/1/2003
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This turned out pretty nice... it does look like Velvia is giving you an unpleasnant green cast that might be better with other films... one thing I would suggest is stopping down a bit. Stars are actually pretty bright objects and the benefit of stopping down is to remove ambient light polution (the green background) while keeping as many stars in the scene as possible. It's hard to bracket f stops with such long exposures but each combination will yield different results. From the photo above I'd suggest the same exposure time around f8. I like your chioce of foreground. The only thing that really works against you here is the colour of the sky. You might want to convert this image to black and white just to see what it looks like. You will lose the colour in the stars, but the overall effect should be better.
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Hollow Eye
{K:1306} 9/27/2003
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I've been dying to try this but living in London makes it a bit diifcult unless I'm away somewhere. You've done a great job & I'm envious of your first attempt. I was reading that a slow print film is easier to use as you get less of an effect from Reciprocacy failure (sp?) Anyway good luck & I hope to show you some of my efforts one day!
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Bee Arthur
{K:2259} 9/26/2003
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I really like this shot, the arc of the stars is very nice, and nicely positioned. I agree with eric, to be weary of your composition, since the trees arent not that nice to look at, just keep it in mind I guess. Im not sure what you were saying with the ships, but if they are slow moving, it might be intereting to try and include the ships and the stars, that way you would have two different light motions, im not sure if thats possible but you could check. Anyway, I ramble. Nice start.
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Nelson Walker
{K:19} 9/26/2003
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Pictures of "star trails" are the most basic form of astrophotography and are discussed in most books on the subject, such as Covington's "Astrophotography for Amateurs."
Two issues to be mindful of: 1) film selection - some films do not work well for astrophotography because they do not respond to the wavelengths of the light. It is my understanding that Velvia, for all its strengths, is one of the worst. Covington has a website (www.covingtoninnovations.com/astromenu.html) on which he discusses films. The best, as I recall, is Elite Chrome 200. 2) Sky Fog - is the shutter is open long enough, the sky in your photo will eventually turn some sort of unappealing color, like greenish, or brownish, even if it looks totally black when you take the photo.
There is probably more info on the web about photographing star trails that anyone would ever wish to know, but it is easy to find, and there are great photos to see. Just type in "astrophotography."
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 9/25/2003
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Meg, I really like this. The brown color of the sky is intersting. Must be something to do with film and the way that it reacts to the long exposure. Don.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 9/25/2003
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nice a great shot I love the sky... I have one telescope!
this is a great idea for the effects of rotation..
nice colors of the sky for the velvia 50!!!
nice silhouette...
sorry but you are in my favorites..
to soon
roberto
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Freddie Sandström
{K:1444} 9/25/2003
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I'm always amazed by long exposure shots. This one is no exception. I'm glad you tried the shot. Glad you showed it.
/Freddie
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Megan Forbes
{K:4617} 9/25/2003
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Thanks again Eric!
I was trying to be clever, using the trees to shield the camera from any lights from passing ships during the night. Not so clever on the composition though, I agree. Hopefully next time there will be a nice rock pinnacle for me :). Off to the Peak District this weekend, new moon, praying for a cloudless night...
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Eric Goldwasser
{K:4294} 9/25/2003
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I haven't done this before, but I think one thing is that you want to have something a little stronger as your sillhouette. The tree parts aren't enough, methinks. My suggestion would be a single tree, if possible, or the top of a mountain maybe... I guess I should try one myself first... :-)
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JL E
{K:9693} 9/25/2003
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excelent idea! and it's posible to identify the diferents colors of the stars.
cheers
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