1st Star Trail Attempts :)

[NicolRosie]

Hey! These are my first couple of attempts at Star Trails.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolrosie/3509653376/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolrosie/3509649986/

C&C Is very welcome as I want to get better at this, just one thing to ask is what would be the best way to go about focusing? Pretty difficult in the dark so it was just hit or miss with these!

Thanks!

[siddr20]

Great job, but would have liked to seen more star trails.

In regards to focusing.. well manual focus offcourse!!

[NicolRosie]

Thanks :)

Well I know that! haha
But its hard when all you can see is black! :)

[Adrena1in]

I would agree with siddr, longer trails look a bit better I think, but with those images you took you'd not get such good cloud-effects if you exposed for longer or stacked lots of images together.

Generally it's a personal thing though...if you yourself like them then great. :)

[siddr20]

But its hard when all you can see is black!

Just take a test picture.

Even in the dark and you point the camera to the stars and manual focus, you can tell if the focus is right or not. Try it out..