success at last

[jamie200]

finally managed to get circular star trails while on holiday in Turkey. The foreground are ancient Lycian ruins in Patara, South Turkey


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2509/3882641458_e904f35308_b.jpg

[Tigerkn]

Very nice work!! Please share shot setting and how many photo into one. TIA.

[jamie200]

Of course Tigerkn, apologies I should have posted those anyway

It was shot with a Canon 350D, with my new Tamron 10-24mm lens

30 sec exposures
ISO 1600
f 3.5

Its 54 images stacked in CS3 on my Mac

[Scoobs]

Really really nice.

[cspratt]

Very nice.

[jamie200]

thanks for the comments. I was getting really envious of everyone else's star trail pics after they were using the startrails programme. I use a Mac so that programme doesn't work for me.

[drigo]

thanks for the comments. I was getting really envious of everyone else's star trail pics after they were using the startrails programme. I use a Mac so that programme doesn't work for me.
nice shot....do you mind sharing how you did it with CS3? TIA

[jamie200]

Sure drigo, I actually previously posted it on another post a while back, here it is ......




1. Go to File> Scripts> Load Files into Stack

2. In the box that opens tick the small box that says Create Smart Objects after Loading Layers

3. Choose the files you want and press Open.

4. Once image has loaded go to Layer> Smart Objects> Stack Mode> Maximum

Hey Presto you're done. Be aware this can take a while to do. 54 images was only a couple of minutes, but when i stacked 150 it seemed to take forever

As soon as i remember where i found this action on the web i'll post a link to the page, I'm not taking any personal credit for this.

[Desertraptor]

Very nice

[Oliviero]

That looks really nice. Did you illuminate the foreground in anyway?

Let's say you have a lens with a maximum aperture of 1.8, then you wouldn't have to use such a high ISO setting to get the same results?

[jamie200]

Cheers! Its taken quite a few failed attempts to get this photo, so i'm really pleased its been received well.

Oliviero the foreground was actually illuminated by the moon. I had tried the previous night to get pictures at ISO 100 but they came out far too dark. So while my better half was still receptive to the idea of being out and taken photos i just ramped the ISO up to 1600 to be sure of a result. Unfortunately the maximum aperture on the 10-24mm Tamron is 3.5

[drigo]

Sure drigo, I actually previously posted it on another post a while back, here it is ......




1. Go to File> Scripts> Load Files into Stack

2. In the box that opens tick the small box that says Create Smart Objects after Loading Layers

3. Choose the files you want and press Open.

4. Once image has loaded go to Layer> Smart Objects> Stack Mode> Maximum

Hey Presto you're done. Be aware this can take a while to do. 54 images was only a couple of minutes, but when i stacked 150 it seemed to take forever

As soon as i remember where i found this action on the web i'll post a link to the page, I'm not taking any personal credit for this.

thanks!