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Nov 25, 2009 06:03 | #1

I thought I'd post up a star trails shot I took a few months back. Stitched together with some software called "Startrails" - http://www.startrails.de/html/software.html

Most of the shots were 2 min exposures, F5 and ISO 100. Shot with a Canon 10-22mm and a Canon 30D

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Nov 25, 2009 06:31 | #2

Oh, that's lovely! I'd personally have upped the ISO a touch, as that purpley/blue down on the horizon is gorgeous and it wouldn't hurt to bring it out a little. But that's just my own personal preference.

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Nov 25, 2009 08:41 | #3

very nice Chris, I think you can go back and shoot some more to get longer trails and it would look even better!

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Nov 25, 2009 08:44 | #4

Like Adrena1in said, if you up the ISO a touch, you'll also bring out more stars and fill the sky up a little more. It might even look neat to move the north star over to the left of center and leave the castle where it's at, just right of center.

Great shot though. I'd kill for a foreground like that. Well done!

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Nov 25, 2009 08:49 | #5

What a cool location. Is it possible to move more to the right and focus on the round part to shut out the light pollution?

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Nov 26, 2009 12:46 | #6

Love the castle touch...Wish we had one near here..!

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Nov 26, 2009 22:37 | #9

So that's how it's done! Nice shot!

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Nov 30, 2009 13:47 | #10

Beautiful image. A lovely foreground interest really helps a star trails image.

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Dec 01, 2009 17:33 | #11

Very nice shot, Did you 'light paint' the castle?

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Dec 03, 2009 16:41 | #12

Appologies for not responding sooner to these comments.

I did light paint the castle a little. The castle in question is Donnington Castle in Newbury (Berkshire)
http://www.newbury.net/donningtoncastle.htm

I havent managed to get back to the location and now the weather is so cold i'm not sure how I'd stop my lens misting up being out for so long. My lens misted up on a test star trail session tonight in about 20mins so this lenght of time would be a nightmare.

I did play around with longer exposures to get a brighter image - and upping the ISO but i prefered it the image to stay darker.

I will endevour to go back and take some more at a later date and see what i can do.

thanks for the comments though.

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