Star trails.

[Nocturnus]

Whats the best way to go about photographing star trails? One long exposure or more shorter exposures and somehow layered together?

[Joe_Lorenzini]

There's a ton of great resources on the web regarding star trails. Do a Google and kill off a bunch of hours reading.

That said, my general rule is that if there is no light on the ground than a long exposure can work well but if there's even a little light on the ground or a building or cityscape then creating a series of exposures and then stacking them can create an attractive image. It's all in your location.

Joe

[Nocturnus]

Been doing some reading on it. I'll be camping out at Lake Travis, so there will be ground light kinda close, across the lake. I was leaning towards multiple shots. Reading up on stacking now.

[L Stegall]

There was as good "how to" thread on here previously - let me see if I can find it.

[L Stegall]

I thought this one was the most helpful - http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum...8-23-08-a.html

See Post # 27.

[HFMarshburnJR]

If you are looking for an exposure longer than a few minutes, you will probably need to do some amount of stacking. The longer your exposure, the bigger issue noise is going to become.

I'm just sayin...

[ThePhilosopher]

Shoot film.

[Nocturnus]

Originally Posted by ThePhilosopher

Shoot film.

I'm out of bullets right now.. :D