Star Trails

[ashish]

Star Trails - My first attempt.

Taken at the village of Purushwadi in Maharashtra, India

Canon EOS 7D | EF-S10-18mm F4.5-5.6 IS STM
ISO 500 | 30" | F5.6 @10mm

C&C welcome

[Shadowman]

Nicely done and you included a foreground element which gives it a bit of uniqueness.

[Barbara Ponder]

Nice capture!

[ashish]

Nicely done and you included a foreground element which gives it a bit of uniqueness.

Thanks John... I am of the opinion that foreground elements anchor the trails nicely in most cases.

[JBW]

A bit of a Twilight Zone effect, nicely done.

[Donald]

That, I think, is an excellent example of a star trails picture.

How did you light the tree and the land in the foreground?

[IzzieK]

Thanks John... I am of the opinion that foreground elements anchor the trails nicely in most cases.

You are right! I like that thought but I haven't got to this stage yet...
+1 to John's comment...

[bugster0121]

Very cool. Just watched a video about these not too long ago on Lynda.com. Are these composites?

Thanks

[vaez]

woooooooooow
very nice thanks for sharing us

[ashish]

That, I think, is an excellent example of a star trails picture.

How did you light the tree and the land in the foreground?

Thanks Donald.. Well, I was part of a group attending a Rural Portraiture Workshop in a village. We saw the clear night sky and a couple of us decided to try out star trails. A friend of mine lit up the tree using his mobile phone flash light so I could get a focus point in Auto Focus. I then turned it to manual mode and took a shot of the foreground using long exposure. I then set the intervalometer to 30second shots with 3 seconds between shots. This is a composite of 172 shots. I had to cease after this as there was a heavy dew setting in. Hope I have been able to explain it right.

[ashish]

Very cool. Just watched a video about these not too long ago on Lynda.com. Are these composites?

Thanks

Thanks Tim... It's a composite of 172 images.

[bnnrcn]

Great shot Ashish