17 exposures of Star Trails
International Space Station Fly by on 01/05/2010 at 6:12 pm flying from the ssw. A magnitude -2.9 (very bright) from King William, Virginia
I thought I would post another attempt at shooting star trails this evening. Since I was going to be outside to watch the ISS flyby(the second photo) I thought I'd try another batch of star trails using some different settings.
On this particular evening, another chilly one, I thought I would try using some different setting for the exposure. They were not quite that different except for the duration of the exposure. This time instead of leaving the shutter open for 30 seconds or for 3 minutes (as I did for the previous shot) I used a 5 minute exposure. I was curious to see how the camera would handle it as well as the lighting conditions. The moon had not come up yet so I grabbed the opportunity to grab a few shots.I took approximately 17 shots (don't ask me why that number) which took a well over and hour (you do the math). The ISO was set to 400 and the long exposure noise reduction and the high ISO speed noise reduction were both turned off. I used a 28-70 mm 2.8 lense affixed to my Canon 5D MK II. I also used the Canon timer remote control. I used an interval between each shot for 2 seconds just to see what effect it would give me for the break in the trails. All in all it came out ok with a little light noise from the neighbors house. Can't wait to get to an area, like the middle of North Dakota for example, where there is no light pollution. Check back later for I am going to head to Nags Head North Carolina and try some other shots with a little better composition for the foreground.
