Comments on: Lets Go Streaking, a Guide to Star Trails

By: Star Trails – Tricks to the Trade | 366 Project - 2012

Star Trails – Tricks to the Trade | 366 Project - 2012 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:38:04 +0000

[...] This tutorial was taken from: http://www.liquidinplastic.com/2008/06/startrails/ [...]

By: Bob Hamers

Bob Hamers — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:25:19 +0000

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the great tutorial. I was amazed with the pictures and just needed to try it for myself. I just cant seem to get rid of one problem. Even if the camera is in continuous drive mode, I keep getting small gaps in the star trails. I guess this is just due to the delay caused by the shutter cycle. How do you deal with it in post-processing?

Regards,
Bob

By: Harsh

Harsh — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:56:13 +0000

Hi Dan,
Great Article! I was wondering if I can use the stacking technique with my Nikon D3100 ?

By: Martin Sutcliffe

Martin Sutcliffe — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:54:42 +0000

Dan, great stuff. As you mentioned gaps can appear at larger print sizes and I am finding this happens at not so large sizes. I suspect this is due to the delay between shots which seems to be caused by buffering issues. Is there a way to overcome this? A fast card doesn’t seem to make much difference/ My camera is Nikon D300.

By: Mark Connick

Mark Connick — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:30:11 +0000

Hi Dan,
Thank you very much for this great guide. Really well put together and great images. I’m now ready to give it a go.
Much appreciated.
Regards.
Mark

By: Lucas Boland

Lucas Boland — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:12:43 +0000

Thank you! I knew it had to be something simple but I’ve been trying to find an answer for three days and came up with nothing. I’m ordering right now and can’t tell you how excited I am to trying a new method for trails and for light painting. Again, your help and post are both very appreciated. I’ve subscribed to your RSS and look forward to digging into your website!

By: Dan Newton

Dan Newton — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:01:45 +0000

Lucas, if you get the MC-DC2 (or an off-brand alternative), you can put your camera on continuous shooting mode, set the exposure to 30-seconds and there is a “lock” on the remote that is the equivalent of holding down the shutter release button. I don’t think that you can do this with the ML-L3 except for bulb mode. I hope that helps.

-Dan

By: Lucas Boland

Lucas Boland — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:54:44 +0000

Thank you Dan for putting together this post. I found your site through a Google search and am glad I did. However, I’m a bit confused and about how to lock the camera if it’s not in Bulb/Time mode. I have a d5000 with the ML-L3 wireless remote. Previously I had done star trails (with mixed results) using Time mode. The remote has a maximum exposure time of 30 minutes and there is just way too much light pollution around me. After reading your article I’m incredibly excited to try stacking but cannot for the life of me figure out how to “lock” the camera in continuous release mode without going back to the Time setting. Does the wired MC-DC2 operate differently that there is a locking feature? Or is this a feature not available in the d5000? What am I missing???

By: How to Photograph Star Trails with a Digital SLR (+ Video!) | The Nomadic Photographer

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:25:02 +0000

[...] known as “Stacking”. Dan Newton of Liquid In Plastic has written an excellent post HERE on how to photograph star trails using the stacking technique. I suggest you read it before [...]

By: Tom Moulin

Tom Moulin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:00:50 +0000

Thanks for the sick beta!

Headed out to give it a whirl