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Comment on Lets Go Streaking, a Guide to Star Trails by Dan Newton

Dan Newton — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:45:04 +0000

@ Wallace: I’ll just experiment for the white-balance. I say “for the sky” because you can always change it when you are doing your foreground exposure. Usually I’ll start with auto and sometimes I’ll force it to daylight if I want a warm city glow. Go through your presets and see what works.

@Tony:
1. Your darkframe length should be as long as a single stacking exposure. So if you were doing 1 hour with 30-sec exposures, you’d use a 30-sec dark frame because it’ll match the noise of a 30-sec light frame.

2.painting the foreground works very well! Check out my Fort Churchhill photo for example. One advantage of painting while stacking is that if you miss a spot you can paint it in a later frame and the stacking process will always keep the brightest info in the shot so its hard to mess up painting.

Comment on Sleep is for sheep: More night photography! by Dan Newton

Dan Newton — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:38:55 +0000

Yes, you can use your camera’s interval mode (if it has one). I’ve done it in a pinch, but a remote release or remote invervalometer is easier.

Comment on Sleep is for sheep: More night photography! by sfr3e

sfr3e — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:41:27 +0000

Will an interval timer shooting mode help if there is no cable release available for star trails photography?

Comment on Lets Go Streaking, a Guide to Star Trails by Tony

Tony — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:38:33 +0000

Great article. I’m going to give it a try this week.

Couple of questions though;

1. If I did exposures to cover 30mins, does that mean I also have to expose a dark frame for 30mins, or does it have to be the same as one of the short exposures i.e. 30secs.

2. I was thinking of painting the foreground frame with light to get some details on buildings in the shot. Would this work just as well as taking a long exposure to get the foreground?

Cheers again for the article.

Comment on Lets Go Streaking, a Guide to Star Trails by Wallace

Wallace — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:47:37 +0000

How do you “Set your white-balance for the sky?”
You have written a very informative article…. I have been waiting for a clear sky for a week to try it all out!

Comment on Cover of Practical Photography by Brian Hudson

Brian Hudson — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:29:42 +0000

Hey Dan, congratulations! Love all your star trail shots–inspired me to go out a couple of nights ago and try my hand at it.

Comment on The 400 Megapixel Project: Part 1 by pdtnc

pdtnc — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:03:08 +0000

one of the better uses of that model of Canon scanner

Comment on More Starry Nights and a New Technique by pdtnc

pdtnc — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:53:16 +0000

wow!! Pretty amazing shots

Comment on A Lack of Focus by pdtnc

pdtnc — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:52:02 +0000

Fantastic shots…

Comment on Lets Go Streaking, a Guide to Star Trails by Stjärnspår och mörka himlar « Eltongallery’s Blog

Stjärnspår och mörka himlar « Eltongallery’s Blog — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:58:53 +0000

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