While you were sleeping..

yanyewkay · 20th April 2005

the stars made their way across the sky...

My first take of star trails.

very short trails only.. wanted longer.. but the batt went dead on me..

don't have a spare batt yet ..

Comments welcomed.

vortex · 20th April 2005

maybe we can trek to some place in some reservoir or park where theres no lights and shoot star trails.

ive always wanted to shoot them. esp the one which gives u the 'circle' effect...dunno whats the name of that star?

yanyewkay · 20th April 2005

eh? circle effect? all the stars will rotate in the sky with the north star as the axis. just like how the planets rotate (revolve) around the sun. In singapore we can't see the north star because we're located 1deg north(is it called lat or long? the horizontal grid axis lah).

Which means the north star would be just 1degree above the horizon, in the north direction (that's why the name "north star")

I thought of going indonesia to try out some star trails later part in the year.. So i'm just testing out my equipment for now.

If we expose them long enough we would get the circle effect.

the above was about a total of 25mins exposure.

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yanyewkay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cons digger. Posts: 4,046	While you were sleeping.. (star trails) the stars made their way across the sky... My first take of star trails. very short trails only.. wanted longer.. but the batt went dead on me.. don't have a spare batt yet .. Comments welcomed. __________________ “How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.” - Adolf Hitler Last edited by yanyewkay; 20th April 2005 at 09:38 AM.

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vortex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SG / LDN Posts: 3,021	maybe we can trek to some place in some reservoir or park where theres no lights and shoot star trails. ive always wanted to shoot them. esp the one which gives u the 'circle' effect...dunno whats the name of that star? __________________ My Photos on Flickr IR Photography

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yanyewkay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cons digger. Posts: 4,046	eh? circle effect? all the stars will rotate in the sky with the north star as the axis. just like how the planets rotate (revolve) around the sun. In singapore we can't see the north star because we're located 1deg north(is it called lat or long? the horizontal grid axis lah). Which means the north star would be just 1degree above the horizon, in the north direction (that's why the name "north star") I thought of going indonesia to try out some star trails later part in the year.. So i'm just testing out my equipment for now. If we expose them long enough we would get the circle effect. the above was about a total of 25mins exposure. __________________ “How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.” - Adolf Hitler