Eildon Trails

This is incredible. Well done. Amazing

great work..as a budding astrophotographer, can certainly appreciate the thought/effort put into this shot. Interested in knowing what cam and settings you used for this re your digital cam comment..Noise the main prob?

Indeed it is Leepee.
I have tried several times to use my 400D for startrails… no matter what settings I use, its always grainey!!

Whoops, sorry… Er great shot linds!

Thanks Stuart,Jeff,leepee and Michael. leepee I used an old school Pentax MG with 100 speed film with a 1.7 lens set at about 5.6 and the exposure was for about 90 mins. I have seen digi cam shots but they just dont look the same.You do get alot of noise but that can be fixed if you have the time.

WOW, this is a stunner. Thanks for sharing.

Just superb Loo…. you are a real Pro at capturing these… Awesome stuff
xx Sam

Amazing image – I just love star trails!

Ahhh the magic of film. Love it!

Thanks for the comments.I love this form of photography.

wow – this is an incredible capture – 90 mins? woah! :]

Ooh…this is unique. Havne’t seen something like this before. Great job!

Another Awesome image!!

THis is an awesome shot.
Great deal of work to get a shot like this.
Well done

Wow! Stunning! M:>

Stunning

Stunning. Love this!

Thanks for the very kind comments.

This looks awesome. I had planned on trying this last night with the new moon but it was too overcast. You must have a few issues with dew, leaving your camera out at night for 10 hrs!

I wouldn’t recommend digital for this either…
Top shelf, Lindsay!

wow, love it

brilliant!

Love this shot.

Wow! Breath-taking and very educational.

Wow….great shot!

star trails…. I love it, very poetic, thanks for sharing

Amazing shot. I need to try this with my camera.

Fantastic shot

a classic shot – very well done.

wow, thtas amazing…I still love film!!

Beautiful!!

i love it!

Nicely done love your work.

Fantastic work!

Fantastic star trail photo!! Well done. :)

Great shot, as for my digital camera it can only stay open for 60 secs max (upgrading soon :) )

Amazing work, inspiring stuff

This kind of photograph never ceases to amaze me. Well done.

Just to echo what you said, Digital cameras CAN do it, but I’ve experienced problems with my D80 at 18 minutes with what they call amp noise, the areas around the sensor heat up and cause a purple fringe. Other than that though, it came out pretty damn well, noise was not an issue.

Just trying to see where I said a digi cam CANT do it Brian. I have taken heaps with my Canon but as I said film is better for these type of shots.
The startrail pic you have posted looks like the sensor was starting to cook. This would be a real concern with a long exposure.

brilliant work

the world doesnt spin. everything spins around us
:)
a fantastic photo…

wow! i had no idea that shutters stayed open that long! very cool shot.

Wow, great use of the earths rotation!

wow, this is absolutely amazing!

Beautiful, stunning shot

Brilliant Fab work Awesome light You must be so Happy with this Ta For kind coments on my page Frank

Fabulous shot Lindsay!

Awesome work.

Sensational shot Loo! The colours that have come out in the stars is just beautiful.

“B” is for beautiful!!

awesome

I’m a big fan of this shot

Brilliant shot. I love star trails!

Incredible exposure! This is something special! Beautiful color and movement.

Great methodology… AMAZING!

Awesome work! Very facinating!

Brilliant work! Straight to favorites

Fabulous star trail shot.

I just joined this group and straightaway saw this shot. Awesome Effort Lindsay. Your description too might have just saved my old Olympus SLR from extinction too!

Great patience for an equally great result

i love star trail captures, and this is no exception

Love this star trail.. very well shot image.

Very cool. I love this shot. Well done.

Beautiful startrails shot – love the contrast between the colours in the sky and the trees. Digital is fine for startrails. You just have to take 30sec exposures and then combine them in PS – that way the noise problem goes away.

Beautiful job!

Nice work Linds.

Fantastic!!!

This is great!! You’re gonna make me want to dig out my cannon, and see what I can do ;-)

And we sit here oblivious to it all…..........

10hours wow! great photo.

just wonderful….
very very amazing!

Oh this is just off the scale

amazing!! well done

Great work …

I love star trail photography, great example of the lines that are created! The exposure is good too, I hate it when the foreground with get “too hot” because how long the shutter is open. Very nice

Awesome star trails! Well Done!

Amazing shot!! I wonder if this could be done with a homemade pinhole camera ?

I admire your style, and the fact that this is film. I have never used film, but am in the process of diving into that world, I can’t feel true about my love for light if I don’t explore all aspects of it, and I know film is a whole other world waiting for me. This shot is spectacular, and I appreciate it.

Damn cool.

Simply Stunning!

I just started star trail shots…..this is SUPERB!

Hey Lindsay I just sent you a message…(30 second method?)...I have so much still to learn on these star trails…but I sent you an email and would be forever grateful with your advise…yours are amazing!

Awesome long exposure

I love long exposure :D
I’m currently doing that as an assignment for my photo class (we use film)

what settings would you recommend for one hour, then two hours?

Excellent work! Congrats on making homepage!

Love this so much! congrats on home page!

Amazing capture.

I just commented on this like 1 second ago but what I meant or want to add is that this is an amazing phenomena. And all with no photoshop. Crazy. That’s not a diss to photoshop. Photoshop is great, but it’s great to see the things you can get without some of the later technological aids, such as PS and others.

exelent photo!
so the lines running across the page at oposite to the stars would be one of earths satelite’s im guessing?

Magic!!

absolutely amazing

I love timelapse/long exposure photos but I only use digital. Noise will just about always force me to keep it under 30min. I do love to look at other peoples’ long exposures.

Lovely, i’ve done some too, but not as good as yours..

Beautiful! I’ve got to get away from the city lights and try these properly one day.

Wow excellent shot!

everything cyclessss…beautiful

A wonderful and superb image,
j