This photo was one of my first attempts at star trail photography. This picture consists of 38 photos stitched together to give this picture that signature trail behind the stars.

I didn’t have a introvalmeter at the time and my laptop battery had already died so I had to manually press the shutter every thirty seconds. Consequently, I accidentally moved the camera halfway though the shoot and had to do some realigning in post. Also if you look closely you can see some gaps in the star trails caused by me not pressing the shutter in time so i ended up with a semi dotted look… I ended up buying a introvalmeter online as soon as the power went back on again.

Another interesting fact is this picture was taken during the California/Arizona black out that lasted about a day. I saw a good opportunity with all of the light pollution gone for once and in a last minute decision setup in front of my house and guessed where the north star was to get this shot. The bright light trail that goes across the screen horizontally was a plane that went though my shot about halfway though. And the red color wash on the bottom left of the photo was from my neighbor who turned on his car in the driveway to charge his cellphone.

 

*Also to the two men who paid for my dinner at IHOP last night, Thank You! I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I really appreciate it, and it was a big blessing to me!

God Bless,

Michael

 

EOS 7D : 16-35mm @ : 16mm : 30 sec : ISO 800 :  f/8  : Manuel : No Flash : x38 Shots