THE NIGHT SKY PART II
Aug 05, 2019
4 minutes
WRITTEN BY ~ MATT WINTER | WILDNATURENEWZEALAND
I term these single exposure, star trail-less shots as ‘static images’. By using super-long exposures or combining multiple images into one however, we can give our images a real sense of motion and movement. 'Star trail' photographs are always very dynamic, with a lot of visual impact.
METHOD 1 – SUPER-LONG EXPOSURES
To create these stunning star trail images, much of what I wrote in the last issue for ‘static’ night sky shots applies. Same sturdy tripod, same dark sky conditions, same focusing technique and same camera equipment. The major difference between the two shots is that of exposure times. With the static star
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