Orion
The winter constellation Orion, as seen from my front door. I played with some blur to recover from some camera shake.
Tag Archives: astrophotography
North Star Trails
A second effort to stack photographs for star trails. The dotted line is a plane flying through the field of view, in case you were wondering. This was taken in my back yard, pointing to the north star behind the trees. Nikon D90, Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm AF-S VR, Manfrotto tripod, third party intervalometer, StarStax software.
Star Stack
I have just tried stacking star field pictures for the first time, and I have to say I am sold! I have been struggling to get good star trails. Long exposures are fraught with pitfalls on digital cameras, from sensor artifacts to sensor overheating to passing cars blowing out the lights. Taking a series of […]