Star Trail Comets

Star Trail Comets

This star trail photograph is a stack of 58 images. Nikon D90 with a Tokina 11-16mm wide angle set on infinity focus, f/4. Exposure 30 seconds, one second in between. Stacked using StarStax software. I used the “Comet” setting to see what it would do. It is a pleasing effect as a novelty. I used an […]

Experimental Focus Stack: Shell

Focus Stack Experiment

This image is strictly experimental. I was testing StarStax for use with focus stacking. The input was quick, handheld shots; settings in StarStax were default. Oddly enough, something sort of interesting popped out. I did not get good focus stacking, but the software did make a fair attempt to combine the images into something remotely […]