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AdamMajchrzak In reply to hossainalwasi [2012-08-24 18:02:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! =]

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hossainalwasi In reply to AdamMajchrzak [2012-08-25 07:37:52 +0000 UTC]

Pleasure
Wouldn't the trails be more smooth if you used a single long exposure?
Of course, the sky would be more lot more bright in that case.

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katherineannecarlson In reply to hossainalwasi [2013-08-31 10:04:58 +0000 UTC]

You could, potentially, but it eats up processing power and battery like a ravenous demon.  There's also the issue of buffering- for every minute of shot, there's at least 30 seconds of buffering to transfer and compress all of the information (depending on the memory card and camera body, of course- it can vary widely); that, in turn, heats up the camera, which could cause fogging in certain conditions (I had this issue during the Perseid Meteor Shower, unfortunately).

In a long exposure that is beyond a few minutes, the sky gets an unflattering greenish hue and there can be other optical distortions/chromatic aberrations (personal experience)- if you wanted to do startrails in a long continuous shot, you'd want a full battery, a good lens with a wide aperture (think f/1.8 or so), a tripod, a shutter release and a nice dark ND filter (neutral density- it basically just limits light so that you don't get blown out images.) 

And patience. Lots of that.

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hossainalwasi In reply to katherineannecarlson [2013-10-10 07:30:37 +0000 UTC]

I can't thank you enough, ma'am.
Feels great when someone takes the time and effort to answer a question like this.
And I also apologize for the delay. Lately I have become quite irregular in dA. That will change soon, hopefully.
Thanks, once again
P.S: I think I am addicted to your 'conceptual' folder.

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AdamMajchrzak In reply to Karup [2011-12-15 12:09:13 +0000 UTC]

Hi there! Thanks =]
I use a very simple to use program startrails: [link]

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