Expirimented STAR TRAIL

i took this shot in may, up on a backpacking trip, and decided that i would try another star trail shot. I setup my Canon FTB with a 24mm lens, 200 speed film and opened the shutter, well i only intended to let it go for 7 hours but ended up going for 8 and a half hours. I got lost in the forest trying to find my camera, cause ther were lots of people and i couldn't have anylight around the lens, so anyway here is the turn out, Mind you that the developing was done at a small shop out side of wher i was backpacking, i have not had time to get the true image by going into a full service photo shop, so nothing is color corrected yet, but when it does get fixed you will darn well see it!

Keep on rockin in the free world!

Devin

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Originally Posted by metoliusdmm

i took this shot in may, up on a backpacking trip, and decided that i would try another star trail shot. I setup my Canon FTB with a 24mm lens, 200 speed film and opened the shutter, well i only intended to let it go for 7 hours but ended up going for 8 and a half hours. I got lost in the forest trying to find my camera, cause ther were lots of people and i couldn't have anylight around the lens, so anyway here is the turn out, Mind you that the developing was done at a small shop out side of wher i was backpacking, i have not had time to get the true image by going into a full service photo shop, so nothing is color corrected yet, but when it does get fixed you will darn well see it!

Keep on rockin in the free world!

Devin

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Well it's been a long time since I've done star trails, but I think I had better luck with smaller apertures/slower film. There's a lot of color in those stars if you don't burn them out.

i used 200 speed film, are you suesting that i use like 100 or 50. my aperature was 4 i think, thats what i have always used, but yet i still haven't corrected this picture yet, but hey thanks for the advise.

Devin