Photo of the week: Star Trails

September 20, 2009

This is a 20 minute exposure shot at Corin dam on a clear night. You can see the celestial south pole in the top left corner of the photo.

Star Trails

{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }

Ram Gurung August 15, 2010 at 5:52 am

wow it’s amazing , Gud Shot

Brian August 20, 2010 at 5:42 am

Wonderful shot! A 20 min exposure? OMG. What was the f-stop? 32? I cannot fathom how the picture is in perfect exposure.

admin August 20, 2010 at 6:02 am

Thanks Brian!

These are the settings I used for the shot:
f/4 @ 1254 secs
ISO 400 17-85@17mm

You just need a clear night and a steady tripod.

Ruby August 19, 2011 at 5:40 am

WOW~! Cool!

Bharath Narayan August 19, 2011 at 10:09 am

Nice. About 21 minutes. Which camera do you have?

nidhi August 19, 2011 at 10:32 am

Beautyy.. it looks so wonderful.. i want one such for my desktop now :)

Akash Mitra August 19, 2011 at 4:25 pm

hi Richard,
awesome photo .

Akash Mitra August 19, 2011 at 4:33 pm

hi Richard,
how is nikon d3100 for Photography ?

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