Stars Rising Behind the Trees - Time Lapse at IISAC2009

iceman (Mike) · #1 30-10-2009, 07:05 AM

Hi all

On top of one of the hills facing South East at Lostock Scout Camp, there’s a row of 5 trees that really stand out. I always wanted to make them more of a focus of something photographic. I used them in my Raining Stars at Lostock image from IISAC2008, but it was a much wider field.

On Friday night, 16th October at IISAC2009, I wanted to try again with a longer focal length. I setup my Canon 20D and 24-105mm L lens on a tripod, and programmed it to take 30 seconds exposures on repeat.

I combined the result into a movie – showing both timelapse and star trails. There’s also a single star trails image with all of the frames combined.

Click here to watch the video in high resolution at YouTube.

Attached is a smaller version of the still image - download a 1200px wide version here.

And to read about how it was all done, check out my site at:

Stars Rising Behind the Trees - Time Lapse at IISAC2009

Thanks for looking. Comments and feedback welcome.

Cheers

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #2 30-10-2009, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

Click here to watch the video in high resolution at YouTube.

Mike: "This video is private."

iceman (Mike) · #3 30-10-2009, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omaroo

Mike: "This video is private."

Thanks - now fixed.

I had it set to private while I finished the blog post etc.

Video at Youtube

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 30-10-2009, 07:22 AM

Very very nice Mike.

DavidU (Dave) · #5 30-10-2009, 08:47 AM

Wow Mike, that's very different and imaginative.

RB (Andrew) · #6 30-10-2009, 12:37 PM

That's so cool Mike !!

I love how the video transits from star movement to star trail, excellent effect.
And the silhouette of the five trees looks great in the still shot.