I woke at 6am the other morning and couldn't get back to sleep. When I looked out of the bathroom window I saw a lot more stars than normal. It was at this point that I decided to get dressed and go to a dark place to try my hand at star trails photos again. The results were again disappointing so I have vowed to systematically (my mum likes that word) go through each ISO and aperture combination taking a 30 second exposure to determine what is the best one for getting bright points of light with the minimum amount of light pollution.
When I finished the latest star trail photography attempt I thought "I am up and awake why don't I go to the beach and photograph the sunrise?" this was closely followed by "I wonder how many hours it is until sunrise?".
Anyway I went to a 24 hour supermarket and bought some breakfast, drove to the beach and took a host of pictures both before and during sunrise. I am processing these images just now so will post a selection once I have finished them. They fall into 2 categories (a) eerie early morning views and (b) golden sunrise shots. Watch this space!
Sorry to hear you're still not having much luck with the star trails. I haven't even attempted them because it sounds tricky and very prone to error.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if there is a way around the light pollution problem other than shooting where there is none!
Looking forward to the photos!