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Startrails Settings to Try

14 July, 2025 — Try setting up the camera with the following parameters for a totally circular and dense startrails shoot, kind of like this one from Mike Shaw’s book, THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ASTROPHOTGRAPHY: 14mm ISO 1600 f/2.8 20 seconds 800 images 800 images x 20 seconds = 16,000 seconds 16,000 seconds / 60…
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Star Trails and Moon Photos

Various photos from my startrails and moon shoots. Buck Moon on 10 July, 2025. Four image stack in Photoshop. Below is the YouTube version of the above single shot. Craters are apparent in this enlarged version of the same moon: Shooting with 60 megapixels really allows for magnifying everything without pixelation.
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Star Trails Recipe

9 July, 2025 — Here’s how to get perfect star trails shots no matter where you live. Light pollution or perfect Bortle 2 makes no difference. Light trails are great no matter what. Follow these bullet points for the best shots. Once all the images have been captured, you are ready to develop them and…







