Some high thin clouds add an interesting background to tonight’s efforts.
A stack of 182 30s images, f/5.6 ISO 800. Click through to see the full size 3456×2304 image. Look closely and you’ll see dots from high flying airplanes. See if you can spot the streak of what I think might have been a passing satellite.
Stars and planes
A stack of 54 30s exposures, f/3.5 ISO 400. A few planes flew by to add some interesting elements.
Charleston’s night sky
20s exposure of Charleston’s night sky.
An afternoon at Lighthouse Inlet
An overcast day spoiled my plans to do some star trail photography at Lighthouse Inlet, at the north end of Folly Beach. I did get some nice beach photos though, before the cold wind made my hands too stiff to handle the camera. I did end up losing a lens cap to the surf though. At least it wasn’t a camera.
There is of course the view of the Morris Island lighthouse. See what I did with the lighthouse on Sullivan’s Island in the background?
and plenty of old tree skeletons buried in the sand
This might be one of my favourites from the day. The bright green provides some great contrast against the tangled gray/brown of the branches.
Check out the rest of the images over in the gallery.
Star trails on a golf course
In the search for some dark skies, I was off to visit a friend in Moncks Corner who lives near a golf course. Were it not for the nearly full moon, it would have been a good night.
Oh well. At least now I know a good spot to go and try again. It wasn’t a total waste. The full moon is pretty bright so I took advantage of it to see what some moonlight only photos might look like.
With a 10s exposure (f/3.5, ISO 100) it almost looks like day time.
With a little colour adjusting, you can make night into day. Daystars!
Moonlight shadow
cast by the moon
This is a stack of 37 images, 15 s each at f/3.5, ISO 100. The bright star in the center is Sirius and at the top you can see part of Orion. The trees add some interesting elements to the picture.
Going to have to head back out there in a couple of weeks to try again.