How to MASTER Basic Star Trails!!

[@CruisingWithChooChoo]

I’ve been wanting to shoot star trails and finally got myself a camera with a built in interval timer so I can’t wait to go out and try this. Thanks for taking us step by step! Fantastic tutorial!!

[@ralphdomenic3283]

Hi OPT One thing I noticed Rafal is there was a visible line of stars or lines that track across the bottom portion of your photo, was this light pollution from what looks like a town in the back ground? How would you eliminate it if you can?

[@bbq2888]

Best tutorial video i watched so far

[@framed-tales]

Great job with the tutorial. I can't think of any better way to present this! Kudos!

[@OPTTelescopes]

Thank you so much! Seriously appreciate it

[@fernandoserrano7111]

thanks for the video i will try.... using your tutorial!

[@angelamicay8748]

Such a good thorough tutorial! Thanks!

[@OPTTelescopes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dennisfolse2226]

Yes except for how long of time lapse it was. Was it two hours, three, or a year?

[@brianfulda]

Amazingly helpful video, as always! Thanks guys!

[@OPTTelescopes]

Its our pleasure Brian! Keep up the amazing work, your photography is incredible!

[@BoldBooksandBones]

Great video! Thank you!

[@sikimagery]

This video helped me for sure, but also made me screw up my shots. I shouldn’t have added that extra 1 second for the buffer. My R5 doesn’t need that. But I did it anyways because of your advice. So…if anyone has a camera that’s a beast…you won’t need that 1 second buffer time. You’ll get gaps. But everything else in this video helped me out. First time doing it was a fail…but I learned. Can’t wait to try again.

[@judgesteve6798]

I realize the R5 is not Nikon but how will I know if I need buffer time or not? I really felt like my D7500 was slow enough to write (SD Cards) I needed a buffer but I've just gotten a Z6iii.... based on what I see wildlife people doing in their videos (holding the button down and just going and going and going) I am guessing I don't, but not sure those images are creating the 31Mb raw files my single image MW files are creating. Thanks

[@h-dawg969]

Wicked tutorial. Can’t wait to give this a go! What’s a good star star alternative for Mac?

[@miketronix]

Speechless

[@OPTTelescopes]

Thank you very very much

[@waterdragonstudios7167]

Thanks for this, very useful.

[@terrypowell8900]

Thank you for this video

[@OPTTelescopes]

Our pleasure

[@marekszyszka2455]

He looks like Adam Gontier from Three Days Grace! Thak you guys!

[@MatthewHolevinski]

star trails are cool and all, but I think what we really want to know is how that Vincent guy did that spiral trail that you showed at the end of the video :)

[@KnTGaming]

From what I've seen, it's using a fisheye lens ! I know I'm 7months late, but hey, hope it'll help someone !

[@MatthewHolevinski]

@@KnTGaming hey no worries, I was still wondering.

[@priyanka4ever]

I watched so many videos the read several articles, & they have suggested applying the 300 rule for crop sensors.

[@legacysearches4481]

How cool is it to find a tutorial using the same camera and lens? THANKS!

[@Eugene2ndW]

Great info! How can a movie be made where the trails can be seen developing or streaking across the sky? I saw that being done during the processing in this video.

[@pavankandikuppa]

Superb Sir

[@hlpvinod]

Thanks for the video but i have a qustion. how many shots do you take or how long do u keep on taking shots in star trails?

[@ECSpeed-uh3tf]

Exceptional video! Good teaching with rich, on-point content ready to use. Quick question, please - there is conflicting information "out there" about the relationship of interval to exposure using both internal and external intervelometers. Is this a correct statement: "To ensure correct operation, choose an interval at least one second longer than the exposure time. " Another video says to add an interval "between" exposures, thus he said "set a 30 second exposure with a 2 second interval." Please advise. Thanks!~

[@belleccino]

whats a good app to track a moonless night?

[@Mr.Sandoval-CCHS]

Does Photoshop have a Starstax feature or plugin?

[@ankitswain595]

Were all the images taken in raw ??

[@davidletz9123]

Thanks for the video! I am just getting started by watching YT instructional vids like yours. I don't think you mentioned the total time you took your 30 second exposures. Was it 3 hours worth?

[@dennisfolse2226]

None of them do, I have watched several. And that's the only thing I'm looking for is how long they shoot pictures.

[@caulburns1]

1-4 hours, depending on how long you want the trails

[@chrisromano8377]

Yeah I'm looking for same answer. Splitting hairs said 1-4 hours. I'll try after 1 just see where I'm at and how it works since this is my first time.

[@PressRec]

can you also export the trail as a video in starstax?

[@dementaeia]

How many pictures should you take when stacking?

[@m.witter5115]

Do you find that shooting 20s shots for as much as 2hrs on most dslr cameras will work? ....my Canon takes 1battery but I do have a larger battery grip although that set up messes up my ability to use the L bracket....Do you shoot long enough on one battery or do you use an external battery set up?

[@星辰大海-z2e]

I would use an external battery

[@paullinski9867]

Great tutorial! Was he just ignoring the airplane just above the landscape? It was giving me anxiety the closer it got to the video being over and him not editing that out. Oh well. Maybe he liked it!

[@jaronkrasnosky9465]

I absolutely annihilated that fuggin like button. Complete destruction

[@mchjubjub6915]

Explain with which lens you defocus as in my experience youre unlikely to be able to see the star like that with a 14-24mm. If polaris moves a little bit during exposure your trails will be blurred but your original statement that it doesnt move was correct. Georgia guidestones proved that. However its an interesting location.

[@xiaofengliu5724]

How many photos did you take? How to remove the airplane trails?

[@frettiss420]

Why does my canon 90d seem to have a buffer of 4 seconds?

[@hangerbird]

It was a good tutorial... but you never did say how many exposures you would need to make.

[@NG-VQ37VHR]

He did say he took 360 exposures.

[@shupingyin8082]

How did you do the spiral startails?

[@SpencerGBful]

Depends on location. The real secret is the earth is flat. That’s why in the north you’re under Polaris. South you can’t see the perfect circles b/c of perspective

[@Mor2gain_760]

@@SpencerGBful Yeah, that's why I'm here... Star 🌟 trails don't make sense on a globe... not in one night for Polaris!

[@JacobLM42]

@@SpencerGBful 🤡🤡

[@JacobLM42]

@@Mor2gain_760 🤡🤡

[@mikeolson7656]

Do you shoot only jpg? I normally shoot raw, but Starstax doesn't seem to use them. Will I have to change my shots to save as jpg's?

[@dugy40]

How come you didn’t sync all your pics in Lr?

[@marcinpasek14]

Great tutorial! You wouldn't be able to do this if we were living on spinning ball, would you?

[@max5250]

Actually, we do live on a "spinning ball", and these star-trails are product of Earth's rotation.

[@ujjwaldatta6713]

Hi! I want to clarify something about the intervalometer setting. Let’s say I want the LONG to be 30” with a 2” INTERVAL(time between each shot), do I program LONG to be 30” and INT to 2” or LONG to be 30” and INT to 32”? I just saw another video by Alyn Wallace and he said to have LONG to be 30” and INT to be 2” for my example. I’d appreciate your response. And another thing regarding StarStax, should we check off SAVE AFTER EACH STEP” and after the stacking is complete, there is an OUTPUT images button at the bottom of all the selected images in the left panel. Should I click on that or just save as tif or jpg? Thank you so much again.

[@BestMoonshots]

Since intervalometer is maintaining the time between each shots, you should be setting yout interval to 32". Then the camera will keep the shutter open for 30 seconds and the timelapse interval will click a picture every 32 seconds. This is the right setting for your use case.

[@Mor2gain_760]

What parts of the world have you done star 🌟 trail photos ??? Can you do one with all of them if you have done them all over ???

[@chrisromano8377]

I can't delete starStax from my computer

[@aerozg]

Don't just hang a bag under your tripod and let it dangle freely. There is still some air movement at night and even a slight breeze can cause some vibrations and ruin your images. Slightly defocus your lens to get the nice and fat creamy star trails. Shoot at low ISO (like 400-800) to keep the colors in the stars. If you shoot at to high ISO all the startrails will be white. Shooting at lower ISO keeps the colors, you can still make them all white in post processing if that's your thing, but this way you get 2 options out of 1 imaging session. Shoot 30s exposures. And most importantly, shoot at least for 5-6+ hours if you want the best startrails possible. 2-3 hours is just going to look underwhelming. Ask me how i know.

[@kennethcheong4498]

I noticed that the star trail did not complete a circle. How do I know how long to shoot to 'complete' the circle?

[@max5250]

You would need 24 ( actually 23 hr 56 min and 4 sec) hours long night to do so.

[@AmateurPhotographer12]

Broooo my picture was RAW and it needs to be JPG WHYYY

[@PingpongPoof-c3r]

Hi

[@scotthagan3189]

Can someone help me understand how or why the stars leave this type of pattern trail? If the earth is spinning, unless a picture like this is taken from one of the earths north or south pole, I can't understand how this pattern makes sense. Honestly asking!

[@JohnHazenhousen]

If you are in the northern hemisphere, then you will be able to see Polaris, the north star, which is located almost right on the celestial north pole. Ignoring terrain, etc. then there will be nothing blocking your view of Polaris because Earth is a sphere. The further north you go, the higher in the sky Polaris will appear. Same goes for Sigma Octantis and the southern circumpolar stars. You do not need to be at either of the poles to see the circumpolar stars.

[@scotthagan3189]

This does make sense the more I realized it. Thank you

[@totisantiago1]

very pleasant - I was not intimidated at all -

[@Xl8tor241]

why does it see that the majority of these tutorials all assume that their audience only live in the Northern Hemisphere?

[@mammouth2727]

He did not say how many photos he took!

[@TheUnknownMaster100]

That app no longer exist for modern phones

[@gpirnat123]

Slow down... I now have a headache after listening to you on speed talk...