Star Trails: 21 Terrestrial Views of Space by Amateur Photographers

By Light Stalking on 10 Nov 2009 in Cool Photos, Featured[ 4 Comments ]

Timed exposures of the sky at night produce what are known as ‘star trails.’ The movement of the earth makes the exposure of the stars like that of a moving object that produces lines of light. If combined with a well composed image, the results can be quite striking. This collection of star trail photography shows some great examples of this photographic niche which we really enjoyed. Check out the tutorials at the end of the post if you want to know more about star trail photography.

Racing Stars by Andrew Stawarz, on Flickr

Assiniboine Star Light by Jeff Pang, on Flickr

Windy Cove at night , with a Star Trail Sky and Meteor Trail by kevincole, on Flickr

boxïg by ros k @ getfunky_paris, on Flickr

Startrails by TuckerH586, on Flickr

Star Trail 2010-03-06 by jronaldlee, on Flickr

Trona star stack by cloudchaser32000, on Flickr

How to photograph a startrail by Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel, on Flickr

The Night Time Grandeur at Chapel Hill by kevincole, on Flickr

canfelip_II by Aitor Escauriaza, on Flickr

Shelfstars by Zach Dischner, on Flickr

taixeta_6 by Aitor Escauriaza, on Flickr

Hang this in your bathroom, please. by Kyle Kruchok, on Flickr

Milky Way Star Trails – Lake Mary, Flagstaff, AZ by Logan Brumm Photography and Design, on Flickr

Star trails2 by typicalnaloboy, on Flickr

Startrails Over Wicken Fen by Andrew Stawarz, on Flickr

The Stars Will Fall Tonight by Photo Extremist, on Flickr

Trails Portrait by bulliver, on Flickr

Trails on the Henge by .Bala, on Flickr

Happy Trails by makelessnoise, on Flickr

365::225 – The Dark Half by bulliver, on Flickr

Star Trail Photo Resources

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4 Comments

Peter Biesheuvel:

As I’m a big fan of long exposure time photography, specially star trails, the only word I can say after seeing this is: WOW!!!!….

Specially the one by Aitor Escuariaza. I would love to know the technics behind this picture!!.
Great post, great inspiration for me.

November 11, 2009 at 12:42 amReply
Michael Menefee (aka Fort Photo):

Great set! It’s really cool to see some of my fellow night-sky hunters on flickr here. The quality of stuff folks are putting out just keeps getting better and better with new technology.

November 12, 2009 at 1:21 pmReply
Tony:

Very cool! Funnily enough just yesterday I was looking at another really cool amateur shot of the Milky Way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/denwo/4110712136/

November 19, 2009 at 11:33 pmReply
Tony:

Very cool! Funnily enough just yesterday I was looking at another really cool amateur shot of the Milky Way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/denwo/4110712136/

January 5, 2010 at 3:18 pmReply