Want to Join next time I will be back at Brimham rocks on the 17th November from 8pm. For what you need See bottom of blog.

 

Apparently on the 20th October there was a meteor shower from the trail of Halleys comet, I never planned this in but still managed to get some shooting stars thanks to the comet.

I set out to make a star trail photograph (feature image),  this is done by setting the camera up on a tripod and using a remote release for the camera. I set my camera to bulb mode and my remote to 1 min exposure, my F-stop was at 3.5 and iso 50. These settings allow more light into the camera. Thanks to the moon and the clear skies the rocks light up so I did not need another source to light up the rocks. Once I had my camera set up how I wanted, I released the remote to take photo after photo. I let it take 2 hours of photos in one position at 1 min exposure this turns out at 120 photos altogether. To finish the star trails in one picture a little photoshop is needed. Not all of the 120 picture are used as too much clouds went over head blocking the stars. So I decided not to use them all.

While my camera was doing it’s thing I showed Alex how to set up his camera and understand how I take my photographs.

I told him which settings I use and said to use them with his camera, helping him change the settings but letting him change them to understand the camera. Once he had taken a few pictures on these settings I told him to change them again trying to understand the camera but this time without my help. Once he had done this I told him to look through his last photos and see the difference.

When I was happy with my 120th photo we moved to a new place and tried out some new toys of mine. Light tubes or as I call them light-sabers and Alex wanted to try out his purge mask and asked me how to make it show on the camera.

 

Want to Join next time I will be back at Brimham rocks on the 17th November from 8pm.

What you will need:

Warm clothes!!! I have even taken a sleeping bag once to keep warm
DSLR camera or Bridge camera
Food and water
Head torch or hand held (head torch is easier so you can use your hands)
Remote release for camera