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Star Trails: A Night on the Lake

May 14, 2020May 16, 2020 Jon Stewart PostsTagged startrails, videoLeave a Comment on Star Trails: A Night on the Lake
Star Trails: A Night on the Lake

After experimenting with using my star trail photos as a video timelapse of the Milky Way last month, I decided to give it a try with a different angle. This time I was borrowing a neighbour’s beach to look West, highlighting the nearly 2km long stretch of glorious spring fed water. The temperature remained above […]

Star Trails: Lyrids II

April 23, 2020April 27, 2020 Jon Stewart PostsTagged lyrids, startrailsLeave a Comment on Star Trails: Lyrids II
Star Trails: Lyrids II

I had three different camera setups this night, with my 50D focused on Star Trails. My Canon T6 (which took this shot) was set to just take 20 second exposures all night in the hope of catching anything meteors from the Lyrid Meteor Shower. Stacking all photos between 10:30pm and 5:00pm (approximately 800 individual frames) […]

Star Trails: Lyrid Meteor Edition

April 22, 2020April 24, 2020 Jon Stewart PostsTagged startrailsLeave a Comment on Star Trails: Lyrid Meteor Edition
Star Trails: Lyrid Meteor Edition

Wednesday night, one camera was shooting real meteors while another was creating fake ones with star trails! Over the neighbour’s cottage facing west with nearly 3 hours of 20 second photos stacked on top of each other, the stars streak across the sky that matches the rotation of the earth. With the lack of humidity […]

Star Trails: Winter on the Lake

November 18, 2018April 26, 2020 Jon Stewart PostsTagged startrailsLeave a Comment on Star Trails: Winter on the Lake
Star Trails: Winter on the Lake

Although my friends had turned off the super bright lights on their waterfront, the house lights were enough to light up the trees around their cottage. A car’s brake lights are visible along the road, and another neighbour’s Christmas lights are visible on fresh snow on the lake. More of my Star Trails

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