This is my first ever attempt at this where I've seen the results (still haven't developed my roll of slide film from last year with 4h exposure on it). I actually have another one going right now, it's at 25 minutes so far, I'm going for an hour, assuming the battery holds out that long.
Apple, don't forget, it's not the stars that are moving, it's the earth that's rotating.
And yeah, I wish I found the north star, but it's sooo damn hard to see what you're looking at when it's so dark out peering through a little DSLR viewfinder.
man, how do you have it open for 30 minutes? My camera only goes to 30 sec? is it just cuz you have a camera with different features or r you overriding it somehow?
and the north star isnt that hard to find. Find the big dipper. The two stars that make up the end of the dipper point directly at it, and its exactly 5 times the distance of the two stars doing the pointing. The very end of the little dipper. and you wouldnt have to have it right on to get the circular effect.
Id try myself except that my camera only has a maximum exposure time of 16 seconds. booo.
Bobdole, I used my camera in 'bulb' mode where the exposure is as long as the shutter is held open. In my case, I used the electronic release I have and slid it over to the 'hold open' position on it and left my camera outside for 1/2 an hour.
If you have an old manual camera, look for 'B' and get a remote release that allows you to twist a screw to hold it open or, hell, even tape your shutter down!
Steve, I prefer that one from the other one. We really have the impression that were looking at the sky. In the other picture, we kinda loose the idea of the sky and look only at the basket.
If you have a handle (with extra battery) for your camera, it will old the 1h exposition! Make sure you remove the idle auto-shutdown ... Hahhaa, because I didn't removed it once )
