How To Photograph Star Trails?

Polaroid The Photography Society
Dec 6, 2021
2 min read

Have you ever seen those pictures where the stars streak across the sky in a big arc? Or maybe the whole sky looked like as it was spinning? If you saw that, surely you must be curious to know that how these pictures are clicked. So if you are thinking that how these pictures are clicked, then, congratulations this BLOG is for you. Now without wasting time let's get started.

First thing you have to consider :

1. Tripod- Tripod is one of the most important object you need because for clicking such photos, you need a stable camera.

2. Clear Weather - You've to search the location where you can see stars clearly.

3. You should have some knowledge about Expert Mode(pro mode).

4. Patience : most important thing for a photographer.

So basically, it is a technique of astrophotography which captures the movement of the stars. Previously this kind of photography was done by the help of a professional SLR camera but nowadays mobile cameras are getting so good that we can make a nice use of them.

So now here I am telling you step by step method how can you capture the Star Trails.

First open your camera(Expert Mode) and look for a strong and sturdy tripod to house your mobile.

Then you can play with your expert mode settings.

I recommend some of my settings
ISO-1000-1200
Shutter speed Max-32sec
WB approx 4100k

Now you have to capture continuously minimum 50 shots, you can also use intervalometer. Some cameras have a built in intervalometer which can be set to shoot the desirable number of frames or you can use tripod remote. In some cases the intervalometer has a bit of lag between shots, which is the reason I used tripod remote for clicking these pictures.

After clicking all the shots you have to merge them all, for that you can use star trails third party apps which will make it easy. I want to suggest one app which is easily available on play store and that is "Star Trails".

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