St. Huberts Church in Idsworth is another place in my list of sites to re-visit. This list if growing all the time! Anyway, the church is the perfect subject for star trail photos as it is on the top of a hill and it is in a relatively dark area as far as light pollution goes. There is still enough to ruin a long shot but it is much easier to control that down near where I live.
This shot was composed with the intention of having the star trails form a circle. This is done by having the North Star near to the centre of the frame and taking a long exposure photo. This photo was an exposure of about 30 minutes. There were 4 of us who went to this location and we all got fantastic results.
As you can see the light pollution did start to creep and in and try to ruin the shot but luckily it added a nice element to the composition.
A small amount of light painting with a flash gun was used to illuminate the front of the church.
Comments
Very, very nice shot! It is now my desktop background. Thanks!
Very nice. Yes, the bleed is creeping in their, but I think it adds to the shot!
I really like the light bleed in this picture, it adds some wonderful colours.
Light bleed has rescued a number of my pictures where it would have been a terribly dull picture without it.
Sean, thanks for the comment. Much appreciated.
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