Star Trails

I took my son to try and capture the the Geminids In 2014 while we saw then I did not capture a single one on frame but this led to the first ever Star trail. As this was all shot manually you see the holes in the star movement . This is another variation that is possible. 31 shots ISO 2000

when you dont look to the southern pole Due east. ISO 1600 86 shots.

A star trail captured the last plane to come and land . 150 shots that was thought of as just a star trail as the clouds cleared for a while.

It was suppose to be raining totally clouded, when I woke at 4 am I saw nothing but stars and the moon. I thought it would be great to capture a 22% crescent moon on a star trail as well. Through the 150 shots there was some wispy clouds blew past the moon hence the extra effect on the moon. I went to 5 shot of the pre dawn to add to the effect with the stars. This was looking almost Due East. I had limited space as the dew fell very heavy so I had the camera under the roof for protection but limited the view of the sky I had. Enjoy a little out of the box thinking as I did not 100% know just what I would get apart from the broad moon trail.

North is way below my horizon so no complete circle, only a partial circle. Clear night filter

South a full circle but high above city light pollution. Clear night Filter.