Last Saturday night was very clear very cold and very still. It was also the peak of the Geminid Meteor Shower. I saw at least 10 during the time I was out but only one was bright enough to show up with the exposure length used. The image was taken near Halnaker north of Chichester looking towards the South Downs. The sky glow visible is from London 60 miles to the north.
The image was taken with a Sony A700 and a Samyang Fisheye Lens using a Tripod.
I used my Interval Timer and set the camera at ISO 200 and bulb and the timer at 2 minutes at f3.5. I set the timer for 1 hour 38 minutes but did not use the first 18 minutes as it was still a bit too light so the star trails shown are for 1 hour 20 minutes. I had some extra kit for Star Trails this time. First a Head Torch which was very useful for taking things down in the dark. The second bit of kit was even more useful. This was LensMuff which is a holder for chemical hand warmers which secures round the lens with Velcro. The night was perfect for a heavy dew and frost and by the time the sequence finished at 18.45 my tripod was thick with frost but the lens stayed clear of any dew or frost.
By the time I finished the last image my 5 layers of warm clothing were starting to struggle. It was minus 2C by then and minus 4C overnight which is unusually cold for southern England.
I took an image for the foreground while there was still a little light and keeping the camera in the same position and added that to the image in processing by pasting in a selection.
Full details of the processing together with before and after images and more information about taking Star Trails images are on my Blog see
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