Final post from this Colorado trip, promise. I’ve wanted to take a startrail photo for quite a while, and this trip I finally dragged a tripod along on our hike and got on it. Unfortunately, when we were backpacking we only got one night of clear skies, and there wasn’t really a spectacular view. But hey, the next one I take will be in a nicer view, and I’ll let it run longer. Here’s the final photo (click on it for a larger version):

I put the camera on a tripod, set it for 30-second exposures at f/3.5 (ISO 800), set it on continuous shooting mode, and locked the remote control. I left the camera for 105 frames, or about 53 minutes. I then put all the photos together on my computer using this neat Startrails program by Achim Schaller.

Here’s the same photo in the original colors:

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