Star Trails: Can anyone explain the fascination with startrail images ? I just don't get it...

Edmund Dworakowski

Can anyone explain the fascination with startrail images ?
I just don't get it...

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

Different people will say the same about ANY area of photography

profpb Loc: Venice, Florida

It tells me that the heavens are moving, but I'm a few thousand years behind.

sudzmonn Loc: here , there , everywhere

look deep , very deep , for your answer ~

billybaseball Loc: Bel Air MD

Edmund Dworakowski wrote:

Can anyone explain the fascination with startrail images ?
I just don't get it...

If you don't get you might never get it no matter how many times someone explains it. My wife doesn't understand a lot of the things I like and I have explained it until I'm blue in the face and her answer is still I don't get it.

ggttc Loc: TN

Consider that the earth is moving at 67,000 mph around the sun...thats pretty cool...and star trails document that photographically.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Edmund Dworakowski wrote:

Can anyone explain the fascination with startrail images ?
I just don't get it...

...in the eye of the beholder.

jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.

ggttc wrote:

Consider that the earth is moving at 67,000 mph around the sun...thats pretty cool...and star trails document that photographically.

ggttc, I agree with you that the speed that the earth is moving is a great way to appreciate star trail photos, and you're right the earth does move around the sun at 67,000 mph, which like you said, is really cool, but it's the earths rotation on it's axis (1038 mph also really cool) that creates the star trails.

CocoaRoger Loc: Cocoa Florida

Why do some people like one color and not another? Why do some love one song and hate another that someone else loves? Is it a question even worth asking?

mdorn Loc: Portland, OR

Edmund Dworakowski wrote:

Can anyone explain the fascination with startrail images ?
I just don't get it...

Can someone explain to me why anybody would use a Canon body as an ashtray...? Nevermind. Don't answer that. Some questions are better left unanswered. :-)

ggttc Loc: TN

jkm757 wrote:

ggttc wrote:

Consider that the earth is moving at 67,000 mph around the sun...thats pretty cool...and star trails document that photographically.

ggttc, I agree with you that the speed that the earth is moving is a great way to appreciate star trail photos, and you're right the earth does move around the sun at 67,000 mph, which like you said, is really cool, but it's the earths rotation on it's axis (1038 mph also really cool) that creates the star trails.

I knew that...isnt it enough to know that my wife is smarter then me...now I have to put you on the list... geeez...can I get a break here please!!!

Edmund Dworakowski

Because I Can...

wingincamera Loc: Spanaway, Washington

If you want to try it, there is lots of info on the web on how to. Here is one pretty good link:

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0509/fv0509-1.html

The author of the article has a pretty nice web site,
http://www.artinnaturephotography.com/

Bucko56 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Star Trails are out of this world, simply awesome! :-)

Steve M Loc: Chester, NS, Canada

wingincamera wrote:

If you want to try it, there is lots of info on the web on how to. Here is one pretty good link:

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0509/fv0509-1.html

The author of the article has a pretty nice web site,
http://www.artinnaturephotography.com/

Thanks for the links. Lots of great information there.

Steve