On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:22:14PM +0200, Naomi van der Lippe wrote:
> Re the stars photo - I would love to be able to recreate photo's where the
> shutter stays open for a period of time with the starts creating almost a
> circle effect.
If you actually *want* the starts to streak and circle, I would recommend
using a slow film and narrow aperture so that you are forced to have a
long exposure. You will need a cable release that clicks in position and
keeps the shutter open until you release it, because we are talking about
at least a 20min long exposure here.
The stars seem to wheel around the poles, so get an astronomy website or
Voortrekker scout guide to explain to you how to find the South pole in
the sky from the Souther cross. The stars will circle around that, so keep
that somewhere in your photo.
Also, try and find reciprocity failure information on the film you will be
using, with such long exposures. And try and protect the camera from stray
light from campfires and such that will occur while you sip your whisky
in the desert and wait for the photo to finish.
you will leave your camera
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