Star trails in the trailer park — long exposure

This photograph was taken in a trailer park in Yuma, Arizona.

You can see that the stars in the sky have made trails as the earth moves relative to them.

I kept the shutter of the camera open for a relatively long period (about 10 minutes) using a Canon TC-80N3 remote control. This unit has various settings, such as self-timer, interval timer, long-exposure timer, and exposure-count. In this photograph I used long-exposure timer.

I also made a sequence of photographs that I intend to turn into a timelapse video soon.

If you have a camera such as a Canon 350D, 400D, 450D or 500D, you can get a conversion cable to use the Canon TC-80N3 here.

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You can find more star trail photographs on these sites:

• http://open-tube.com/17-top-star-trail-photography-ever/
• http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2009/02/10/scaffold-and-star-trails
• http://undefinedjourneys.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/star-trail-photography/
• http://blog.scenephotography.co.uk/?p=167
• http://photoburner.net/2009/03/19/stacking-star-trails/
• http://www.zebpalmer.com/blog/photography/twilight-star-trails-stanley-lake/