Star Trails - David Mathre Photography

One-Year Ago (08-August-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Summer Star Trails. (1) Looking South. Composite of 167 images taken with a Nikon D810A camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/4, 120 sec). (2) Looking North. Composite of 134 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 10.5 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/4, 120 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. Composite created with Scripts, Statistics, Maximum)

Summer Star Trails. Looking South. Composite of 167 images taken with a Nikon D810A camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/4, 120 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. Composite created with Scripts, Statistics, Maximum) (David J Mathre) — Summer Star Trails. Looking South. Composite of 167 images taken with a Nikon D810A camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/4, 120 sec). (David J Mathre)

Summer Star Trails. Looking North. Composite of 134 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 10.5 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/4, 120 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. Composite created with Scripts, Statistics, Maximum) (David J Mathre) — Summer Star Trails. Looking North. Composite of 134 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 10.5 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/4, 120 sec). (David J Mathre)

Six-Years Ago (07-August-2010) — California

Gone to See America August 2010 Road Trip. Day 7: Eastern Sierra Photography Workshop with Michael Mariant. CARMA Radio Telescopes.

Star Trails looking north viewed from the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. CARMA is the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter Wave Astronomy run by Caltech, Berkeley, Univ Indiana Urbana, and Univ Maryland. It is located in the High Desert at Cedar Flats in the Inyo Mountains near Bishop, California. Composite of 180 images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 24 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2, 30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and Images combined using Photoshop CC (Statistics, Maximum).

According to an article in Wikipedia the telescopes ceased operation in April 2005

Star Trails looking north viewed from the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. Composite of 180 images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 24 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2, 30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and Images combined using Photoshop CC (Statistics, Maximum). (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (06-August-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Startrails looking north and looking south. The moon was nearly full. North view: Composite of 177 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 10.5 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/5.6, 120 sec). South view: Composite of 182 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 165 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 200, 165 mm, f/5.6, 120 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. Composite created with Scripts, Statistics, Maximum).

Summer Startrails Looking North. Nearly full moon. Backyard Nature in New Jersey. Composite of 182 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 10.5 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/5.6, 120 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. Composite created with Scripts, Statistics, Maximum) (David J Mathre) — Summer Startrails Looking North. Nearly full moon. Composite of 177 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 10.5 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 10.5 mm, f/5.6, 120 sec). (David J Mathre)

Summer Startrails Looking South. Nearly full moon. Backyard Nature in New Jersey. Composite of 182 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 200, 116 mm, f/5.6, 120 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. Composite created with Scripts, Statistics, Maximum) (David J Mathre) — Summer Startrails Looking South. Nearly full moon. Composite of 182 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 200, 116 mm, f/5.6, 120 sec). (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (10-July-2010) — New Jersey

Backyard Nighttime Summer Sky Over New Jersey.

Star, Moon, Jet, and Firefly Trails. Composite of 980 images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 14 mm f/2.8D lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/4, 8 sec). Raw images processed using PhotoShop CC and Startrails.exe

Star, Moon, Jet, and Firefly Trails. Summer Night in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 14 mm f/2.8D lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/4, 8 sec). Composite of 980 images combined using the Startrails program. (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (24-May-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Startrails Looking South From My Backyard in New Jersey. Composite of 400 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/2.8, 30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. In the past I used the startrails.exe program to process the images. This time I made the composite using Scripts/Statistics Stack Mode = Maximum within Photoshop CC 2015.