Startrails over the Florida Everglades – this image is made up of over 170 images to create this effect!
StarTrails
Startrails over Big Cypress
This Startrails image was create by stacking 170 images that were captured over Big Cypress in South Florida
I started my night time adventure around 11:15 pm on Friday. I drove down to a location in the Big Cypress to capture/create a star trail. I studied the weather maps and radar and found that the skies would clear around 1am. That was about the time I arrived in Big Cypress.
The sky was clearing in the South so I capture some MilkyWay shots. I donned my hat and netting, put on my latex gloves and cranked up the ThermaCell with a fresh bottle of butane and a new pad. The moon had just set at 12:50am making it really dark out there. I walked out on the boardwalk where I needed a flashlight to see.
I took a series of MilkyWay shots, by 1:30am the sky looked like it was ready for me to start taking photos for the Startrails.
The air was so very still and the sounds of mosquitoes disappeared thanks to the Thermacell. There was a low roar from the pond out there from the frogs that droned on all the time I was out there. Far west of me, near coast of Naples, there was a huge thunderstorm with small flashes that seemed to last all night, but was not in my view of the northern sky.
I set my Sony A6500 with a special Anker battery with a Sony battery cable so I did not run out of power. It worked great. I took 240 images to make up this image, however, there was a moment around the 170 image mark, that the temperature fell to the dew point, collecting a load of moisture on my camera & lens. I wished I added a 5 second delay between images so I could have whipped off the moisture every now and then, but I kept shooting and had to toss 75 images due to that moisture.
I was really happy when that last image was taken. I headed back to my car around 3:45am. This is the image I created from all those photos.
Enjoy your day! I am going to sleep early…;-)
Star trails over Asheville, N.C.
The Star Trails were taken on a cold evening along the Blue Ridge Parkway in early November. The skies were clear and had to deal with some light pollution
Everglades Star Trails
Star Trails in the night sky over the Florida Everglades
Star Trails – 08-12-2018
We traveled down to the Everglades to capture the Perseid meteor shower, but the clouds did not cooperate. after checking other areas of the park we decided to head north back home. As we drove north we noticed the skies clearing and decided to visit the Harold A Campbell Public Use Area in South Palm Beach. The mosquitoes were all out in force, but we were prepared with our spray, clothing and netting. The skies were clear and off in the distance towards Naples, was a huge lighting storm going off. We setup and started shooting. The funny part, was that we saw loads of meteors but none were in front of my camera.. There were a few planes passing by… This image was created with 120 images – stacked for the star trails. as dark as it was – there was still a small amount of light pollution, overall, it was a fun night night
StarTrails over South Florida
I took this in 2014 and thought it would be nice to bring back up with a dedicated page. We set our cameras up to capture the stars and some star trails over South Florida. Each star trail has about 120 image to make one photo. Each image is about 30 seconds and taken 1 second apart then stacked to create the star trails.
