I’ve never really been one for reading into the stars (unless they’re by ‘Beardy from Hell’ in our local the Beast mag). I am, however, totally fascinated with astronomy and the endless galaxy beyond, and also reckon star trail photography is pretty darn rad.

I saw the above image featured on National Geographic and it made me wonder – how do they do it? [rss-cut]

Now, I could cut & paste from and create a big ‘how to’ but the truth is it would be plagiarism, and I’m not up for that. I will, however, recommend you check out instructions by Liquid in plastic, Robert Reeves and Digital Field Guide.

One tip worth mentioning is – to get the circular star streak effect, point your camera north. Glad we cleared that up.

Hope you enjoy this collection. Ingrid x

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Image credits: 1} Astronomie.be 2} Edge of Night, by Harold Davis. 3} Digital Field Guide 4} Behind the Lens
5} Robert Reeves 6} Liquid in Plastic 7} Trek Earth 8} Photos by Kev 9} Andrew Gregory 10} Seattle Astronomy 11 & 12} Mark Hum 13} CloudyNights.com

About Ingrid Schroder

A Sydney-side freelance graphic designer, photographer & yoga teacher - I find myself turning to nature for guaranteed revival from the crazy pace of city life - be it digging in my garden, capturing natural beauty through a lens, floating in the ocean, practicing yoga or out exploring this incredible planet we all call home. Follow me on twitter @Cohabitaire