Pre-Dawn Star Trails at Killcare Beach

By on January 10, 2012 in Astrophotography, Photography

In 2012, I want to do some more photography – especially in the lead up to my holiday to Cairns and Uluru in November. And I’m off to a nice start, with some star trails captured in the pre-dawn sky at Killcare Beach on the NSW Central Coast.

This is 1 hour worth of exposure (3:30am – 4:30am), captured with a Canon 40D, 24-105mm lens, 5 minute exposures @ ISO400, f/4.0.

Killcare Star Trails

Killcare Star Trails

You can buy this photo as a print or poster at RedBubble.

The images were cleaned up for noise using Topaz De-Noise, stacked using StarStax and final processing for colour/saturation/contrast in Photoshop.

The sunrise itself was stunning, and more images from that session are coming soon!

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

 

About Mike Salway

Mike Salway lives on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia and loves amateur astronomy, photography and karate. He co-founded the amateur astronomy website, IceInSpace, has a family with a wife and 3 kids, and is a 1st Dan Black Belt in Karate. In real life, Mike is a Product Manager for a software company.
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2 Responses to Pre-Dawn Star Trails at Killcare Beach

  1. Sidd Rishi February 3, 2012 at 3:07 pm #

    Beautiful :) Great work.

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    • Mike Salway February 3, 2012 at 3:48 pm #

      Thanks for your comment, Sidd. I had a look at your blog – some great wedding photography :)

      Reply

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