Forth Rail Bridge by Robbie Graham

Wednesday, 26th December 2007

Forth Rail Bridge

by Robbie Graham

For those interested in the technical details…
100 exposures overlaid with ’startrails.exe’ (pretty good little free tool). 30 seconds per exposure, ISO 400, F7.1. The exposure time was a compromise between over-exposing the bridge (it ends up looking a bit too red here) and getting enough stars exposed. I think in the depths of winter with a totally clear sky you could get a better balance.
There were clouds skidding over the sky – looks amazing in the camera preview screen when you whiz through all the images quickly! However this has watered down the stars a little. Still, for the Forth, I was surprised at the amount of stars that were visible. Given the amount of exposure time, all the trains and ships are reduced to lines of light.

Robbie Graham

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15 Comments

david Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 10:42 am
stunning photo

great job
Pauline Jones Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Very imaginative use of technology; a completely different way of painting the Forth Bridge.
Goncalo Lemos Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
I like the composition. It is not easy to shoot star trails near cities. That technique may be the best for that instead of a single exposure of 50 minutes.
Best regards
Anurag Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
apart from the technique even the composition is quiet interesting
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Excellent note, good picture and thanks for the free tool-tip!
Andrew Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I am dizzy.. hehe
Tom Brooklyn Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Very neat how you did that. I can’t imagine how you could get the exposure any better. Cheers.
Eileen Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Very nice, what fun! EZ
Renee Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Very intersting! funny Andrew!
Rosita Says:
December 29th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Well done!! I’ve heard it takes several hours to take such a shot…maybe I will try it myself, because this looks awesome.
Gabriel Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
That is REALLY, REALLY amazing
Su Says:
December 26th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
lovely shot well done
mike Says:
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Very neat night picture.
su Says:
December 26th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Nice one, and so generous with your information, many thanks.
renee Says:
December 27th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
simply amazing!