Christina of course it applies to any work of art but the discussion was about photographic images.   Absolutely! My thought here were from t...

I think that’s a great argument.   And I agree! However, isn't any work of art interpreted from the viewer's own perspective? A piece of art ...

..And here's a map of the world showing who the lucky ones are that get the privilege of seeing it for themselves:     Last minute trip...

what is natural in Astro Imaging??   A good question! I guess the techniques most commonly used to process photos become 'the norm' and then ...

Thanks so much Rupert!!! Didn't think that it would be possible to control my camera via computer seeing as it's so limited in other remote capabiliti...

Seconded! Simply stunning detail! You've a great day job!

To be honest, the amount of noise in the image isn’t bad.   Thanks! I'll take that as a BIG compliment. I seek perfection! Must get better :)...

Doubting myself so I've just looked again Sumitra and I can't find a delay option - will go and take a look at the manual in a bit. It's a Nikon D40X...

Thanks :) I was trying to embed using the HTML. FAIL. I've updated the above post.   What you can do is use a 2 or 10 second delay so your ca...

Sorry - couldn't get that one to embed (probably me being a muppet). Have uploaded to Flickr instead: StarTrails_2 by Christina Chester, on Flickr ...

Ok… Erm, brace yourself for this… It's no work of art!!!! Not even a fully finished trail… Just wanted to test those camera settings: Any ideas/ti...

An update… It's all about the software it would seem… Just re-stacked using StarStaX and it's 100% better. My Photoshop result looked a bit like I'd ...

Aha! This is a very timely post! I was about to ask the same question as I used Photoshop to stack last night. The result looks a little wishy-washy…...

Thanks Sumitra! I actually referred to your lovely triangle last night as I wanted to test my camera settings. Had a VERY quick stab at making star tr...

Nice graphic Sumitra! I would love a copy of this as it's great to have all this useful info in one easy to grab place! Must say, I also was a little...