Redemption Designs

Last night, I rode my bike 4 miles in the dark to shoot star trails in 16 degree weather, with around 25mph wind gusts. I was prepared for the cold and was warm enough. Other than the issue of ambient light in New Jersey, I have come up with two main things I could do next time to make this shot better: First, the foreground is barely visible (on my monitor, at least) and could do for more detail. Second, I should have used ISO 400 instead of 200, so the stars would be brighter while potentially having more stars visible. My next blog entry will include tonight’s photo, which takes both points into account, leading to a better result. Tonight’s photo, however, has much less wind, so the reflections aren’t as soft and nice as this one.