Making an EPIC Star Trail Time Lapse

Last Photography vlog I made a pretty epic star trail time lapse. So I wanted to share with you how to make one.

On today's photography teaching episode I show you how make a star trail time lapse. It's obviously a little bit different than a regular star time lapse. There are a number of different steps to go through including using a star trail stacking program called StarStax.
In general, though, I was pretty surprised at how easily the star trail time lapse was made. In fact, with a good starry night, I think that anyone could make a star trail time lapse pretty easily.

[zadokwest]

Laugharne and the castle is such an atmospheric place. Great to see it in an amazing time lapse.The small boathouse on the hill is where Dylan Thomas Lived.

[georgecataulin]

Thank you! I've been using StarStax for 2 years now, but not for making a time lapse star trail video. I can't wait to get out for next new moon to give this a try.

[ItsLifeWithBryan]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[thewanderinggeekin]

Have to agree that was very epic. Nice work and seems to be pretty straight forward and easy. I'm headed to Hawaii next month so maybe give it a try.

[craigtaylor]

Good video. Using the "comet mode" in StarStaX results in a nice effect. The same process can be used with a setting moon or night clouds for interesting time-lapse videos.

[jennifersayers]

Oh my god thank you so much for sharing this, I could always do star trails and timelapses, I'm not great at it lol but I always wondered how people made those star trail timelapses and how they edit it. It really bugged me that I couldn't figure it out and now watching your video, you made it really simple and thank you thank you thank you lol bring on the clear night skies now

[Dre]

Thank you again for these simple easy to follow tutorials

[feliciafullwood]

Really love this!!!! Might have to head up north to try this now!! I remember when you used to take them with your go pro back in the day!!

[AlexBerger]

Awesome - definitely a creative take that adds some spice to it. Love the fade in and fade out.

[GarethDanks]

“Larn” is how it’s pronounced but don’t worry I live here and can’t pronounce half the places haha. Having a welsh speaking mrs makes that hilarious as you’d imagine. Wonderful images. Never tried star trailing. As mentioned below Dylan thomas’ boat house is cute. Not photogenic from my visits tho. Cool to see tho. Nice vid mate. Great to see wales on your channel..! Thanks for spreading the word on our beautiful country 😊👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

[damonfinlay]

Great video! I hope I've still got all my shots from the couple of star trails shots I made with Star stax, really want to try this, its an awesome effect!

[birgitsmetana]

Nice - very creative with that reverse star lapse 😎

[pictureworldphotography]

awesome, it's something i've wanted to try for a while now, so i might just give it a go, thanks for the awesome content..

[esusolinas]

If you want to have a continuous trail without gaps, you can choose to "gap filling" at the "blending mode" in "preferences"

[top-notchphotography]

Great video. I'm currently trying to learn how to make star trails in Photoshop.

[GMC]

Been using this for a few years now. Brilliant bit of software. Play about with comet mode to get a better effect with the star trails. Great video as usual mate

[paulcomptonpdphotography]

Been doing this for years it’s so easy haha

[CornishMotorcycleDiaries]

Great idea AND I know a castle nearby that would be ideal for this...

[PereaPhotography]

I’m not a fan of star trails in general but the timelapse is awesome! Definitely gonna try this at some point! Thanks for the tutorial brotha!

[alinooradheen]

Nice, and like the shadow of tripod and camera in the image frame 😊