Seldom have the chance to do star trails in s’pore becos of too much light pollution from artifical light. You need a real dark place with and i last did the photo above  during a camping trip at Berkelah Waterfalls.

Due to long exposure, battery power will be consumed fast so make sure you have a fully charged battery and extra batteries if you are in the remote areas.

Steps for those.

  1. Tripod mounted camera with cable release or remote control. usually a wide angle lens is used
  2. Set to ISO 200 or less , f 8-f11 , BULB mode,  Manually focused to infinity.
  3. it will be hard to composed due to dim light but exclude any artifical lights in yr frame.
  4. Trigger the shutter and leave it on for 1/2hrs or more.

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