Photo captured overnight 19th/20th March 2022 from my home in South Leicestershire, East Midlands. Full Worm Moon (97%). This star trail was captured and processed all in-camera (no post stacking processing) with the Olympus OM-1 camera & 12-40mm pro II lens. This shot is a massive 10hr long exposure (all captured & processed in camera) and is shows 10 hours of Earth's rotation as shown through the stars, spinning around the North Pole star 'Polaris'. 10hrs was the absolute maximum I could capture between sunset and sunrise the following morning. Read on to see how I captured this shot. BEHIND THE LENS Camera:- OM-1 Lens: Olympus 12-40mm pro II (12mm fl) Tripod Anker PowerBank (PowerCore+ 26800) power device Lens dew heater Live Composite mode - 15s exposure time, F2.8 , 10hrs (1No 4hr + 1 No 6hr shots) ISO 320 I mounted the camera on a fence mount and set up the composition using the fab 12-40 pro II lens framing the horse chestnut tree. For powering such a long exposure I used an external power device, plugged into camera and hung on mount. To prevent ice forming I wrapped a dew heater around the lens (powered from the Anker PD). The star trail was captured by using the Olympus in-camera function called Live Composite (Setting B on top dial). I chose 15s exposures and let the camera shoot for a period of 4 hours. I then repeated immediately for a second period of 6 hours. The only post processing required was to stack the 2 No Live Composites (generated n the camera). The resulting image reveals 10hrs of Earth spinning above a bare conker (horse chestnut) tree.
Full 'Worm' Moon 99.7% captured on 17th March 2022 with the new OM System OM-1. using the 100-400 with the MC-20 (x2 TC). OM-1, 100-400mm, MC-20 TC Star Adventurer Tracker f13, 1/400, ISO 320
Photo captured overnight 14th/15th March 2022 from my home in South Leicestershire, East Midlands. This 9hr star trail was captured and processed all in-camera (no post stacking processing) with the brand new OM System flagship camera OM-1 with the new 12-40mm pro II lens. This shot is a 9 hr long exposure (all captured & processed in camera) and shows 9 hours of Earth's rotation. Read on to see how I captured this shot. BEHIND THE LENS Camera:- Olympus OM-1 Lens: Olympus 12-40mm pro II (12mm focal length) Tripod Anker PowerBank (PowerCore+ 26800) power device Lens dew heater Live Composite mode - 15s exposure time, F2.8, 9hrs (3hrs + 6hrs) ISO 320 I mounted the camera on a tripod and set up the composition using the 12-40mm pro II lens framing the horse chestnut tree. For powering such a long exposure I used an external power device, plugged into camera and hung on tripod. To prevent ice forming I wrapped a dew heater around the lens (powered from the Anker PD). The star trail was captured by using the OM-1 in-camera function called Live Composite (Setting B on top dial). I chose 15s exposures and let the camera shoot for two periods, firstly 3 hrs and then 6 hours. To add a bit of foreground interest I composed around the winter bare Horse Chestnut (Conker) tree and lit with artificial light.. The image quality from the new camera is stunning. Don't forget if you are interested in buying one use this link - https://rb.gy/zpwbny which includes one of my free workshops!
