How to Create a Starlight Time Lapse Video

What to know how those spectacular night timelapses of starry skies are done? Stefan Surmabojov covers the basics in this tutorial on how to shoot night timelapse.

Timelapse

Location

Shooting starlight time lapse video is really exciting and interesting, but unfortunately you can’t shoot it everywhere. If you live in a big city, you’ll have to leave it and go at least 40-50 km away because the city produce light pollution. If you try to capture the stars around all that light your images will be blow out because the sky is too bright.

I recommend going and shooting the sky from a mountain far away from big cities. You will have the best chance to capture a nice, clean starlapse sequence. When you choose your location make sure to go there before sunset so you will have enough time to scout the place and choose the best spot for shooting the stars.

Make sure that you have something in the foreground when you frame your shot. Having an object in the foreground helps to give more depth in the photo. It also makes the movement of the stars more obvious. So look for a tree, a rock, an old house or anything that can help improve your shot when you put it in the foreground.

Another thing worth mentioning is that you need to check the weather forecast to ensure that the night sky will be clear without any clouds. Obviously, if you can’t see the stars, your time lapse won’t turn out very well.

Equipment

You can use a variety of gear for this shoot. I personally shot with my old Canon 550D using a Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6, but I regret it now. I strongly recommend using a full frame camera body with fast wide angle lens. Full frame cameras handle high ISO settings much better than crop sensor cameras. In my example, I used ISO 6400 and the resulting noise is terrible. If you don’t mind having some noise, or you have one of the latest generation of crop sensor camera, you’ll be in better shape than I was.

A fast wide angle lens is also important. For example, the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 will be perfect for a crop sensor camera. The difference between f/2.8 and f/4, which is the widest aperture of my Sigma lens, is one full stop which is a lot when it comes to shooting stars. If you are using a full frame body, a 16-35mm f/2.8 will do the job for you. The wide angle lens lets the stars stay in the frame longer allowing the viewer to really follow them.

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How to Create a Starlight Time Lapse Video

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