Far away from the city, Zambales offers unadulterated views of the night sky. I remember a line from “Wish You Were Here” by Incubus.

“The sky resembles a backlit canopy with holes punched in it.”

We’ve ate our pork steaks, started our bonfire which eventually died when we ran out of fire wood. So we were left lying on the sand, bathing in the moonlight, waiting for shooting stars. How cliche. But it was what it was.

And then I got the idea of trying out star trails. These are my first ever attempts at photographing star trails. Time to abuse the remote cable release I recently purchased.

This first one was exposed for 504 seconds, ISO 200, F6.3, manually focused to infinity. Damn, my focus was really off.

I got a little more risky. This next one was exposed for 900 seconds, ISO 200, F6.3, manually focused to infinity. Although I like the star trails better, the sky was a bit overexposed because of the brightly shining moon.

I’m gonna read more about star trails? Any good resources out there?