The Rock Trail

My first star trails on medium format film! I'm happy with the result. And it was quite a night too! Weather forecasts promised clear skies but as it often happens, it was partly cloudy instead. The clouds were moving swiftly by the strong winds. Despite these conditions, I decided to stay and see what the night was going to offer. I made two attempts before this one. Both of them about 1-hour exposures and in both cases clouds attacked the sky sweeping the already exposed star trails away. But the third attempt was perfect. Winds calmed down and there was a single cloud floating behind the rock mushroom slowly moving away to the right thus creating the motion blur effect. The rest of the sky remained clear during the whole exposure.

This is a 1-hour exposure on Provia 100F film. Shot with Mamiya RB67 PRO SD camera and Sekor C 50mm lens. Rocks and cloud streaks are moonlit. Image is as close to the slide as possible.