We arrived at Sarakiniko at Milos on a windy summer afternoon. The sky was blunt as always but we didn't care much; actually we were glad. We had one sole purpose that night and that was star trails. It was our first attempt and after reading various articles and drooling over the results it was time to create something of our own. Beautiful place Sarakiniko is. Huge limestone boulders carved at natures will over the years, it has been a photographers paradise for years and for the following four hours it was destined to be ours.

I know it is a simple composition but it is my first attempt at this and I didn't want to complicate things a lot. The base shot was taken after the sun had set and then after waiting for about 2 hours to get completely dark we took 30 consecutive shots of four minutes each to get the star trails. Postwork included stacking all the images and blending each layer in lighten mode.

Hope you like it. Can you spot the shooting star??

Location: Sarakiniko, Milos island, Greece


<sub>*Settings for the base photograph*
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X AF Pro DX @12mm
Aperture: f/16
Shutter Speed: 60''
ISO: 100
Flash: Did not fire
VR: OFF
Filters: -
Tripod: YES



*Settings for the star trails* 30x
*tech stuff
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X AF Pro DX @12mm
Aperture: f/4
Shutter Speed: 240''
ISO: 400
Flash: Did not fire
VR: OFF
Filters: -
Tripod: YES</sub>