Photoshop experiment. Star trails captured via short exposures for the timelapse movie (see below). I wanted to see if the same effect could be made as with a single, long exposere, and I guess it is. This is about 7 shots each of 20s overlayed used 'Screen' transparency in CS5.
Photoshop Experiment 2. Same set of photos as the previous image, plus another 8 or so. This time I shifted each image to line the stars up to immitate camera tracking. Merging the stars from here onto the mountains and tree from the other shot would make a good composition. Along with maybe, removing the telephone cable...