I really like these. My only nit is that the foreground trees almost appear unnaturally well lit, but I suppose that's a matter of personal preference.
I wish I had easy access to such a beautifully starry sky!
Tony P. Canon 50D, 30D and Digital Rebel (plus some old friends - FTB and AE1) Long-time amateur.....wishing for more time to play Autocross and Track junkie tonyp.smugmug.com
I want to know more about doing this as well. What ISO, shutter and aperture settings seem to work for people, how to deal with noise.. that kind of stuff.
Here are a couple of attempts I made a couple of months ago under a nearly-full moon, which I know is problematic..
Well i guess u can do it many ways, Pumping your ISO over 800 starts capturing the stars more
but ofcours you will get more noise... but to be honest its not always a bad thing to have noise.
These photo's i took, i put in manual mode and dialed until my shutter speed was at BULB mode.
and leaving the apature around f11.. i mainly had my ISO at 3600.
Then all i did was hold the shutter in until i thought it was long enough.. but obviosly this all takes some practice.
Iv seen amazing detailed and clear photo's that had stars in and i just dont get how! =\\
I would think f11 might be overkill. f8 seems like plenty of depth of field at infinity. Come to think of it, f5.6 is probably plenty. I've experimented a little bit with speeds under 30 seconds at 800 ISO and have always been somewhat underwhelmed, if you know what I mean.
Your second shot captures a lot of the background starfield, which I haven't been able to do for one reason or another. I reckon a lot of it probably has to do with never seeming to get out on a moonless night?
wow i love the second one. our galaxy is just stunning with so many balls of gas out there. I wish you the best of luck with this subject as i have never attempted it myself. Def keep us updated on the pictures you take of the stars! I would love to see more!
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I wish I had easy access to such a beautifully starry sky!
Canon 50D, 30D and Digital Rebel (plus some old friends - FTB and AE1)
Long-time amateur.....wishing for more time to play
Autocross and Track junkie
tonyp.smugmug.com
Here are a couple of attempts I made a couple of months ago under a nearly-full moon, which I know is problematic..
John
I would think f11 might be overkill. f8 seems like plenty of depth of field at infinity. Come to think of it, f5.6 is probably plenty. I've experimented a little bit with speeds under 30 seconds at 800 ISO and have always been somewhat underwhelmed, if you know what I mean.
Your second shot captures a lot of the background starfield, which I haven't been able to do for one reason or another. I reckon a lot of it probably has to do with never seeming to get out on a moonless night?
John
Cuong
Great! Thanks for posting it!