Night Images

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nobody@flickr.com (Nosajjao) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:48:00 -0700

Nosajjao posted a reply:

high ISO, 30 seconds or less shutter speed, fast wide open lens, solid tripod

Reply to How to get the milky way in a photo?

nobody@flickr.com (pixelmepretty22) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:26:22 -0700

Great tips everyone! I've been wanting to know the answer to the same question myself as I'd like to venture into star shooting. Thanks!

New book about Northern Light photography

nobody@flickr.com (paalb61) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:51:22 -0700

paalb61 posted a new topic:

Made a short promo video about how to take pictures of the Northern Lights and some of Fredriks great images and time lapse movies. With music! Check it out and enjoy. Start hunting the lights...and bring your camera with you. Hope you like the book.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMeRKWJNf9w&;

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nobody@flickr.com (ViewBugOfficial) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:57:19 -0700

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Rob Langston:

Reply to How to get the milky way in a photo?

nobody@flickr.com (Bryce Bradford) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:10:18 -0700

Bryce Bradford posted a reply:

Nosajjao:

Unfortunately at this time of year you won't be seeing the dramatic core of the galaxy unless you point Southeast and wait until about 3:30am for it to rise above the horizon.
The moon will be rising around 4:30am, so be on the lookout during that short little window!

Reply to How to get the milky way in a photo?

nobody@flickr.com (Nosajjao) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:02:55 -0700

Nosajjao posted a reply:

This weekend I'm going to head down past big sur to Sand Dollar park and take the dirt road up to the 2600ft peak there. I get a panorama of the pacific from that height as well as at least 60 miles between me and a city. With my Zeiss Distagon 18mm 3.5, a D800 and some patience I should get some good shots, and hopefully timelapse of the stars moving.

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nobody@flickr.com (Sky Noir) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:55:32 -0700

Sky Noir posted a reply:

P_Monty: Is correct, light pollution is the problem... also when you're at sea level there is a lot more moisture and particulates in the air that will make your sky much brighter.

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nobody@flickr.com (Nosajjao) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:21:54 -0700

Nosajjao posted a reply:

P_Monty:

f its whiting out at iso 2000 assuming you're using 30s or so exposures I'm guessing there's too much light around - are you in a light polluted area?

all signs point to yes, that makes alot of sense now. i saw some other stuff online about how light pollution affects star photography. Think I'll go down the coast to somewhere where its not so bright.

Reply to How to get the milky way in a photo?

nobody@flickr.com (P_Monty) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:08:07 -0700

P_Monty posted a reply:

If its whiting out at iso 2000 assuming you're using 30s or so exposures I'm guessing there's too much light around - are you in a light polluted area?

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nobody@flickr.com (Nosajjao) — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:19:11 -0700

Nosajjao posted a reply:

Xenedis:

You need to keep your exposure time to 30 seconds or less. Longer shutter speeds will result in star trails rather than a starfield.

What about ISO settings? I'm trying to shoot star timelapse over the Monterey Bay and if I go too high (2000 or higher with my D800) it just seems to make the image whiten up and turn to a hazy garbage shot. But when I lower the ISO to keep the image black, the stars don't seem to shine that much. I'll have to post up examples of the problem I'm running in to, but I wanted to see if anyone else has that problem with high ISO settings creating a grey night sky instead of a black night sky.