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Nightscape – stars
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Excellent shot, like the tree for ait of interest. How long was your exposure on this.
Yes this is good with the tree in the foreground… keep meaning to have a go at this myself. Is this a single exposure, or multiples merged ?
How did you shoot this? I’m really interested in giving it a go . . .
nice pic too
Thanks all. Fishjam it’s really very simple, this was my first try after reading how to do it on google etc…!!
For some reason I had ISO at 320… but anyways, you need a low ISO for this. Say ISO 200. A tripod is a must. I pointed the camera skyward, set focus at infinity, set the exposure to BULB, aperture at f4, plugged in a shutter release cable (like 1cent on ebay – lets you lock the shutter button down for as long as you want) and just pressed the shutter and locked it in place. I then went inside and had tea and sanguidges and watched some tv.
This exposure is about 25mins. I had to stop it becasue clouds were beginning to creep into the scene. Imagine what a few hours would be like!
How cool is this?
Great work, and thanks for the info.
Mind you, the skies up here haven’t been too clear recently.Hey be sure to post your results whenever ye try it!!
About the post processing I did on this, one thing is very important if you live anywhere near streetlights – white balance. With a 25minute exposure the picture can get very orange from light pollution, but if you take the pic in RAW, change the white balance to a colder setting ie. bluer to make it look more natural. Don’t know if theres a technical term but I just call it cold!
You can do this in-camera before you take the shot but since it was my first time I didn’t think of it.
Here it is with the original white balance setting…
Not as nice….
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