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Rising Moon
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Moon Rising from the East over Lough Ree
Taken September 5th 2012
10mm f5.6 ISO1600 30sec
I think you have some nice symmetry happening here but I would clone out the post on the left of the image
just to balance it all up. Nice work!Thanks John, I’ll have a go at removing it later and post the result.
Thanks Niall, That was taken at 22:14, Only hung around for about 10 minutes after that, once the moon cleared the clouds I couldn’t expose the stars correctly without burning highlights.
Lovely scene, prefer it without the post, great colours and superb capture
of the stars, well done.Excellent shot, the light post isn’t really a big distraction for me but it does look better without. I’ve recently been thinking that I’d love to take some good night shots but I still have taken a decent shot, any tips.
Dave.
Thanks for your comments.
Dave, tips for night photography……putting me on the spot here.
-I normally use my (cheap) tripod as low as possible to avoid any shake, no straps swinging in the breeze.
-Mirror locked up and use either a remote release or 2sec timer, again to avoid shake. None of my lenses have IS/VC but I guess it should be turned off when mounted on a tripod.
-Going against normal landscape convention, I would close down only 1 stop from wide open to sharpen-up.
-I saw a discussion somewhere here regarding manual focusing, back a shade from infinity seems to do the trick for my wide angle. For other types of shot, just guess the hyperfocal distance and use the dial on your focus ring.
-Composition, again I seen a tip somewhere here from Jenny, lens wide open, highest ISO and fire a shot for a couple of seconds until you’ve got your composition right.To my mind there are 3 main variables when you’re shooting –
Exposure Time
Aperture
ISO
I tend to fix the exposure time and vary the other 2, I think using 3 variables lessens your control over what’s happening and you’ll get lost, this is important if you’re dealing with changing light, clouds etc as there is so much time between exposures.I’ve watched a few tutorials on really long exposures and I’d love to give it a try, 30 or 40 minutes………..hours even. The results look fantastic but I haven’t been brave enough to try it yet, I’d love to hear from someone who has…………what do you do when standing in the middle of nowhere, in the dark with your camera shutter open for 40 minutes?
I hope there is something useful here that falls into the ‘tips’ category.
……..nearly forgot, RAW!!! Shoot RAW……only RAW :-)
well done paul, really great image and one for the i’d love to try that list. Likewise not sure i’d be brave enough to hang around too long in the dark for longer exposures, in Ireland it seems impossible to go anywhere without people. have seen great shots usually in america i think mojave desert or places like that miles from anywhere – look up Brad Goldpaint if into astrophotography that includes the landscape
Thanks Brendan, glad you like it.
Jason, had a look at that guy’s website, impressive alright. I think you’re right, this country and it’s climate are probably less suited for long exposure/night photography but therein lies the challenge.
That is one hell of a shot. Fantastic capturing of the stars. Night photography is something a want to get into more. Could you tell me why RAW and not JPEG?
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