It's one of those things that always takes my breath away.
Alters your sense of perspective in a way.
Alters your sense of perspective in a way.
An enjoyable evening under the stars.
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Don't mind at all.
It's a full frame shot from a 14mm lens, f/2.8 20 seconds at iso.6400.
It was tripod mounted so I couldn't go beyond 35 seconds without too much trailing of the stars, but being so early in the evening 20 seconds was as far as I could go without blowing out the horizon.
It's a full frame shot from a 14mm lens, f/2.8 20 seconds at iso.6400.
It was tripod mounted so I couldn't go beyond 35 seconds without too much trailing of the stars, but being so early in the evening 20 seconds was as far as I could go without blowing out the horizon.
Thanks Gary...I've been experimenting with my new camera but with no formal photography training I'm kind of stabbing in the dark!!
Awesome pic mate as expected though going by the usual standard of your work. I'm gutted you're not going to the Wooplaw meet, would have been great to see how you work.
Yeah, I was hoping to get there but I'm hemmed in with work so it would be a long journey for a flying visit.
Shame because you've got much better skies than I get down here.
Shame because you've got much better skies than I get down here.
Well hopefully I can show it in my photo's then 
I take it the best way for dark skies is large aperture and high ISO with shutter speed of around 30 secs?
I take it the best way for dark skies is large aperture and high ISO with shutter speed of around 30 secs?
It depends on your camera and lens combination.
There's a useful old rule of thumb:
500 divided by the 35mm equivalent focal length of the lens gives you the maximum exposure time in seconds.
So for my full frame camera with a 14mm - 500/14=35 or thereabouts so 30 seconds would be about the longest I could go without too much trailing.
A cropped frame camera would be about 20 seconds max with a 14mm because of the 1.6x crop factor. A longer lens would be less still.
I've just bought an equatorial mount to get some longer exposures with so watch this space in the future.
There's a useful old rule of thumb:
500 divided by the 35mm equivalent focal length of the lens gives you the maximum exposure time in seconds.
So for my full frame camera with a 14mm - 500/14=35 or thereabouts so 30 seconds would be about the longest I could go without too much trailing.
A cropped frame camera would be about 20 seconds max with a 14mm because of the 1.6x crop factor. A longer lens would be less still.
I've just bought an equatorial mount to get some longer exposures with so watch this space in the future.
