First Milky Way seen with the naked eye....
Sep 30, 2019 14:54:14 #
Dark enough sky and clear enough one night to spot the Milky Way from the back deck.
We vacation each year in OBX, Corolla to be exact, and usually it has never been dark enough, or clear enough to spot the Milky Way, or I had not known where and when to look before.
Thought I caught a glimpse of it, so set up the camera and tripod... sure enough, looks like the Milky Way to me.
I should have probably reduced my shutter speed a bit to get more of pinpoints of light from the stars.
BUT, I count it as a keeper ;)
DNG - 20190920-22-18-28_DxO
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
We vacation each year in OBX, Corolla to be exact, and usually it has never been dark enough, or clear enough to spot the Milky Way, or I had not known where and when to look before.
Thought I caught a glimpse of it, so set up the camera and tripod... sure enough, looks like the Milky Way to me.
I should have probably reduced my shutter speed a bit to get more of pinpoints of light from the stars.
BUT, I count it as a keeper ;)
DNG - 20190920-22-18-28_DxO
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Sep 30, 2019 14:57:17 #
Sep 30, 2019 15:05:52 #
I remember the first time I saw the Milky Way.
It looked like someone took a whitewash brush to the sky!
There were so many stars it was easier to count the dark spots.
It is truly amazing when there is no afterglow around whatsoever.
Sep 30, 2019 15:09:07 #
Longshadow wrote:
I remember the first time I saw the Milky Way.
It looked like someone took a whitewash brush to the sky!
There were so many stars it was easier to count the dark spots.
It is truly amazing when there is no afterglow around whatsoever.
I remember the first time I saw the Milky Way.
It looked like someone took a whitewash brush to the sky!
There were so many stars it was easier to count the dark spots.
It is truly amazing when there is no afterglow around whatsoever.
Thanks.... at first I thought, lots of stars, but wispy clouds...then took a shot and knew it was not clouds.
Sep 30, 2019 15:09:27 #
Sep 30, 2019 15:12:45 #
Sep 30, 2019 15:32:11 #
You are correct in thinking that you need more light to pick up more discrete stars. It will also show more extension and detail in the Milky Way. However, you are limited to well under one minute of exposure time due to the Earths rotation - with longer exposures you'll get star trails. I've had good results with a normal lens and a 15-20 sec. exposure - by 30 sec. star trails are evident. Once you max out exposure time, you need to open up the lens - try as wide as it will go. Results improve dramatically as you go from f/5.6 to f/ 1.4. Avoid telephoto lenses unless your camera is set up on a 'tracking' mount (compensates for Earth's rotation). Telephoto lenses will show star trails much sooner than normal or wide angle lenses. Star trails become more evident when you enlarge the image. So, for tripod mounted cameras, use a normal lens, open it up as wide as it goes, expose for 15-20 sec and enjoy. The best place to aim is where the Milky Way appears the brightest.
Sep 30, 2019 18:37:57 #
Oct 1, 2019 05:41:25 #
Oct 1, 2019 05:53:52 #
Oct 1, 2019 06:27:56 #
Oct 1, 2019 06:46:01 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Dark enough sky and clear enough one night to spot... (show quote)
Fantastic image!!!!
Wouldn't change a thing.
Oct 1, 2019 06:54:42 #
Oct 1, 2019 07:15:44 #
Very nice, and congratulations. It really is a wow moment when you get your first Milkyway pic. Good shooting
Oct 1, 2019 07:30:49 #
Dngallagher wrote:
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When I was a kid in 1945 growing up in the suburbs of Chicago we saw it all the time. Way before light pollution took over!
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