MilkyWay
Apr 28, 2014 06:27:12 #
Woke up around 4am while out camping and seen the Milky Way. Grabbed the camera and got a few shots in before the sun came up. I used Incandescent as I could not remember the Tungsten setting for my white balance. A little blue, but I'll learn sooner or later.. Tokina 11-16mm set at 11mm. ISO3200 F/2.8 30 sec exposure.
Apr 28, 2014 06:54:41 #
Thanks for sharing, this can be a very difficult subject. Nice shots
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Apr 28, 2014 20:39:24 #
Thanks. I had tried once before but this is the first time I've ever seen the Milky Way with the naked eye and I still had to use my imagination just a little... Hope to get to an area dark enough to get better photographs some day..
NOTLguy wrote:
Thanks for sharing, this can be a very difficult subject. Nice shots
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Apr 29, 2014 07:18:20 #
fstop22 wrote:
Woke up around 4am while out camping and seen the Milky Way. Grabbed the camera and got a few shots in before the sun came up. I used Incandescent as I could not remember the Tungsten setting for my white balance. A little blue, but I'll learn sooner or later.. Tokina 11-16mm set at 11mm. ISO3200 F/2.8 30 sec exposure.
These are all nice shots. Thanks for the post.
Apr 29, 2014 09:30:50 #
dlmorris
Loc: Loma Linda, Ca
Not bad, actually! I generally shoot jpeg (not recommended by anyone! Especially for astronomy....), and also just auto white balance. When you know your camera a bit better, you can shoot in different white balance settings, and see what happens. I've done that, and gotten some quite different results, but then couldn't figure which ones I liked better! Saved all of them!
Apr 29, 2014 10:39:34 #
fstop22 wrote:
Woke up around 4am while out camping and seen the Milky Way. Grabbed the camera and got a few shots in before the sun came up. I used Incandescent as I could not remember the Tungsten setting for my white balance. A little blue, but I'll learn sooner or later.. Tokina 11-16mm set at 11mm. ISO3200 F/2.8 30 sec exposure.
Great shots. Thanks.
Apr 29, 2014 18:06:01 #
Thanks, I see you do a little star shooting yourself. Don't tell anyone but I shoot JPEG as well.
dlmorris wrote:
Not bad, actually! I generally shoot jpeg (not recommended by anyone! Especially for astronomy....), and also just auto white balance. When you know your camera a bit better, you can shoot in different white balance settings, and see what happens. I've done that, and gotten some quite different results, but then couldn't figure which ones I liked better! Saved all of them!
Apr 29, 2014 20:27:24 #
Apr 29, 2014 20:29:51 #
dlmorris wrote:
I'll keep your secret!
Me Too.
Yeah, Right. :shock:
I just wished the Milky Way was visible from KS.
Apr 29, 2014 21:55:08 #
dlmorris
Loc: Loma Linda, Ca
I live in a southern Ca. From here, the Milky Way is just a distant memory. Gotta travel many miles to see (and photograph) it....
Apr 30, 2014 10:59:56 #
Marionsho wrote:
Me Too.
Yeah, Right. :shock:
I just wished the Milky Way was visible from KS.
Yeah, Right. :shock:
I just wished the Milky Way was visible from KS.
The Milky Way is visible from anywhere on the planet, only limited by the amount of local light pollution... Or in the case of the Pacific NorthWET, pervasive crappy weather. :roll:
fstop - Those are really nice! It's amazing how sensitive these cameras are.
Apr 30, 2014 15:36:12 #
skylane5sp wrote:
The Milky Way is visible from anywhere on the planet, only limited by the amount of local light pollution... Or in the case of the Pacific NorthWET, pervasive crappy weather. :roll:
fstop - Those are really nice! It's amazing how sensitive these cameras are.
fstop - Those are really nice! It's amazing how sensitive these cameras are.
Thanks. i was going by what one of my photo classmates said. I'll ask him again tomorrow night.
Apr 30, 2014 17:09:20 #
Marionsho wrote:
Thanks. i was going by what one of my photo classmates said. I'll ask him again tomorrow night.
Start here...
http://www.nightskyatlas.com/milkyway.jsp
Apr 30, 2014 17:21:39 #
Just as the sun moves across the sky changing with the season, so does the Milky Way. I tried once before to capture earlier this winter and it was much lower. I then tried reading the star phase charts and can't make heads or tails of them.. Will try to look outside from time to time as the season changes in hopes of capturing again. Just remembered, one of the guys in our local photo club told me summer is the best time here in Florida where we live. I'll have to pick his brain a little more.
Marionsho wrote:
Thanks. i was going by what one of my photo classmates said. I'll ask him again tomorrow night.
May 9, 2014 05:34:27 #
Oh yes thanks for the information! I hope to attempt to capture the Milky Way while camping later this month, we will be in the wood for two weeks...wish me luck!
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