I haven’t done any night time photography since my days in film (a LONG time ago) and have never attempted stars, so here is the first up. The new moon has presented a few nights of breathtaking displays of the Milky Way, so last night I attempted to capture it..what a steep learning curve, and all exposures too long and hence the start of star trails but can’t wait to have another go. I decided to share this as the image still portrays what a tiny, minuscule spot we are in the beautiful grand scheme of things…
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Simply stunning !!!
Thank you 🙂
That’s the place I like to call home. Great postcard pic.
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Wow! This is so beautiful…
Thank you. I’m lucky that we live in the country and so is very dark with little light pollution.
Beautiful – not sure what you were after, but if this were my shot, i’d stop here ‘:-)
Thanks Robert! Next time I’m after the stars sharper – in a larger view than this they have started to create trails. It was a good night for it – very warm and still 🙂
That’s a great start indeed, Lisa! I’ve only tried it a few times since switching to the digital medium right around the turn of the millenium, with varying degrees of success. If I don’t expose long enough, not enough starlight reaches the sensor to register adequately. If I really push the ISO up, I get so much noise it’s hard to dell it from the stars, and it takes a lot of painstaking micro-cloning, only a few pixels at a time. But when the results are good–as with yours here–how rewarding it is!
Glad you liked it! Yes, I know what you mean, next time I will try bumping up the ISO a little for a shorter exposure – looking forward to the next new moon 🙂
Looks beautiful, but you are right…I do see the trails…looking forward to next time. 🙂
Thanks Beth – me too 🙂
It looks pretty good to me! The Milky Way shows up beautifully and I like the silhouette at the bottom of the picture.
Although we live relatively rurally there is still too much light pollution 😦 I had an attempt whilst in Spain last year (http://noelinesmith.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/starry-starry-night-2/) but there was too much moonlight. Still, next time …. 🙂
Thank you very much. I like the ones you have done too – it’s a tricky line isn’t it!? Looking forward to both our next captures!! 🙂