Post your night pics

[bushlux90]

how do you get such brilliant photography of the night sky. Its pretty........

 

[Toddyh]

The Andes Mountains in Peru

 

[GazaShaggy]

Shaggy and muzza ... bloody hell lads, nice!
Muzza, may i ask what lens, ISO and body you're using on your stills? I find i can't get any more stretch out of my kit currently , F3.5, ISO3200 ..30 seconds... but tends to get muddy. Any longer than 30s of course earths rotation starts blurring them.

Shaggy, what are you using for the time lapses? I did this on a go pro (second half is night time, excuse the start) ;

With Canon there's some add on software called Magic Lantern which has some very useful features such as Take a photo every x (basically whatever you want) so for the night time time lapse I set the camera up on a hill with a 30 second exposure and told it to take a picture every 30 seconds about 2 hours later that's what I got.

 

[zonsteve]

great shot.

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[muzza22au]

how do you get such brilliant photography of the night sky. Its pretty........

By using the right settings and planning and being patient

 

[zonsteve]

Put the camera into manual mode and on a tripod with a remote shutter release so the camera doesnt move and blur the image and set the shutter into bulb mode and hold the shutter open for a good length of time. you would also want to put the iso to the lowest your camera will set to and an aperture of probably f8 - f11. for astro shots of the sky you would want the iso up around 1250 and an aperture of f2.8 at about a 30sec exposure.

 

[muzza22au]

Put the camera into manual mode and on a tripod with a remote shutter release so the camera doesnt move and blur the image and set the shutter into bulb mode and hold the shutter open for a good length of time. you would also want to put the iso to the lowest your camera will set to and an aperture of probably f8 - f11. for astro shots of the sky you would want the iso up around 1250 and an aperture of f2.8 at about a 30sec exposure.

Close, for great Milky way shots use a large aperture of around 2/2.8 allows more light in. Tripod is a must, 20 - 30 sec exposure depending on sensor size, I do 20 sec to reduce star movement, manual WB especially if you are blending as it makes it easier, manual focus, ISO 1600 (f/2.8) when moon is 35% or greater, ISO 3200 (f/2.8) when new moon or less than 35%. This is depending on how good your camera handles these ISO's, also remember to turn off the NR feature in your camera otherwise it will be 20 sec exposure - 20 sec NR = 40sec etc. Hope this helps.

 

[muzza22au]

Here is a quick blog on my website that I wrote up.

http://scotthmurray.com/blog/milkyway-photography

 

[phs]

thanks steve

alot of great photos guys
so seeing as we all have been busy 4wding over the l;ast few weeks what have we got ???

i have a few from august flinders rangers

 

[vk1dx]

I once told someone who asked about the nights "out there" that you could almost read a book by the starlight. This thread certainly backs that ut. Magnificent. We are so bloody lucky.

Phil (on one of my good days)

 

[BIGCOL]

Up for a pee at 3.45 am, took this pic then as well.



Col.

 

[KMM4x4]

Beautiful photos!

 

[BIGCOL]

A couple more.





Col.

 

[Mr Rum]

Moonlit evening on the CSR.
(ISO 100, f3.2, 15")

Barndioota Rd Parachilna, SA
(ISO 1600, f1.4, 10")

 

[muzza22au]

Great shots everyone.

Here ate a few more of mine.
Edith Falls NT Australia
Untitled by Scott Murray, on Flickr
Untitled by Scott Murray, on Flickr
Edith Falls Milkyway V2 by Scott Murray, on Flickr

 

[Aus_Jeep]

Heres a few of mine from recent night shoots down near Narooma.

 

[phs]

Very impressive indeed !

 

[Grippy]

From a recent trip to Jakem Farm

IMGP7862 by Ian Lucas, on Flickr
Emu in the Sky by Ian Lucas, on Flickr

 

[BIGCOL]

Even a couple of satellites in the first pic Grippy.

Col.

 

[KMM4x4]

Excellent photos!