Blog attempt

MartinCornwall

Senior Member
Hi Scott,
It's a good concise blog. The only thing you could add is the time to let your eyes adjust to the darkness. Also do you use a red filter on your torches/ headlight as this will help preserve your night vision. I use a Fenix PD35 with a red filter attached. It's an awesome torch for nighttime shooting.
 

nickt

Senior Member
Nice job. I wouldn't mind seeing the 7 stitched photos along with the final shot, just to give me a better feel of the project.
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
Interesting blog and as a complete novice to Milky way shots I would ask the following questions after reading that blog (in fact I am asking them):

What is the torch for?
I would have thought that a 14mm would be wide enough to capture the entire scene! Why >7 shots?
What is the distance from the left edge of your scene to the right edge - 700 miles?
How do you determine "the sharpest infinity setting" on your lens and why?
Is this because you are using a manual focus lens and if so would an AF not do just as well?

Nice blog though and have bookmarked it.
 

Scott Murray

Senior Member
Interesting blog and as a complete novice to Milky way shots I would ask the following questions after reading that blog (in fact I am asking them):

1:What is the torch for?
2: I would have thought that a 14mm would be wide enough to capture the entire scene! Why >7 shots?
3: What is the distance from the left edge of your scene to the right edge - 700 miles?
4: How do you determine "the sharpest infinity setting" on your lens and why?
5: Is this because you are using a manual focus lens and if so would an AF not do just as well?

Nice blog though and have bookmarked it.

1: The torch is to find yourself around with out tripping over shit, and afterwards once set up its for light painting if needed.

2: This is a 14mm shot...

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3: Alot of fffing miles...

4: You focus on the moon or a far light post and go from there, if that fails use live view mode and focus on the brightest star and zoom in and ensure its focused in manual.

5: Manual focus only and always.
 

Scott Murray

Senior Member
Interesting blog and as a complete novice to Milky way shots I would ask the following questions after reading that blog (in fact I am asking them):

What is the torch for?
I would have thought that a 14mm would be wide enough to capture the entire scene! Why >7 shots?
What is the distance from the left edge of your scene to the right edge - 700 miles?
How do you determine "the sharpest infinity setting" on your lens and why?
Is this because you are using a manual focus lens and if so would an AF not do just as well?

Nice blog though and have bookmarked it.

Blog updated....
 

Daniel Aegerter

Senior Member
Love the shot, and it's nice to know what it takes to do by reading your blog.

Now I'm wondering where I would have to go to here in Switzerland to get something like that picture.
 
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