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<blockquote data-quote="shl3608" data-source="post: 226463" data-attributes="member: 18227">BackdoorHippie (you have no idea how much your ID makes me giggle because of where I live) and Geoffc, thanks for your nice comment and suggestion.&nbsp; I live in Portland, OR and that shot was taken in Central Oregon near the Cascades.&nbsp; I had not considered Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 but I will look into that one for certain. The Rokinon 24mm/F1.4 was often mentioned by others in different forums and it fit my budget but your suggestion definitely gives me another option.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have the 35mm/1.8G prime also which I have not tried yet for night photography.&nbsp; I figured that would not capture enough of the night sky in view and I like shooting at 18mm but F3.5 definitely forces me to up my ISO quite a bit which could be a source of the grainy pictures also.You assumed correctly.&nbsp; This was taken wide open at F3.5 at 18mm.&nbsp; I am definitely feeling the need to practice my post-processing because as an end result sometimes my pictures at ISO1600 look grainy on my computer.&nbsp; I have not delved into star trail photography but perhaps I can experiment next time I'm out in the middle of the woods listening to coyotes cry in the faint distance.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="shl3608, post: 226463, member: 18227"] BackdoorHippie (you have no idea how much your ID makes me giggle because of where I live) and Geoffc, thanks for your nice comment and suggestion. I live in Portland, OR and that shot was taken in Central Oregon near the Cascades. I had not considered Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 but I will look into that one for certain. The Rokinon 24mm/F1.4 was often mentioned by others in different forums and it fit my budget but your suggestion definitely gives me another option. I have the 35mm/1.8G prime also which I have not tried yet for night photography. I figured that would not capture enough of the night sky in view and I like shooting at 18mm but F3.5 definitely forces me to up my ISO quite a bit which could be a source of the grainy pictures also. You assumed correctly. This was taken wide open at F3.5 at 18mm. I am definitely feeling the need to practice my post-processing because as an end result sometimes my pictures at ISO1600 look grainy on my computer. I have not delved into star trail photography but perhaps I can experiment next time I'm out in the middle of the woods listening to coyotes cry in the faint distance. :) [/QUOTE]

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