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Ok, I milked it tonight.
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<blockquote data-quote="Silven" data-source="post: 204997" data-attributes="member: 16423"><p>I very very slowly zoomed in from 16mm to 35mm over a 30 second exposure at F4, ISO 6400. Did I mention slowly? Steady wrist (truthfully half frozen.) was the key.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank you everyone for your comments. I wasn't sure if they sucked becasue I was in a serious state of exhaustion. After having worked a 12 hour day, driven 3 plus hours to get away from light, and then shooting for 3 or so while I stumbled around in the dark windy night with just a small LED flashlight. Trying not kill myself as I crawled through some Hoodoo and Coulee rock formations looking for a good angle for a foreground and background shot that incorporated the Milky Way while in -1 Degree Celsius or about 30 Degrees Fahrenheit weather. Needless to say the cold was very good for the sensor, not so good for my tired body.</p><p></p><p>Moab Man, I hear what you're saying but I wasn't gonna do that hastily last night. I have about 85 shots at different ISO and F stop and exposure lengths that I could play with when time permits. I just wanted to share my first actual crack at it. I'm sure I have tones to learn to really nail it down. Where I live I'm close enough to the mountains, (The East side of the Rockies) that we don't very often get clear nights. Combine that with a new moon and it was a rare night indeed. I've been meaning to do this type of photography for nigh near a year and as tired as I was after work I wasn't going to pass it up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silven, post: 204997, member: 16423"] I very very slowly zoomed in from 16mm to 35mm over a 30 second exposure at F4, ISO 6400. Did I mention slowly? Steady wrist (truthfully half frozen.) was the key. Thank you everyone for your comments. I wasn't sure if they sucked becasue I was in a serious state of exhaustion. After having worked a 12 hour day, driven 3 plus hours to get away from light, and then shooting for 3 or so while I stumbled around in the dark windy night with just a small LED flashlight. Trying not kill myself as I crawled through some Hoodoo and Coulee rock formations looking for a good angle for a foreground and background shot that incorporated the Milky Way while in -1 Degree Celsius or about 30 Degrees Fahrenheit weather. Needless to say the cold was very good for the sensor, not so good for my tired body. Moab Man, I hear what you're saying but I wasn't gonna do that hastily last night. I have about 85 shots at different ISO and F stop and exposure lengths that I could play with when time permits. I just wanted to share my first actual crack at it. I'm sure I have tones to learn to really nail it down. Where I live I'm close enough to the mountains, (The East side of the Rockies) that we don't very often get clear nights. Combine that with a new moon and it was a rare night indeed. I've been meaning to do this type of photography for nigh near a year and as tired as I was after work I wasn't going to pass it up. [/QUOTE]
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