Post your low light long exposures
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If you point upwards with a hood on, it's pretty hard for stray light to hit the lens.
The hardest part is to focus on infinity when you don't see where that infinity is. I intensely dislike there's no infinity 'stop'.
There is an infinity mark on most lenses, but I agree the focus ring normally rotates past the mark. I find its best to rotate all the way and then back off a little. You can hand-hold the camera and use live view to get the stars crisp at infinity, then put it on the floor to take the shot. The ~ 2 meter won't make any difference when focus is set on infinity
There is an infinity mark on most lenses, but I agree the focus ring normally rotates past the mark. I find its best to rotate all the way and then back off a little. You can hand-hold the camera and use live view to get the stars crisp at infinity, then put it on the floor to take the shot. The ~ 2 meter won't make any difference when focus is set on infinity
I have the infinity solved. I just point at the church, it's far enough and there's constant light on it. I switched lenses again but I need to read up on this. I haven't even got a clue how to process this.
Last attempt for today. The dots are there but that's about it. I think I need to bring down ISO a lot more. I'm gonna push it back to 100 next time.
Scott Murray
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Also try and set your white balance to cloudy or something, it may help.
If it isn't clouded tonight I'm going to take the D3300 and 10-24mm out into the fields.
I've shot a lot inside-out last night and noticed that even while on a pod or surface, the cam picks up vibrations and many shots look as if I used a microscope to shoot bacteria.
Hardest is going to find a light-low area. If you look at this map it becomes obvious star photography isn't the best in this country.
Blue Marble Navigator - Night Lights 2012
We're the Christmas tree of Europe.
I've shot a lot inside-out last night and noticed that even while on a pod or surface, the cam picks up vibrations and many shots look as if I used a microscope to shoot bacteria.
Hardest is going to find a light-low area. If you look at this map it becomes obvious star photography isn't the best in this country.
Blue Marble Navigator - Night Lights 2012
We're the Christmas tree of Europe.
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I decided to start walking to a reasonable unpolluted area an hour before the right shooting time and when I arrived directly learned a new lesson. If you go shoot in total darkness, bringing a flashlight wouldn't hurt. It's pretty hard to see the front of the cam using the LCD as light source and a lighter didn't work well in the wind.
After an hour of practicing getting cold the only thing in the sky was clouds.
I tried to get some other night shots while walking back home.
After an hour of practicing getting cold the only thing in the sky was clouds.
I tried to get some other night shots while walking back home.
Scott Murray
Senior Member
This is a very nice shot.
Thanks but there's a lot of trickery going on in that shot to hide the information I lost.
It's one of those things you don't think about until too late. I had packed two cams, some lenses to try, the tripod and dragged all that along on an hour long walk only to discover I couldn't set my lens at infinity because I didn't see anything.
Luckily once in a while the moon was clear and I could quickly focus it on that.
Luckily once in a while the moon was clear and I could quickly focus it on that.
Er... that's embarrassing... since I indeed had a phone in my pocket which most likely would have done the trick.
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Do you have some filter on this photo?
What do you mean with filter on the photo? Outside filters like PS ones? The shot is processed in LR but I didn't use any outside filter. Only the settings, brush and LR's graduated filter to selectively adjust parts. I hardly ever use filters besides the borders of perfect effects.
This is the shot as it rolled out of the cam.
I forgot to use exposure compensation and overexpose like crazy which is why I lost most tone info in the lower part of the shot. With some brushing and loads of desaturation I could hide most of that.
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