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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 272470" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>I recommend shooting to allow as much light in as possible.  More times than not this means wide open and higher ISO.  For me depending on how much sky I want it means one of my f/1.8 primes - 28, 50 or 85mm.  More times than not my sky photos will be the 28mm shot wide open.  I like to keep the shutter speed at the max I can go without star movement (longer the lens, the shorter the time - there are charts out there that list the max shutter speed by focal length).  I tend to set ISO around 1000-1600, fire off a shot or two and then adjust.  You can definitely get away with f/2.8 but I wouldn't go smaller than that if you really want to capture stars.</p></blockquote><p></p>