blackstar
Senior Member
Hi, On Father's day, I went to a friend's nut-tree farm to celebrate the beginning of the summer. Where I stayed until late night and tried my first MW shots:
Site condition: (1) it's the outskirt of the city -- in the brown zone of light pollution (Bortle scale=5) vs the red zone (BS=6~7) in the city, so not the best place but better than in the city. (2) no moon. (3)much open sky view without closed buildings.
Mistakes made: (1) times shots taken -- checked with photopills @11:30 for the best visibility, but shots were mistakenly taken at 10:30. (2) aware of the heavy light pollution, iso was mistakenly set @400 resulting in under-exposed images. (3) ?
Next step: (1) "MAY" acquire a new Rokinon or Samyang 14mm f2.8 (2) plan a camping trip to Sierra Mt, there will be green (bs=4), blue (bs=3), greyish black (bs=2), and black (bs=1) light pollution zones all across the route planned. Would like to receive your opinion on which zone to go for the MW shots? (Light Pollution Atlas seems not to endorse bs=1,2 as best condition for the MW view as some user states "Rising Milkyway confuses some into thinking it's dawn".)
Site condition: (1) it's the outskirt of the city -- in the brown zone of light pollution (Bortle scale=5) vs the red zone (BS=6~7) in the city, so not the best place but better than in the city. (2) no moon. (3)much open sky view without closed buildings.
Mistakes made: (1) times shots taken -- checked with photopills @11:30 for the best visibility, but shots were mistakenly taken at 10:30. (2) aware of the heavy light pollution, iso was mistakenly set @400 resulting in under-exposed images. (3) ?
Next step: (1) "MAY" acquire a new Rokinon or Samyang 14mm f2.8 (2) plan a camping trip to Sierra Mt, there will be green (bs=4), blue (bs=3), greyish black (bs=2), and black (bs=1) light pollution zones all across the route planned. Would like to receive your opinion on which zone to go for the MW shots? (Light Pollution Atlas seems not to endorse bs=1,2 as best condition for the MW view as some user states "Rising Milkyway confuses some into thinking it's dawn".)