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How do you guys get these clean sky shots? I figure most of you also have to deal with light pollution, but whatever I try, they're filled with orange to boot (road lights in Belgium are orange, and we've a lot of those). There's just so much you can filter. --edit: Tried with with that lovely kit lens that came with the EOS400D, and as well as my new Sigma 30mm f1.4, which even came with a lens hood (if that actually helps).PlasticSun posted:Edit here's an example at 20 seconds (no ISS in it though) but you can go as long as 30 without the stars blurring. Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at Jul 3, 2010 around 16:56 |
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| # ¿ May 24, 2013 22:35 |
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Hmmm, despite the lovely lighting conditions in my country (best and most lit country in the world  ), I've tried it last night anyway. Turns out that setting AWB to Tungsten and aiming away from the lights nets some results. And it took only ISO 800 and 10-15 seconds to make out the milky way with that f1.4 Sigma. Too bad that "away from the lights" involves an annoyingly huge tree line in my view.There's a long road to the south of this region, that goes through lots and lots of forrest and doesn't feature any street lights. Despite that, turns out that there's still moderate enough traffic to annoy me, even on Sunday at 3am (strange, since the northern and southern part of the region can't stand each other).
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| # ¿ Jul 5, 2010 09:02 |
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Yeah, without live view, forget what I said. Using manual focus through the viewfinder may be your only option, but it's not going to work very well. Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at Aug 15, 2010 around 17:08 |
| # ¿ Aug 15, 2010 17:04 |
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I think that looks cool. Actually, on the first moment, I thought the lights and rocks were submerged in water.
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| # ¿ Aug 18, 2010 21:11 |
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Hmmm, I need both more ISO as well as less light pollution. Was testing my new 18-50mm f2.8, I can make out the Milkyway, but I can't get decent results. --edit: 
Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at Sep 2, 2010 around 23:17 |
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Be glad you don't live in Belgium, the most lit country in the universe.
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| # ¿ Sep 3, 2010 19:59 |
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I live there and haven't found a dark spot where I'm not bothered. The small region that might be dark enough has still traffic at the most impossible times.
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| # ¿ Sep 3, 2010 22:18 |
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Indeed. I already have issues enough trying to get a regular night sky without anything landscape in view. Any city backlight like on the picture fucks everything up. But, is that a single exposure?
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| # ¿ Sep 15, 2010 17:36 |
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Some fireworks from here, too. From the Kölner Lichter this year, some half an hour big rear end show. These were taken hand held.    
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ole_bjorne posted:Thank you for replies. Will get my tripod soon then. Can I trust his reviews of lenses and cameras? I got two of his recommended lenses for D5100 - 35mm f/1.8 and 55-200mm VR.
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