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Ok I have the Mark II as well, do you use an L lens?
Because I have a 28-135 mm from ultrasonic and its an awsome lens I have shot with L lens' before and they are amazing but I can tweak it in light room to get and effect. I just am currious if it really mattered the quality of lens.
You say there are 3 shots here, did you over lay the shots to get a more star effect? Or just overlay over panoramic?
Also Do you plan for the milky way or do you just get lucky?
Also do you shoot in RAW?
I hope you dont mind my questions Im just aiming to get my photographs looking more like yours, if you could check mine out and see what improvements I could make that be awsome.
Tiff
P.S. Your photography I amazing!
I think that when you shoot the stars, the environment is as important as your equipment.
You really need to shoot during a very clear and dark night, far from cities, and with no moon. Even warm ambient temperature can be a problem.
I don't plan for the milky way, when the sky is perfectly dark you can clearly see it naked eyes.
The lens quality doesn't really matter I guess, the important thing is to have a wide aperture and shoot wide open (f/2.8 or wider is fine I think) so as you can make a not too long exposure, because if you do so you will see stars motion !
I tried with my 135mm a few days ago at f/2.0 and during 6 seconds, I could see the motion...
But with a smaller focal, like 85mm, it's ok you can make an exposure of about 10s and get neat stars.
With 28mm, you can make a very long exposure, no problem, and you should be able to get a nice and bright overview of the milky way.
You will have to set high ISO values, at least 3200, or even 5000, and of course shoot in RAW because you'll need to enhance the picture (which may look quite messy at the beginning) by reducing noise, adjusting contrast and so on.
On this shot, it's a kind of panorama of 3 shots indeed, I kind of cheated...
It was the first time I tried to shoot stars when I made this one, and I was really lucky, the sky was sooo deeply dark that the milky way seemed impressively bright !
Anyway, it's not very complicated, but I insist on the fact that you really have to be in perfect conditions of weather and lightning (or non-lightning I should say). Just try different ISO values and time exposures, different framings...
I hope you understand what I'm saying, sorry for my english I'm french !
Enjoy, and show me the results !
Cheers,
Sylvain
THANKS!!
Anyway, just wondering how far off you were from the city. Sadly the only problem with me going away from the city is finding a place that I can do such a picture without trespassing!
Unfortunately the answer is : very far away from city...
About 40km from the closest big city, though next to a very small one.
By the way, don't forget the moon, you really have to shoot during a dark night (with hidden moon).
You just have to find the right place and the right time, and I'm sure you'll be able to make a good picture !