Star Photography
- maverick
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Star Photography
For those of you who have thought about it, or for those who had dabbled in it on
occasion, here is an interesting article, which includes calculations based on
air temps, back ground glow, star counts to optimize your success at getting the
right exposure, and beat noise, without raising your ISO, located in the middle of the
article. http://blog.starcircleacademy.com/2010/ ... for-stars/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Other relevant articles on this site are also worth the read.
occasion, here is an interesting article, which includes calculations based on
air temps, back ground glow, star counts to optimize your success at getting the
right exposure, and beat noise, without raising your ISO, located in the middle of the
article. http://blog.starcircleacademy.com/2010/ ... for-stars/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Other relevant articles on this site are also worth the read.
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
- lostcoyote
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Re: Star Photography
ya, those are fun.
i did my first one back in the 70's using kodachrome & a campfire to light up a tree in the foreground.
i really like some of the modern ones being done with hi-def cameras that you see on some of the discovery/national geo channel programs (i think dual survival does a lot of that)
here's an all-nighter i did with 4x5 sheet film (not the best of scans):
![Image](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/1712016499_7b941b9f8e_z.jpg)
exposure is around 6-7 hours @ f5.6 with a few hours of crescent moonlight to light up the great western divide
i did my first one back in the 70's using kodachrome & a campfire to light up a tree in the foreground.
i really like some of the modern ones being done with hi-def cameras that you see on some of the discovery/national geo channel programs (i think dual survival does a lot of that)
here's an all-nighter i did with 4x5 sheet film (not the best of scans):
![Image](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/1712016499_7b941b9f8e_z.jpg)
exposure is around 6-7 hours @ f5.6 with a few hours of crescent moonlight to light up the great western divide
- The Other Tom
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Re: Star Photography
Thanks, Mav. I bookmarked it.
Here's one of my favorite star pics I took a few years ago at Vogelsang
(Oh well, doesn't look like webshots will allow this...maybe later)
![Image](http://image69.webshots.com/569/9/47/28/2032947280060738680PtUYtm_fs.jpg)
Here's one of my favorite star pics I took a few years ago at Vogelsang
(Oh well, doesn't look like webshots will allow this...maybe later)
![Image](http://image69.webshots.com/569/9/47/28/2032947280060738680PtUYtm_fs.jpg)
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Re: Star Photography
Nice shot Lost Coyote!
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Re: Star Photography
Here's one with Whaleback in silhouette. Probably about a 4 hour exposure, using Tri-x 400 pushed one stop. This is a bad scan from a neg.
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I'm impressed.. I can't do that with a P&S well.. still learning.. evidently not too well.
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