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FollowThis was taken in Northern California with my kit lens on my Rebel t3i
This was taken in Northern California with my kit lens on my Rebel t3i
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Location
I took this photo in Calaveras County, California.Time
This shot was taken sometime after 10:30 P.M. on a summer night.Lighting
I had my camera set to F3.5 to allow the most light as possible to be gathered in the shot. This was a thirty second long exposure.Equipment
I used a Canon Rebel T3i with the kit lens. I had the camera on a tripod. I used a remote timer release. This shot was one of many from a time-lapse video I put together.Inspiration
I was inspired by a time-lapse video I saw on Youtube and really wanted to take a shot at it myself. I have always been intrigued by the milky way and space in general. So capturing it with my first ever DSLR was a must and I had to try. This was my first attempt ever at night photography let alone astro photography...I have been addicted ever since and putting my photo sequences in to time-lapse videos.Editing
Yes, I did. I went through many trial and errors. I am fairly new to photoshop and lightroom. So trying to figure out how to bring out the details of the milky way in my shot was challenging. I was trying to get the most natural looking image as possible. I adjusted exposure, lightened the blacks, boosted whites, boosted clarity (to bring out more stars), darkened my shadows for a silhouette look, adjusted contrast to bring out the colors, and used an adjustment brush to highlight the milky way and make it more prominent.In my camera bag
Canon Rebel T3i, kit lens, rokinon 14mm wide angle lens, tripod, remote timer, ac adapter, memory cards, filters, gopro camera, and a 75-300mm lens.Feedback
You have to be really interesting and motivated to go out and do night photography, especially of the stars. It takes a lot of time to figure out what settings you want to use and will work for your shot. And finding where you want to do it is hard too. You need to take a lot of test shots before setting your camera up for a time-lapse to run all night. I have run into many of problems doing night photography. I have ran out of battery, ran out of memory, had the lens fog up from the cold, etc. Try to do as much research as you can and be prepared and have back up power and memory. Most importantly just have fun and do what you love!