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This 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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cameraCanon EOS REBEL T3i

settings Aperture f/3.5 ISO 1600 Shutter 30/1 

upload_dateApr, 2014

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9 Comments |
Gayde
 
Gayde April 24, 2014
Wonderful take..sure is pretty :)
lsears79
 
lsears79 April 25, 2014
The starry heavens in all their glory. Perfect long exposure.
ukwrecker
 
ukwrecker April 27, 2014
Great shot, good photographer can take a good shot with any Camera and lens, and this is a Lovely shot
JohnFord
 
JohnFord April 27, 2014
Impressive capture!
PGD123
 
PGD123 April 27, 2014
Great picture. I've been trying to take a Milky Way shot and just haven't been able to get it. You got it!
Mike5335
 
Mike5335 April 27, 2014
Great shot, wish I had taken it!
KrakenWaker
 
KrakenWaker April 27, 2014
Fantastic starscape, very sharp.
1islandgirl
 
1islandgirl April 30, 2014
Gorgeous shot!
brookmekasha
 
brookmekasha January 08, 2018
This is rly beautiful. It triggered emotions for me

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Behind The Lens

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!

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