Rising Milky Way
This photo is taken in the Tre Cime area of the Dolomites mountains
This photo is taken in the Tre Cime area of the Dolomites mountains
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This photo was taken in the Tre Cime di Lavaredo area of the Dolomites mountains in Italy.Time
After a long and beautiful day spent photographing in the area, i noticed that, after the sunset, the clouds began to scatter. Around 10 PM i went outside and began searching for a good spot to take some night photos.Lighting
It was a cloudless sky and the Milky Way was visible to the naked eye. The moon was present but it was very shy regarding the light it threw at Earth. I think it was a good thing, because it brought some light to the mountains bellow the Milky Way and i used a rather low ISO of 1250.Equipment
I used a Nikon D610 full frame camera, with a 16-35 mm lens. I used a focal length of 16 mm with an f/4 aperture. The ISO was set at 1250 and the shutter speed at 30 seconds.Inspiration
It was my first time seeing the Milky Way with the naked eye. I've always dreamed of having such an opportunity to take photos of it.Editing
I used Adobe Lightroom to post process the photo. I used only one shot and did some changes to it like: exposure, shadows, clarity, sharpness.In my camera bag
I have a Nikon D610 body with 2 lens: 16-35mm f/4 and 70-300 mm. Both of the lens are from Nikon. I use them on a Manfrotto tripod, together with some Lee filters.Feedback
I think that the most important step to take this kind of photos is the post processing. I don't think you can get a photo like this one or many others directly from the camera (using today's technology); or even some.thing close to it. You need a good camera that can do some high ISO, a wide lens and an aperture wide open. My 16-35 lens is only an F/4.I think an f/2.8 lens would be best. To get a clear view of the Milky Way you need to use the 500 rule. The rules states that if you want not to see movement in the stars use a shutter speed of 500 divided by the focal length that you use. If you are not using a full frame camera you need to convert your focal length to full frame mode. After this the post processing comes into play. I usually try to do the processing multiple times from scratch to see if i get something different or better.
