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Mar, 2016Views
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People's Choice in Capture the Early-Summer Milky Way Photo Challenge
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Location
That photo was taken in the center of Corsica, near some small town in the mountains. No in-camera GPS and no notes taken, and i was probably half drunk, so I can't recall any better. By the way, it was a nice spot...Time
Obviously, it was at night. According to the exifs, it was over midnight.Lighting
Exposing for the milky way AND some city lights, even if faint, sucks great. That photo ended being a composite of two shots, one exposed for the sky, one exposed for the city lights. I could have achieved the effect with a graduated ND filter, but I for sure diodn't had one at the time.Equipment
A Nikon D200, definitely not the best for low light, long exposure and hi isos... for some reason, that day I carried this camera. Whatever. It worked not too bad in the end. The lens was a Sanyang 8mm F/3.5 manual focus. Won't mention I used a tripod and remote control... At least it proves you don't need super mega expensive stuff to take a not too bad photo.Inspiration
mmmm.... The nice sky and lights?Editing
Lot of post processing on this one: denoising, enhancing the sky and the milky way, tweaking the colors a lot to get that purple tint I love, and compositing with the city lights.In my camera bag
Any of my DSLR that has a charged battery, and the first lens that I can reach. I don't have a bag. Bags mean heavy stuff, too much stuff, and spending too much time worrying about that stuff; I don't really care about equipment: I just shoot what I see with what I have at that moment. When I go specifically to shoot something special, I just carry the minimum things I think will be needed.Feedback
Get a full frame body that handles noise better than any crop sensor, a wide angle lens, a tripod and remote, find a nice spot, wait for the milky way to be visinle in the sky and shoot...
