Stargazing
Jul, 2016Views
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Location
This photo was taken on Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Forest.Time
This was taken right in the middle of the night, obviously. I wanted to get the Milky Way pretty much vertical, so I waited until it was to shoot the photo.Lighting
This image is actually a series of images that were stacked in order to reduce the noise in the Milky Way. Altogether, I think it is about 10 images. I then used a flashlight to light up the foreground, for only about a 1/2 second of the 15 second capture.Equipment
I shot this with my Nikon D810, 14-24mm f/2.8 lens, on a tripod, and using a wired remote.Inspiration
I had been wanting to take this photo for quite some time. I tried another shot during the same night with myself in the photo as well. It really just didn't look near as good with me in the photo, so I went with this one, and I'm glad I did.Editing
It takes a bit of time to process this kind of photo. I don't have the fastest computer, so trying to stack these images in photoshop, like I did, takes a bit of waiting while the computer does the work.In my camera bag
Here's what I normally carry: Nikon D810 Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 Nikkor 300mm f/4 I also carry a tripod, flash, wired remote, Lee big stopper, Tiffen 4-stop ND filter, and a B+W circular polarizer.Feedback
Check the weather before you go. I think most people live in a city where there is too much light pollution to capture the milky way, so it's usually a bit of a drive to get away. But if you get there and there is cloud-cover, then you definitely wont get the shot. I've definitely made that mistake before, so always check the weather first.
