milky way with a falling perseid
Aug, 2016Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
So I was in Cyprus for the summer and one night me and my girlfriend went for a road trip towards Troodos mountain,the tallest mountain on the island. It was in the middle of August and perseids shower was pretty visible from there, of course I had my camera with me,as always, and when we reached troodos forest I got out of the car set my tripod and captured this beautiful shot.Time
It was about 00:30Lighting
Although there was a large amount of light pollution coming from the moon the photo came out really good.Equipment
I used a Nikon d7200 for this shot with the samyang 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens on a XCSourse tripod.Inspiration
A lot of perseids were visible from that mountain so I wanted to capture the milky way with some of the falling perseids.Editing
Usually I post-process my photos using the Adobe lightroom so as this time. I reduce a littlebit the brightness of the sky and gave some extra light to the stars and milky way in order to make it more visible. I also put some extra light on the surroundings of the mountain.In my camera bag
Most of the times I carry my Nikon d7200 with my 18-55mm kit lens, my samyang 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens and a Nikkor 35mm F/1.8 prime lens. Also a tripod and a small joby gorillapod is a must.Feedback
So basically if you are interested in astrophotography the key points that you have to have in mind is firstly to get as far away as possible from city's light pollution. Then you need a stable tripod to minimise any shaking of the camera. If you can have a wide angle lens is better in order to capture a wider field of view and therefore there are more chances to capture the milky way and a large amount of stars. Try to work with iso less than 2000 in order to minimise the noise in your image and normally an exposure time of 20-30 seconds is needed depending on your lens and conditions. Finally keep you aperture as low as possible. Try to check the local weather forecast before going for the shot in order to avoid any moon light or clouds in the area that you are planning to shoot.
