Headed to Big Sur this morning pre-dawn hoping to catch some stars before sunrise. Inspired by other recent night shots I have seen by other photographers I thought I\'d give a moonless night another go.
This is fun stuff. But I am definately still experimenting with the darkest nights. It had just rained and the stars were really bright. And I saw several shooting stars while taking these.
Anyway this was a composite of two images. The first was 1 hour before sunrise - 30 secs, f4, ISO 2500. The second 45 minutes later - 30 secs, f4.5, ISO 100, 5DII, 17-40L. This type of shot really is pushing the limits of the 17-40L. This time it seemed to do better than others. But I did have to push the exposure up a stop during raw conversion. So there was definately noise to deal with. But for this lens I am pretty happy with the results especially wide open.
Derek
Nov 22, 2009 at 10:36 AM
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