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hey, with taking the foreground earlier, how do you make sure its the right area for where MW will be?
dgdg wrote:
OK a few more dumb questions:
1) For the foreground, do you usually take a super long exposure to blend in when it's completely dark or take one at dusk and then use that shot for the foreground? I guess you could use a spotlight or flashlight to try to light it up as well...
Super long night time foreground shots usually don't look that good IMO. I avoid them.
Some people are very good at light painting. I'm not one of them. It's a skill and the better shots I see involve multiple static lights, not flash lights or car lights. I like to take a foreground shot during the brighter part of shadowless twilight with a low iso, high f-stop.
My twilight foreground shots are generally under 30 secs, ISO <800, f-stop 8 or greater depending on my dof.
You can take advantage of the setting or rising moon for a nice shadowless foreground too.
2) I'm using Stellarium with the GPS of where I am going to be to get times/compass direction for the MW. So for example at 10:30 it will run from 170 to 190 (i.e due south) and then on the equatorial grid stretch from about -30 to 0. it should be pitch black so hopefully I can see the milky way with the naked eye but is there something I can use to see where the camera is pointing on the equatorial grid?
A 'dark sky' is actually quite bright. You may not see the walking trail well but the milky way will be readily seen by the naked eye and easy to frame in your camera after a couple test shots. No fancy equipment needed. Certainly it is nice to look at a map and stellarium so you know how you will frame your comp in advance.
3) Any suggestions on lanterns/head lights? I ordered a Intervalometer as suggested.
It's easy to get lost a night even on small trails.
Get a super super bright headlamp and a spare charged battery.
Make sure you can get back to your car.
It gets cold at night, colder than you think.
Also get a red light for your work onsite. White light blows your night vision and it takes a while for it to return.
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