I spent a Saturday night into Sunday morning on 3/20 to 3/21 of this year shooting nightscapes in Joshua Tree National Park. This was the first time I deliberately waited 7 days after the New Moon to go out and shoot Milkyway nightscapes, so I could utilize the Moonlight to light the foreground instead of artificial lighting. So much more convenient. The Moon set about 20 minutes before the MW core rose that night.
For this image, I shot the foreground right around midnight with the Moon camera right about 4'Oclock position and roughly 90 minutes before it set. This allowed me to capture the foreground scene at ISO 400, F/7.1, and 2mins, (nice and clean).
I then packed up and drove about 5 miles South East to capture the MW image. The MW exposure was F/2.8, ISO 400, 4mins, (used a tracker).
The MW exposure is positioned to almost near perfect natural alignment with its respective foreground location.
Nikon Z7 and 14-24 F/2.8 Z lens, (the lens is spectacular!)
01Ryan10 wrote:
I spent a Saturday night into Sunday morning on 3/20 to 3/21 of this year shooting nightscapes in Joshua Tree National Park. This was the first time I deliberately waited 7 days after the New Moon to go out and shoot Milkyway nightscapes, so I could utilize the Moonlight to light the foreground instead of artificial lighting. So much more convenient. The Moon set about 20 minutes before the MW core rose that night.
For this image, I shot the foreground right around midnight with the Moon camera right about 4'Oclock position and roughly 90 minutes before it set. This allowed me to capture the foreground scene at ISO 400, F/7.1, and 2mins, (nice and clean).
I then packed up and drove about 5 miles South East to capture the MW image. The MW exposure was F/2.8, ISO 400, 4mins, (used a tracker).
The MW exposure is position to almost near perfect natural alignment where it would normally at the foreground location.
Nikon Z7 and 14-24 F/2.8 Z lens, (the lens is spectacular!)...Show more →
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Cool shot, nice composite, worth the effort.
Thank you. This will most likely be my first 24x36 inch acrylic print. I did a 16x24 Acrylic of a MW nightscape about a year ago with amazing results, but want bigger!!!
From yesterday's walk. Z7ii with Lensbaby Burnside 35mm Petzval at f5.6 and its vignette slider open. The more I use this lens, the more I like it -- as sharp centrally as any modern lens, but adjustable falloff effects. Quirky to learn, but super adjustable for look. This Bug was beige with brown fenders, so sepia seemed the natural process for it:
