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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · First attempts at Milky Way and Star Trails


These are my first ever astrophotography attempts, minus a little practicing in my heavily light polluted back yard. I understand these types of photos are greatly enhanced by using an attractive foreground. But, as this was my first time out, I was just trying to get the astro part of this fairly correct and will work on introducing a foreground/subject next time.

Equipment used was a Canon 5D3 with the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 lens and an intervalometer (and tripod, of course).

1. Milky Way photo was 3 images stacked in Sequator then edited in Lightroom. Settings were f/2.8; 30secs; iso6400.
** I intended to use a 10 shot stack, but shots 4-10 showed obvious blur from condensation on lens.

2. Star trail shot is 100 images stacked using StarStax then edited in Lightroom. Settings were f/2.8, 30secs; iso3200.
** This was taken about 90 minutes before the MWay shot and thankfully the condensation had not begun yet, so all 100 were useable.

Any comments welcome. I'm a newb and thankful for all the help I can get!

Mark


https://markowens.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p710551624-5.jpg


https://markowens.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p632056681-5.jpg



May 01, 2022 at 06:00 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · First attempts at Milky Way and Star Trails


Nice work! I just shot the Milky Way for the first time on Friday night.
Lots of fun, and I love the images!



May 02, 2022 at 12:40 PM
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jdanderson1318 wrote:
Nice work! I just shot the Milky Way for the first time on Friday night.
Lots of fun, and I love the images!


Thank you! As I mentioned in your thread, my next step is to insert a subject or foreground into a photo.

Mark



May 02, 2022 at 05:21 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · First attempts at Milky Way and Star Trails


Beautiful shots


May 06, 2022 at 12:47 PM





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