Photographs by Timothy S. Allen
Exploring the World with a Camera
Milky way
This was a 30 second exposure – a bit long because the stars are beginning to streak. It was taken during a class “Night Photography” taught by Darlene Hildebrandt http://www.digitalphotomentor.com
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon, USA.
July 16, 2015
30 sec., f 3.6, 3200 ISO, 16mm on a Tamron 16-300mm lens using a Canon Rebel T3i
Still way more starts than I see most nights, even if a bit streaky 🙂
I mean stars, obviously.
Understand thanks
Yes this was taken on the central coast of Oregon. There was little light pollution. The exposure was 30 seconds and a bit too long. It resulted in the streakiness.
Gorgeous tho.
wonderful Tim
Thank you.
Excellent shot. 🙂
Thank you, Ed. Hope you are well on the road.
Simply Wow….
Thank you Jim
Very beautiful and I really like that you can see so many stars! I gonna head out tonight as well and hope to take some nice pictures, too 🙂
Thank you. I hope you were successful. Here is a link to Darlene Hildebrandt’s site that addresses taking star tracks. She’s a good teacher. http://www.digitalphotomentor.com/how-to-shoot-star-trails-and-sample-images-for-you-to-practice-stacking/?utm_source=Digital+Photo+Mentor&utm_campaign=90a4818303-DPM_Blog_Broadcast&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ec33f1d0c3-90a4818303-263971753&mc_cid=90a4818303&mc_eid=4b153cd298
Thanks a mill! I’ll have to wait a few more hours to start, so plenty of time to check Darlene’s site 🙂
You’re welcome. I took her class and it was good. I’m about to publish the results from a star track that I did. Good luck with your star search. Oh, there is an Apple App called Photocells that seems to be great in planning for star, moon, and sun shots.
Sounds good, and I’m looking forward to seeing the photos 🙂
I’ve tried this twice, Tim, but without your success. Once for a rare aurora display, and the second in the Australian Outback. I found it difficult to know what zoom setting to use.
A wide angle is best if you want a lot of sky. You focus on an object that would be at infinity. With a wide angle that is relatively close. You can do this before night and go to manual focus. Tape down your focal ring. Or you can use a very bright flash light and shine it on an object and manually focus using the back of the camera. There is a lot of night photography information on You Tube. You should retry it’s a lot of fun.
Thanks Tim, it’s factored in for wintertime.
Wonderful. I’m doing some research to see if there is a time and date when the brightest part of the Milky Way can be seen.