![]() This will let the largest amount of light into your camera. Usually when it comes to setting your aperture, its best to shoot as wide as your lens allows (smallest ‘f’ number). Read on for how to achieve this in post-processing. In most cases, I would take a series of 100 photos and create the star trail in post-processing. 600/16 = 37.5 which means that I can use a shutter speed of 37 seconds before the stars begin to create trails in my photo.īut on the other, hand if your aim is to capture star trails then my advice would be to take a series of photos, one immediately after the other. In my case its almost always 16mm because I want to fit as many stars in my shot as possible. These photos can be incredibly unique in their own right but if you want to avoid that, divide 600 by the focal length you are shooting at. Because we are stationary in our position on earth, as the earth spins the stars will very slowly move across the sky in front of our camera, which will cause the stars to create a trail of light. If you want to avoid any form of star trails, then use the rule of 600. Usually, a good place to start is somewhere in between 20 seconds and 30 seconds. You want to use a long exposure time (slow shutter speed) when doing astrophotography, this will give your camera’s sensor enough time to record those little dots of flickering light. This way, not only will you have the bright stars in the background of your shot but you will also have a subject in the foreground. The reason I do this is because I like to look for a subject or a point of interest that I can include in my photos. ![]() When I am looking for a location to photograph the night sky, I usually tend to visit the area during the day prior to heading out a night. Have a search on Google to see if there is an international dark sky reserve near you. This is where you will find the stars to be at their brightest because there will be little to no light pollution. The most ideal places to photograph the night sky are international dark sky reserves. When it comes to star photography, we like to refer to the light emitted from cities and towns as light pollution due to the fact that it makes seeing the stars harder. You want to find the darkest place possible, which means you want to avoid being anywhere near big cities or small towns. The location is very important when it comes to astrophotography. I’m sure you have all seen the images which float around the internet of people pointing the flashlight up to the stars in their photos? You can even use a flashlight creatively if you want to jump in the shot. For example, this could be used to paint in a tree or some rocks etc. You can use a flashlight during long exposures to help paint in the subjects in the foreground of your image. This is a great item to have in your kit. You can also use the remote trigger to engage the bulb setting on your camera which will allow you to shoot exposures longer than 30 seconds. A handy workaround to this, if you don’t have one, is simply using the timer function on your camera to delay taking the photo by 2 seconds, that way you will be nowhere near the camera when the photo is taken. It will help you avoid camera shake when you push the shutter release button down. ![]() This isn’t essential but it’s always a handy tool to have in the camera bag. Any camera shake will result in blurry photos and we don’t want that. This is because you’re going to be shooting long exposures and this means your camera is going to need to stay incredibly still for a given period of time. You are going to need some form of a tripod, the sturdier the better. Because you are going to be shooting at night a lens which has a greater opening (smaller ‘f’ number) is better. This is going to control the amount of light which comes in through your lens. Another way to tell how wide the aperture of your lens is, is by adjusting the aperture setting on the camera (how low will the number go?). This is the ‘f’ number you can usually find printed somewhere on the lens. You will need a lens which has a really large aperture.
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