Finally, some Star Pics!

I am finally getting to grips with getting single exposure star pictures. I have a long way to go but I think I am on the right track?

(They have been compressed during uploading, so will look a little fuzzy)

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nice ones. youre on the way

Damn right he's on the way - are they just the pictures you took or have you had a chance to edit them?

Thanks guys. They have a slight brightness/colour/shar​pen edit to them.

I dig # 1 the other 2 have to much noise for my taste.

i really like #3, love that glow.

Thanks guys! Weather has kind of taken a down turn at the moment to do anymore

so you achieve this with one shot when you say single exposure? tips if so please

wolfden wrote in post #14201085
so you achieve this with one shot when you say single exposure? tips if so please

There are two elements with taking astro pictures, the first is to have nice dark skies, which he appears to have. The second, is post processing - it's amazing what some people can pull out of images.

When taking an image, the light pollution in the area has a great effect on the length of the exposure. In dark skies, with some form of tracking, you may be able to take ten minutes exposures, whereas in light polluted skies you may only be able to take one or two minutes exposures before they become washed out, sometimes only 30 seconds.

Unfortunately, in the images above, his exif data is missing or blocked, so I can't help you with his exact settings. If you don't have tracking capability, you will be limited in exposure length by the size of your lens, ie.. you may be able to expose an 11mm lens for about 30 seconds before trailing becomes evident, while a 200mm lens may only give you 3 - 5 seconds of exposure.

I don't know if my response is helpful to you, wolfden, as I am by no means an expert, if there is a more specific question you need assistance with, please don't hesitate to post them, there are a lot of helpful people here, and surely someone will have the answer that you seek.

Thanks Joe, I'm aware of the math formula to calculate exposure time. I'm curious as to the single exposure he talks of. I don't have much light pollution in my area, so I wonder if doing the stacking gains or not. I always assumed you had to stack to get good pics.

Hey guys. I didn't realise that the EXIF had vanished, but for the likes of my aurora picture found here:

https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1166290 , was snapped at 18mm, f3.5, ISO 800, 25s. Using RAW editing I was able to lift it a but, same with the ones I posted here. The settings and time were around the same.