Milkyway Season Is Back

[Leftridge]

So far this year..

[Mike D]

Dang Jamie. I need some tips on how to do that.

I've tried and it just hasn't worked for me.

Great shots.


"An honest government has no fear of an armed population".

[Puncher51]

Dang Jamie. I need some tips on how to do that.

I've tried and it just hasn't worked for me.

Great shots.


"An honest government has no fear of an armed population".

I'm with you on this. Tried similar shots and failed miserably!

[Trinity Outfitters]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing!

[Maui-diver]

Man, your making me feel I should sell my camera! Nice work

[Mertzon Man]

Cool pics, thanks for sharing.

[Puncher51]

Do you mind sharing some of the specifics of the photo's? I don't want to know your secrets, I am just curious on the shutter speed.

[sportsman]

Nice work. I can get the photos, but I have yet to figure out the editing details to make the milkyway pop like in your photos.

[Shane]

Dang Jamie. I need some tips on how to do that.

I've tried and it just hasn't worked for me.

Great shots.


"An honest government has no fear of an armed population".

Nice work. I can get the photos, but I have yet to figure out the editing details to make the milkyway pop like in your photos.

The EXIF info for the 1st pic shows:
Canon EOS 70D | 18mm F1.8 15 seconds ISO640

2nd pic:
Canon EOS 70D | 18mm F1.8 20 seconds ISO500

You need a tripod for long exposures, of course. A remote control shutter release helps as well. If you don't have one, you can use the timer to trigger the shutter, and that will help you avoid getting movement blur from your finger pressing the shutter button.

[Leftridge]

Dang Jamie. I need some tips on how to do that.

I've tried and it just hasn't worked for me.

Great shots.


"An honest government has no fear of an armed population".

I'm with you on this. Tried similar shots and failed miserably!

Nice work. I can get the photos, but I have yet to figure out the editing details to make the milkyway pop like in your photos.

Check out Dave Morrow.. He taught me alot and I bought his LR.and PS plugins.. It takes some practice to understand how to use LR/PS to make the different aspects of a photo play out. Layer Masks are a super powerful in PS and help a tremendous amount to lighten some areas but not others or add color in some areas and not others.

Taking the picture is the easy part. I've got my own work flows now to process and it's just a lot of understanding what I want to do then understanding how to do it in editing.

It's definitely a building process. I started learning as much about editing in LR as I can, then after that I've now started to understand how to use photoshop.

[Leftridge]

Oh, and I also bought Imagenomic Noiseware plugin for PS. Night photos with my camera will.create alot of grain and this program does an AMAZING job pulling grain out of these nighttime pics.

[Abcdj]

Awesome

[Puncher51]

The EXIF info for the 1st pic shows:
Canon EOS 70D | 18mm F1.8 15 seconds ISO640

2nd pic:
Canon EOS 70D | 18mm F1.8 20 seconds ISO500

You need a tripod for long exposures, of course. A remote control shutter release helps as well. If you don't have one, you can use the timer to trigger the shutter, and that will help you avoid getting movement blur from your finger pressing the shutter button.

Thank you for posting the details Shane. That's a big help.
I've been doing wildlife photography for a while now, and just started trying nighttime photography. I have all the gear you listed and definitely recommend the shutter release. Now if I can just make my 70D do what Leftridge can then I'll be in the money!

[HoustonHunter]

Beautiful pics!

[Maui-diver]

Thanks for the tips. Would love to try my first camera out.