Originally Posted by
EDGE1
Hi Bill,
I love the shots. It may sound a little rich coming from someone who hasn't acheived anything close to the quality of your pictures, but I agree with the foreground silhouetting. I'm a big fan of astrography and I've reviewed a lot of pictures whilst learning how to approach such a shot.
I noticed that most of the 'wow' shots have somehting in the foreground, regardless of the fact that it's by no means the main focal point. I read somewhere that sticthing two potographs together, 1 long exp. (very long in your case) for the foreground and a second shorter exp. for the stars (exactly what you have done). The results were quite impressive in my opinion. The second approach I know of would be to simply paint the foreground with a torch for the entire exposure time, which probably wouldn't have worked in your case.
Anyway, as I mentioned above I'm learning. I'm due to fly to Nepal on Monday to begin the long trek up to Mt. Everest base-camp and hope to capture a shot of the milky-way along the way at the next new moon (16.10.12) high up in the Himalaya. So, here are my questions:
1) exposure time?
2) ISO, Lens &Focal length, and Aperture?
3) how did you set/find the focus?
4) did you use high ISO noise reduction?
5) any post processing applied?
Thanks in advance for answering my questions and for sharing your pictures!
- Rob