Stormchase
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Did a 3 hour drive after work, out of the city, on friday to try and get the milky way. I stopped on the way to my destination to try a test shot. When I got to the lake the clouds rolled in and lost over 50% of the sky. It only got worse as I sat in the pitch black listening to little fish break the surface. I enjoyed the beautiful weather at 58 degrees, it was 105 that day at home.
The only lens I felt would work was my 11-17mm. I think it did well. Doing this kinda of shot made me realize how out dated my camera body is. I shot this on the Canon xs1000. I shot it at iso 800 and its grainy as it gets. 400 I get grain. 1600 is just a frustration to look at. I know the max for stars without trails is around 30 sec. I just couldn't get enough light in at that time so I tried 45 sec. and this was 49 sec i believe. My wide only opens to F/4 and it was still really dark. This was my test shot on the way up. Its all i got for the night.
Post i did a +2.5 exposure over all
brushed an other +0.5 over the milky way to make it pop a little more.
dropped the temp because i shot in shade WB
massive NR with some detail put back in.
and thats about it.
Tips are welcome. Ideas on a recovery for this image?
IMG_3376 by Stormchase73, on Flickr.
The only lens I felt would work was my 11-17mm. I think it did well. Doing this kinda of shot made me realize how out dated my camera body is. I shot this on the Canon xs1000. I shot it at iso 800 and its grainy as it gets. 400 I get grain. 1600 is just a frustration to look at. I know the max for stars without trails is around 30 sec. I just couldn't get enough light in at that time so I tried 45 sec. and this was 49 sec i believe. My wide only opens to F/4 and it was still really dark. This was my test shot on the way up. Its all i got for the night.
Post i did a +2.5 exposure over all
brushed an other +0.5 over the milky way to make it pop a little more.
dropped the temp because i shot in shade WB
massive NR with some detail put back in.
and thats about it.
Tips are welcome. Ideas on a recovery for this image?
IMG_3376 by Stormchase73, on Flickr.