arcooke
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I'm going to a friend's place tonight and where he lives, the sky is much darker than where I live. I'm bringing my camera and wanted to get some nice star shots and wanted suggestions on settings to use.
I have a 50mm 1.8 prime, and my 18-105mm kit lens, and a D90. Also just got my remote shutter release in the mail, so I can use that now.
Now, I would imagine the best way to go about it would be..
1) Max out the aperture
2) Don't zoom
3) Set focus to infinity
4) Kick up the ISO
5) 3-5s Shutter speed
However, I tried similar settings the other night in my back yard, and the pictures just didn't come out very well. Granted, the sky here is bright, and you can see about 20 stars.
Any suggestions to get some decent sky shots? My goal is to get a black picture with thousands of stars, nothing else.
Thanks :thumbup:
I have a 50mm 1.8 prime, and my 18-105mm kit lens, and a D90. Also just got my remote shutter release in the mail, so I can use that now.
Now, I would imagine the best way to go about it would be..
1) Max out the aperture
2) Don't zoom
3) Set focus to infinity
4) Kick up the ISO
5) 3-5s Shutter speed
However, I tried similar settings the other night in my back yard, and the pictures just didn't come out very well. Granted, the sky here is bright, and you can see about 20 stars.
Any suggestions to get some decent sky shots? My goal is to get a black picture with thousands of stars, nothing else.
Thanks :thumbup: