On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:59:59AM -0700, Tim Bray wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Leaving Friday Night Blues last night, I saw some interesting light on > > a building, with Orion hanging out directly over the Alley: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4039830969/sizes/l/in/set-72157622528845223/ > > That's a wonderful picture.
Thanks. > > > > I tried a wide range of times and ISOs to reduce the noise in the sky, > > but nothing seemed to work very well. ... > > Has anyone worked out what gives the best results shooting a night sky > > with a K20? > > Gimme a break, that's better than I'd have thought possible. Instead > of asking for advice, want to pass on some tips as to how you got that > one? -T You've heard of the shotgun approach? This was more like a chaingun. I opened the lens all of the way up, and bracketed exposure by 1dB (1/3stop) from not blowing any highlights on the building to fairly good exposure on the sky for IIRC, ISO 100 and 400. I may have also done 200. After taking a gazillion frames, I then picked the best one. I was hoping that there was a more direct method without Savaging my equipment budget. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
