These were all with the k-1. Exposure data should be listed. Lens speed is critical. I haven't figured exposure out yet. It seems to be different every time.
On July 15, 2018 1:37:38 PM PDT, "J.C. O'Connell" <hifis...@gate.net> wrote: >which camera do you use and what are your typical ISO, exposure time, >fstop settings? >why not use a wider lens or is lens speed critical? >jco > > >On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 16:12:24 -0400, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> >wrote: > >> Some attempts at astro landscapes. >> >> I don't quite have it wired yet, but I'm learning things to try for >next >> time. These were done with the rokinon 24/1.4 from the town of Mount > >> Shasta. A couple of these might print up well. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157697414506681 >> >> 24mm isn't wide enough to get the full arc of the Milkyway, even >> positioned vertically. >> >> These were done with the DFA 15-30 using astrotracer from outside of > >> Weed, just off of I-5. I was hoping the smoke from the fires would >be >> beneficial for foreground effects, it may have caused more problems, > >> possibly even the rainbow effect, I'm not sure. >> >> This set doesn't show the ones I tried with the 24/1.4 or the non >> astrotracer with the 15-30. I don't think I really got any keepers >out >> of this set, but I learned a bit. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157698646538354 >> >> I should go back at about a half moon so that I can get shots both > >> with no moonlight and also with Shasta lit after the moon rises. >> I need to do more overlap on the frames, particularly with the 15-30 >> The astrotracer really helps with the sky, and with the dark >foreground >> doesn't make a lot of difference there. >> I should definitely bracket the photos. >> I wish there were stacking software that could separate the sky from >the >> foreground and stack them each appropriately. Also software that >could >> stitch an astrotracer sky with a non astrotracer foreground, while >> stacking them for HDR and panorama. >> I also wish the software would use the gps, accelerometer and compass > >> data to make the stitching go faster. >> > > >-- >J.C. O'Connell >hifis...@gate.net >----------------------------------------------------- >Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
