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A few shots of the aurora directly overhead, taken in Cleary Summit, AK on the evening of 3/16-17. IMG_8362 by EPICAC, on Flickr  IMG_8369 by EPICAC/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/41566708@N08/8566525498/]  IMG_8336 by EPICAC, on Flickr
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Couple of long exposure first attempts: humid night by blinsaff, on Flickr  suburbs under moon by blinsaff, on Flickr
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Mar 29, 2013 03:19
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BobTheCow posted:I agree, this feels too light. I think you could've dropped your ISO or closed down your aperture by a full stop or two and kept the light trails while bringing down the ambient light that messes with your perception of it being nighttime. Definitely. I spent a while sitting above a motorway the other night playing around with different settings and closing the aperture definitely made a difference. I'll go back at some point and give it another go.
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Apr 1, 2013 23:20
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Went out on the 30th for some northern lights and caught the tail end of a meteor. IMG_6697 by bighoits, on Flickr
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Apr 2, 2013 00:35
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I was screwing around with the bright moon down in Cancun, I thought it came out kind of cool, could maybe use some cropping though: 13_03_26_00262 by Logan Roddy, on Flickr
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Apr 2, 2013 03:03
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wanghammer posted:Went out on the 30th for some northern lights and caught the tail end of a meteor. Good lord I'm envious. That's so cool. I thought the story sounded familiar, looks like this is the same meteor but from a different angle.  http://www.petapixel.com/2013/04/01/photographer-captures-meteor-streaking-through-the-aurora-borealis/
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Apr 2, 2013 06:31
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Posting Day light long exposures in here are ok? Ive been stacking multiple NDs to get various times as long as 2 mins.
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Apr 2, 2013 15:57
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PREYING MANTITS posted:Good lord I'm envious. That's so cool. Yup that's the same one! Timeline fits. I guess the photo was taken late on the 29th of March but saved to my pc on the 30th.
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Apr 2, 2013 16:55
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Went to shoot starry skies, but accidentally captured some faint northern lights as well. They were barely visible, but a long exposure at gazillion ISO helped a bit. Northern lights over Lentua by juusop, on Flickr
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Apr 2, 2013 18:31
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Goddammit I hate being stuck in the city sometimes. I live at 51 degrees N, I could totally see auroras if I could get out at night.
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Apr 4, 2013 07:16
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I like taking photo's in the city at night and here is a selection. 129.jpg by drgarbanzo, on Flickr 4 second exposure at ISO200 played with in Lightroom  141.jpg by drgarbanzo, on Flickr Same ISO but only a 1 second exposure.
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Apr 8, 2013 06:08
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Musket posted:Posting Day light long exposures in here are ok? Ive been stacking multiple NDs to get various times as long as 2 mins. Nobody answered this but hell yeah I'd love to see that!
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Apr 8, 2013 13:23
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 Narrabeen Rock Pool by spongepuppy, on Flickr I live in the city, so this is about as good as astrophotography gets for me. Surprisingly, the Samyang 14mm is better than I expected for the money.
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Apr 13, 2013 07:53
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Anyone have any tips for shooting the Aurora Borealis? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3543858&perpage=40&pagenumber=1#pti20 I'm in the fair zone and live in the middle of cornfields so I can probably find a spot with no light pollution.
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Apr 14, 2013 00:50
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Over the last few weeks I've done quite a lot of night photography. Can't wait to develop the film and start posting it. I've been using my Pentax 67II a lot lately because the meter is so drat good.
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Apr 14, 2013 02:23
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Technically these aren't night time long exposures, but they ARE long exposures. (Click for larger)   And here's the setup...  Canon 5D MkIII, 17-40 f/4, and a $5 piece of welding mask glass blu-tac'ed onto the filter. This was my first outing with the welders glass, at some markets down the street from me. I'm looking forward to getting in to the Sydney CBD to get some shots I've wanted to try for ages.
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Apr 14, 2013 05:44
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Does anyone have a nice guide written up about astro photography? Heading into the Australian wilderness for the first time in a week or so and really want to capture some Milky Way shots. I have a 5Dmk2 and my widest lens is 24mm f4, hoping to rent a 17mm though. Thanks!
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Apr 14, 2013 06:48
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Basically: figure out how to focus your lens to infinity before you're out there in the pitch black, and visit the spot during the day to get a feel for composition options. There's sky maps available online that let you input lat/long coordinates and fast forward into the future so you can get a feel for what it'll be like.. you'll want to know the phase of the moon and where it'll be and at what times the milky way will be above the horizon. Bring a flashlight, maybe a pair of gloves, and a some red cellophane to put over the flashlight if you don't want to destroy your night vision. 
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Apr 14, 2013 22:38
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So, I took a photo tonight: Southwark Bridge by atmz, on Flickr I was wondering what the factors are which affect the look moving water has in long exposures; obviously the longer the exposure the more 'cloudy' and less wavy it gets, but what else does it depend on? Distance, calmness of the water (more calm = less cloudy?), anything else?
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Apr 14, 2013 23:48
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Yeah it's basically the movement of the water so if you want that cloudy look, you're looking for fast-moving water. Nice picture
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Apr 15, 2013 00:08
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xzzy posted:Basically: figure out how to focus your lens to infinity before you're out there in the pitch black, and visit the spot during the day to get a feel for composition options. Thanks! I'll take all that into consideration. Do you have a rough idea of what shutter speeds/aperture/ ISO's are typically used for these type of shots? I know it depends on the lens/body etc, but there might be a general 'rule' to it all.
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garney posted:Thanks! I'll take all that into consideration. Do you have a rough idea of what shutter speeds/aperture/ ISO's are typically used for these type of shots? I know it depends on the lens/body etc, but there might be a general 'rule' to it all. I think most set ISO to 800. You don't want it too low or you'll fail to capture dim stars, and if you set it too high, noise creeping in will destroy the dim stars. Shutter speed is dependent on whether you want star trails or not. As your focal length increases, the amount of time you can keep the shutter open before trails appears shrinks. The rule of thumb is "1,000 ÷ Focal Length = Maximum Shutter Speed" before trails start to appear. There's wiggle room on this so you should experiment. To capture the milky way you'll probably want ~30-45 seconds to really get it to pop out, which means a wide angle lens. If you're going for star trails, wide apertures will make bright star trails, narrow ones will be a bit dimmer.
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Apr 15, 2013 14:21
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I think this is all you need to know about star trails.
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Apr 15, 2013 14:34
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Admiral posted:Technically these aren't night time long exposures, but they ARE long exposures. How much time are you finding yourself with, using this set up? Currently the most I can squeeze out of a cokin P filter ND set is about 1.5mins by stacking 8stop x2, internal X100 3stop on overcast days. Sunny days im limited to about 45-60sec.  _DSF2694-Edit.jpg by Ashade76 8stop+3stop+3stop internal ND, f/16 37seconds about 2pm on a very sunny day.
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xzzy posted:I think most set ISO to 800. You don't want it too low or you'll fail to capture dim stars, and if you set it too high, noise creeping in will destroy the dim stars. 600/focal length for FX/Full Frame. 400/focal length for Nikon or 1.5crop mode sensors, 375/focal length for canon and 1.6 crop mode sensors  With a tammy 17-55 you are lookin at about 23 seconds at ISO 1600 f/2.8 set at 17mm before you see trail movement in stars on a D3200.
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Apr 15, 2013 15:32
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Not amazing pictures but they came out alright after our failed attempt to see the northern lights around Vancouver on Saturday night. 
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Apr 15, 2013 18:59
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Musket posted:How much time are you finding yourself with, using this set up? Currently the most I can squeeze out of a cokin P filter ND set is about 1.5mins by stacking 8stop x2, internal X100 3stop on overcast days. Sunny days im limited to about 45-60sec.
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Saint Fu posted:I think this is all you need to know about star trails. drat, if google had pulled that link up I would have just pasted that instead of typing a bunch of words.
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Apr 16, 2013 00:41
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xzzy posted:drat, if google had pulled that link up I would have just pasted that instead of typing a bunch of words.
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Squibbles posted:Not amazing pictures but they came out alright after our failed attempt to see the northern lights around Vancouver on Saturday night. Can you really see the lights from Vancouver? I lived there for almost 6 years, and am probably going back soon. I assume you have to get out of the city to get dark enough skies? I didn't have a car before, so that was never an option, really.
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garney posted:Thanks! I'll take all that into consideration. Do you have a rough idea of what shutter speeds/aperture/ ISO's are typically used for these type of shots? I know it depends on the lens/body etc, but there might be a general 'rule' to it all. I spent a week in Alaska last month. Spent 8 evenings photographing the auroras using my friend's XTi and 18-55mm kit lens. I used ISO800, f/3.5 (as wide open as the lens went). Exposure times were really variable depending on how bright the auroras were. For the fainter displays I was using anywhere from 20-30 seconds. The last night when we had a really bright display I was between 4 and 10 seconds. The owner of the lodge had a setup to take people's pictures in front of the displays. He was shooting with a 5D MkII, ISO1600, f/1.8 and 5-10 second exposures, briefly illuminating the group with a flashlight. My biggest problem was getting the focus at infinity. It was very difficult to get the stars in focus through the viewfinder, and the XTi doesn't have live focus on the LCD. I tried focussing past infinity, and pulling back a bit. I got lucky and this worked for me most nights. Zooming in on a shot on the LCD screen wasn't terribly helpful either. The stars would look sharp on the display, but looked blurry when I pulled the shots off of my camera. The second night's shots all have slightly out of focus stars because of this.
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Apr 16, 2013 01:30
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ShadeofBlue posted:Can you really see the lights from Vancouver? I lived there for almost 6 years, and am probably going back soon. I assume you have to get out of the city to get dark enough skies? I didn't have a car before, so that was never an option, really. Supposedly you can but it's super rare to get them that intense. Most big ones are more likely to be visible a few hours up the valley apparently. A co-worker was telling me that he did actually see them on his way home from work in Vancouver proper several years ago though so it's definitely possible.
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Saint Fu posted:I think this is all you need to know about star trails. Incredible! For some reason guides as in depth as this are hard to find online, thanks! Will post some photos from the trip when I get back, excited to finally be able to shoot some real night scapes.
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Apr 16, 2013 07:18
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Took this tonight. I'm really happy with how it came out. ISO 200, f/5.6, 66 seconds.  Shimmer by benruset, on Flickr
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Apr 19, 2013 04:01
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Wow, what's the light source on that? Just sunlight reflected off clouds or something?
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Apr 19, 2013 08:12
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Rubber Slug posted:Wow, what's the light source on that? Just sunlight reflected off clouds or something? The sky still had a hint of blue in it. The rocks were lit by the street lights and lights on the boardwalk behind me.
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Apr 19, 2013 10:52
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Musket posted:How much time are you finding yourself with, using this set up? Currently the most I can squeeze out of a cokin P filter ND set is about 1.5mins by stacking 8stop x2, internal X100 3stop on overcast days. Sunny days im limited to about 45-60sec. Garden of friendship by any chance? I was there just today!
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Apr 19, 2013 16:57
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 The Docks by benruset, on Flickr ISO 400, f/5.6, 4 sec. Wish I could have found an angle to avoid that stupid piling in the foreground!  Clown From the Shadows by benruset, on Flickr ISO 100, f/11, 2 sec.  Reach out and Touch Someone by benruset, on Flickr ISO 400, f/11, 15 sec.
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Apr 29, 2013 12:24
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garney posted:Garden of friendship by any chance? I was there just today! http://www.lansugarden.org/ Located in Old Town portion of Downtown Portland Oregon.
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Full moon shots at 2AM.  
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