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Thanks.
Oh, for standing still, I just did my best not to move. The shutter was activated by timer, so i had time to run up the stairs of the cottage and stand there.
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wrote ... That is a nice shot and something my camera won't even come close to. What sort of processing did you do on it?
Practically zero processing on this shot other than cropping. This is right out of the camera.
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The camera can, it is mostly a matter of getting everything right at the same time.
Not sure what you mean by getting everything right at the same time. This is just a single 30 second exposure mounted on a fixed tripod. Nothing fancy and something everyone is capable of.
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wow, where abouts is it roughly, out of interest? That place must be very low in light pollution to get a shot like that. It would probably be impossible around where I live, unless I aimed the camera directly up. Catching the scenery in the photo as well is spectacular!
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omg: evr, 1000'th post!
My C50 crap can't even go more than 8 second exposure. Dark pics are full of noise no matter what I do, and stars, if visible, wouln't be very distinguishible from it :p
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Not sure what you mean by getting everything right at the same time.
You need the sky to be dark, no clouds, you must be awake at the time, you must have your tripod, it must not so cold and windy that you are more dead than alive before you manage to press the trigger.
Where you live will have a large influence on the probability of getting all the factors in place.
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Thanks for the tips. I went out at night (11pm) and did a 5 min exposure. It's just like daytime Far better than the 30 sec exposure (by about 10 times I guess). I had forgotten about the bulb setting.
This opens up a whole new field. Get ready for a whole lot of streaky star photos
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Far better than the 30 sec exposure (by about 10 times I guess). I had forgotten about the bulb setting.
