A #treetuesday #monomad entry

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11-25-2019

A Starry Dark Night Tree View

We finally had a clear beginning to the night. It was cold. I have been waiting for a chance to try and learn some night time photography, but first things first. "This is my entry for the #monomad challenge". Oh and also since for most of the world it is Tuesday and no longer Monday, a #treetuesday picture also for @old-guy-photos, because I know he likes the monomad concept also.

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This is the Link to the monomad challenge - MONOMAD - November 25th - PLEASE READ THE CONTEST RULES BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR IMAGES.

Photo taken on 11-25-2019 at 8:14 PM Alaska time.
Settings:

  • f-stop 2.8
  • exposure time 56.1 sec's
  • ISO 500
  • focal length 35mm

Thus ends the monomad photo challenge entry part

Here is the original photo that the above was cropped out of, edited and enhanced. Of course all the camera settings were the same as above. Before it got dark outside, I set my camera on the tripod by my window and tried to get a good focus on the trees. I figured they were far enough away to also have the stars somewhat in focus. The only manipulation to the below photo was the resizing of it so it could be uploaded.

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As you can see in the camera settings above this was a pretty long exposure. I used my handheld clicker to get that long, and watched the smartphone clock time to try and get to one minute. I have a lot to still learn about night time photography and with the only time to really practice is in the winter it will take me quite some time. Below is the same scene only with the following settings: F-stop 1.8, exposure time 30 seconds, ISO-800 and focal length 35mm.

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I need to learn about photo stacking and how to do it so I can get some of those really spectacular shots the pro's do. You just do not see much in one frame of 10 seconds, and the longer exposures seem to get a lot of the background light being picked up. Try Try and try again, and one day I may get one of those super shots, when I am in a warmer nighttime climate and can spend three or four hours outside in the dark and not just 20 minutes freezing in front of a wide open window with little pockets of light all around me.

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You need higher ISO and wider aperture. Exposure time not longer than 15 seconds.

That's a fine picture, by the way, but it looks more like snowfall than a starry sky.

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Thank you I will, if it is clear again tomorrow, bump ISO to 2000 and 2500 and then the time to 10 seconds, I seem to recall something about the 10 seconds to minimize the star trails and blur a bit. Thank you for the feed back it is very much appreciated.

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Also, remember to focus the camera at the appropriate distance. Focus on infinity if you don't have anything in the foreground. If yes, you need to take into account hyperfocal distance. That is the distance from which halfway between the camera and the focal plain into infinity everything is in acceptably sharp focus. It depends on the aperture and the focal length used among other things.

Here's some more info:

https://www.photopills.com/calculators/hyperfocal-table

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I did try to focus on the trees while it was still light out,they are about a hundred feet away, hoping that the stars would not look like little globes of light. I must have moved my focus, I just tried to get some new shots with higher ISO and f stop of 5.6 but the stars came out as globes of light instead of pin points, so will giver it another shot hopefully tomorrow.. Thanks for the link I will take a look at that.

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Yeah, you probably moved it. Can you use a wider aperture?

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After looking over that web page link, I will be changing out to my landscape lens(wide angle) tomorrow 10-20mm 1:4.5-5.6 G lens.for now I need to sleep. this has kept me up to late, but has been interesting. Hopefully I will be able to get some early tomorrow evening.

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I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

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It may be a while before the next clear day. Looks like we have the clouds rolling back in, and maybe snow for our Thanksgiving day. But we do get a lot of clear days in the winter.

My landscape lens the smallest f-stop I have available at the 10mm focal length is 4.5. in the meantime I will continue to look over the link you gave and learn more about the hyperfocal information. Thank you once again for the help.

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