Shooting a meteor shower last night
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aquariumclown
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Great job Jessy, good exposure considering the earth was lit. Care to share your metadata?
Recty
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# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 40/1 second ===> 40 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 32/10 ===> Æ’/3.2
# Exposure Program = manual control (1)
# ISO Speed Ratings = 320
I like this shot... I'm looking forward to winter time when the sky is darker up here, that's one of the reasons I'm getting this 50mm 1.4, I want to try some night time star captures.
aquariumclown
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How come you got different metadata than I did?
aquariumclown
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Jessy, where in the shot did you do your spot metering?
TitusvileSurfer
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Very nicely done!
Jessy.
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Thanks for the kind words, aquariumclown I don't know why you're getting the wrong info. Everything is right except that it was a 40sec exposure. I don't know where I spot metered because I was using manual focus set to infinity. I really need to learn how to use hyperfocal distance. I think that's why my foreground is so soft. I did some sneaky post processing to get the foreground lighter. In light room there is a graduating filter that is supposed to be used to darken skies. Well, i used it to lighten the earth instead. 
maroun.c
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Nice Shots Jessy.
As you're already exposing for that Long and desire an even longer exposure time I would shoot at a smaller aperture than 3.2 as that would have given you much more deapth of field. You still got a decent DOF at 3.2 as your focal distance was really big (which is the second factor that afftects your DOF in addition to Aperture and focal length of your lens). Hyperfocal distance might still help you but just using a smaller DOF would be great to start with. I'm seeing some smudges above that mountain?
As you're already exposing for that Long and desire an even longer exposure time I would shoot at a smaller aperture than 3.2 as that would have given you much more deapth of field. You still got a decent DOF at 3.2 as your focal distance was really big (which is the second factor that afftects your DOF in addition to Aperture and focal length of your lens). Hyperfocal distance might still help you but just using a smaller DOF would be great to start with. I'm seeing some smudges above that mountain?
The problem with a longer exposure is that the stars will streak. That's fine if that's what you're after but at 13mm you can get away with 30 seconds and still have the stars fairly sharp. Virtually the entire scene is at infinity. I'd like have shot it with a similar aperture.
Jessy.
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I understand what you're saying and ideally I would have liked a smaller aperture, but like beerguy said, without a mechanism that moves my camera with the rotation of the earth (which I intend to obtain one day) I'll get star trails. The smudges I think you're referring to above the big mountain in the sky are clouds/smoke/galaxies??? I don't know what they are. I did really little post processing on this shot. The foreground lightening and a levels contrast adjustment was about it.
Glad you chimed in here. It was your shot of the tree on the hill at night that has got me to go out the two times so far that I've been night shooting. I think this time got some results that I am, for the most part, happy with. But I know I need to improve. Now that I know my 11-16 lens looks fairly nice i'm going to try my hand at perfecting focusing and timing.
aquariumclown
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15518544#post15518544 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jessy.
Thanks for the kind words, aquariumclown I don't know why you're getting the wrong info. Everything is right except that it was a 40sec exposure. I don't know where I spot metered because I was using manual focus set to infinity. I really need to learn how to use hyperfocal distance. I think that's why my foreground is so soft. I did some sneaky post processing to get the foreground lighter. In light room there is a graduating filter that is supposed to be used to darken skies. Well, i used it to lighten the earth instead.
I see, I have to wait for the next time that I'm out in the woods to shoot. It's not too often lately so I try to learn now for when I'm out. I'd be happy if I got the shot you did
Jessy.
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From what I can tell I was facing WSW. The lights are definitely from a city. And the smudges are probably clouds or smoke from a fire. I was just kinda kidding about adding galaxy in there. I know you CAN capture galaxies on film, but I just need to work on a few things to get there.
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