After a successful sunset shoot, Richard and I went back to the car to re-pack our bags and prepare for our Astrophotography adventures. The moon set at 9:30. So we ventured off soon after that in the darkness. Check out Richard’s Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/richlefroy Go here for Richard’s video of this trip - https://youtu.be/5B1_vDMvkNc When shooting astrophotography in the dark, there are a few challenges. I use the ‘500 rule’ to find the best camera setting. I divide 500 by the focal length of my lens. In this case, it was 14-15 mm, which gives me around a maximum exposure of 35 seconds. I rounded that down to 30 seconds to be on the safe side. Finding your composition because you are able to see your scene through the camera. I point my camera in the general direction I want to shoot and increase the ISO to a high value like 64000 or 128000, this allows me to change my shutter speed to 5 or 8 seconds so I don’t have to wait around for the full 30 seconds exposure. I adjust my camera angle accordingly and shoot again. Once I’m happy, I change the ISO back to 1600 and shoot a correctly exposure 30-second shot. Another challenge can be finding the right focus, again because everything is so dark. I know that my lens is sharp for infinite objects when turning the focus to infinity and then just back it off a touch. To know this I’ve focused on an object in the distance during the day and noted the position of the focus setting (a few millimetres back from infinity). As I want to get the star as sharp as possible, I can zoom in on the screen on the back of the camera to check the stars are sharp before continuing. For this video, I shot with this lens - http://geni.us/ha4b Check out our previous videos where we captured the sunset in the Cervantes Sand Dunes: Mine vlog - https://youtu.be/YoDtakiDbcU Richard’s vlog - http://geni.us/LfVXU The t-shirt I was wearing is now available for purchase at http://geni.us/Aq5yJjt Check out my adventures with the Fujifilm X-T2 Bracketing Exposures - https://youtu.be/r7cBzECVnf0 Controlling Exposures with Lee Filters - https://youtu.be/_Q-zxEux1n0 Long Exposures - https://youtu.be/2ZoGEgIgj2Q Composition using framing - https://youtu.be/ZbO8r6UZw3Y Seascape Photography video from Burns Beach - https://youtu.be/wHboGlmZb04 Photography Gear - http://geni.us/lcoUGn Current Landscape Photography Gear - http://geni.us/9qYv Current Vlogging Kit - http://geni.us/IGrpPY MAIN LANDSCAPE KIT My NEW main camera - https://amzn.to/2EwKE1D New Tripod - https://amzn.to/2BQLyUC New Ball Head - https://amzn.to/2Evr7yo 'L' Bracket - https://amzn.to/2H18tAf Best lens for those big vistas - https://amzn.to/2E8TyB1 Most used lens - https://amzn.to/2H12Hyn When I need that extra reach - https://amzn.to/2XiDBkx MIRRORLESS SETUP Mirrorless Camera - https://amzn.to/2Xom36f Wide angle lens - https://amzn.to/2E81KkW Mid-range lens - https://amzn.to/2E80L4e Light weight Zoom Lens - https://amzn.to/2GYbzow Travel Tripod - https://amzn.to/2EcXLnd FILTER SYSTEM My filter system - https://amzn.to/2EbPwYr Slim Landscape Polariser - https://amzn.to/2U6Y6hO ND Soft Grad Filters - https://amzn.to/2U6Y7Co ND Hard Grad Filters - https://amzn.to/2tAu9uS Little Stopper - https://amzn.to/2XmFKvq Big Stopper - https://amzn.to/2EvCbLY AERIAL TOOLBOX My Favourite Drone - https://amzn.to/2EuwFJA Fly More Kit - https://amzn.to/2BTRj4e Best Drone Filters - https://amzn.to/2Ev16iR VLOGGING GEAR Main Video Camera - https://amzn.to/2Xm6ex1 Mini Tripod - https://amzn.to/2E9xrKx Camera Mic - https://amzn.to/2E90HBl Lav Mic setup - https://amzn.to/2BT4bYf Capture Sound - https://amzn.to/2Ed1MrN In Australia, for best service and price, I shop at Camera Pro - https://camerapro.idevaffiliate.com/1... Camera - https://camerapro.idevaffiliate.com/i... Wide Lens - https://camerapro.idevaffiliate.com/i... Filter Kit - https://camerapro.idevaffiliate.com/i... Drone - https://camerapro.idevaffiliate.com/i... CONNECT WITH ME Instagram (for other images) | https://www.instagram.com/andrew_marr/ Facebook (ask me questions) | https://www.facebook.com/AndrewMarrPh... Twitter (for my latest adventures) | http://twitter.com/madebyandrew WANT TO SEE MORE OF MY ADVENTURES? Landscape Photography Adventures in Iceland - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Landscape Photography in the UK - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Seascape Photography Images - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Post-Processing Landscape Photography Images - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... ************ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ************* If you’d like to be notified when I upload my next landscape photography adventure, please subscribe to my channel | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvi... ******************************************* Thank you for your support! 🙂 #astrophotography #Nikon #settings
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