craig goch dam
Isnt photography just magical. I had a day out a while back to photograph the milky way and found a few issues so armed with a little more kit we set off to the Elan Valley in Wales. It has been so frustrating waiting for clear skies and no moon but here it is. The foreground is half a dozen frames taken as darkness fell the sky is made up of around 30 90s exposures at 800 iso. I made mistakes and the stars have trailed a little but its still only a short night here in the uk so no chance to redo. Im really unsure how to edit this picture. its at night so should be in total darkness but then there would be no foreground. I love these old valve towers on the dam with their copper sheet roofs. A really enjoyable night. i used a really cheep little tracker by a company called MSM. all you need is something that turns the camera at 15 degrees an hour to counter the earths rotation. It helps a lot to keep the iso down and get a lot more colour in the milky way.
craig goch dam
Isnt photography just magical. I had a day out a while back to photograph the milky way and found a few issues so armed with a little more kit we set off to the Elan Valley in Wales. It has been so frustrating waiting for clear skies and no moon but here it is. The foreground is half a dozen frames taken as darkness fell the sky is made up of around 30 90s exposures at 800 iso. I made mistakes and the stars have trailed a little but its still only a short night here in the uk so no chance to redo. Im really unsure how to edit this picture. its at night so should be in total darkness but then there would be no foreground. I love these old valve towers on the dam with their copper sheet roofs. A really enjoyable night. i used a really cheep little tracker by a company called MSM. all you need is something that turns the camera at 15 degrees an hour to counter the earths rotation. It helps a lot to keep the iso down and get a lot more colour in the milky way.