skypointer2000
Universe vs Landmark
As framing in the middle of the night at a dark site is no easy task, I normally start by aiming the camera in the general direction and do the composition by shooting a few trial frames. Between the exposures I slightly shift the camera, until I reach the desired composition. As I have no intention to use the images produced during this workflow and to loose as little time as possible, I shoot with the ISO pushed to the limit, which is ISO 16'000 on my 7D mk ll.
The Image above is the result of this aiming process: It is a 2 image panorama. The first shot was aimed too high and the second image was the base for my previously published image: flic.kr/p/KP9rQS
In the dark of the night, I then decided that the Milky Way was still too far away from Mt Matterhorn for this lens. I therefore switched to my Samyang 10mm and returned only much later to the 24mm.
At home, I stumbled over the aiming shots, as I forgot to delete them. Despite the horrible noise of the extreme ISO and the Milky Way right at the edge of the frame, I kind of liked them now. So I stitched the two shots into this vertical panorama.
Processing the horribly bad data was really difficult and I have been playing around with this shot for quite some time. I am still unsure whether it was worth publishing. If it is too noisy for you, take it as an example that pushing ISO too far is a bad idea. I promise my future shots will be of better quality again...
As always, any feedback is welcome.
Canon 7D mk ll
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
2 x 4s @ ISO16'000
Universe vs Landmark
As framing in the middle of the night at a dark site is no easy task, I normally start by aiming the camera in the general direction and do the composition by shooting a few trial frames. Between the exposures I slightly shift the camera, until I reach the desired composition. As I have no intention to use the images produced during this workflow and to loose as little time as possible, I shoot with the ISO pushed to the limit, which is ISO 16'000 on my 7D mk ll.
The Image above is the result of this aiming process: It is a 2 image panorama. The first shot was aimed too high and the second image was the base for my previously published image: flic.kr/p/KP9rQS
In the dark of the night, I then decided that the Milky Way was still too far away from Mt Matterhorn for this lens. I therefore switched to my Samyang 10mm and returned only much later to the 24mm.
At home, I stumbled over the aiming shots, as I forgot to delete them. Despite the horrible noise of the extreme ISO and the Milky Way right at the edge of the frame, I kind of liked them now. So I stitched the two shots into this vertical panorama.
Processing the horribly bad data was really difficult and I have been playing around with this shot for quite some time. I am still unsure whether it was worth publishing. If it is too noisy for you, take it as an example that pushing ISO too far is a bad idea. I promise my future shots will be of better quality again...
As always, any feedback is welcome.
Canon 7D mk ll
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
2 x 4s @ ISO16'000