Solitude
Playing with my Vixen Polarie - a single long exposure
I was at this spot a couple of nights ago and had to revisit it because I wasn't happy with what I captured then. I was surprised the light pollution was considerably lower tonight than what it was when I first visited this spot. I wish there was more Perseid meteor activity but one did pay me a visit during this capture - the very faint streak between the tree and the milky way. I wanted to capture a long exposure with the Polarie and managed to pull of this 86 second exposure. You can see the limit of my lens which shows up as coma aberration. It looks like the beginning of star trailing but actually the camera is fixed on the stars. This is what makes the Rokinon lens so great for astrophotographers because they do not show coma aberration.
Of course, a side effect of a star tracker (like the Polarie) is that the landscape will blur because it tracks the stars. That's what happened to the left side of the tree. I could have avoided this by taking multiple exposures. But this is the best tradeoff I could render at the moment.
But the milky way is sharp. I'm a believer - in the Polarie.
Solitude
Playing with my Vixen Polarie - a single long exposure
I was at this spot a couple of nights ago and had to revisit it because I wasn't happy with what I captured then. I was surprised the light pollution was considerably lower tonight than what it was when I first visited this spot. I wish there was more Perseid meteor activity but one did pay me a visit during this capture - the very faint streak between the tree and the milky way. I wanted to capture a long exposure with the Polarie and managed to pull of this 86 second exposure. You can see the limit of my lens which shows up as coma aberration. It looks like the beginning of star trailing but actually the camera is fixed on the stars. This is what makes the Rokinon lens so great for astrophotographers because they do not show coma aberration.
Of course, a side effect of a star tracker (like the Polarie) is that the landscape will blur because it tracks the stars. That's what happened to the left side of the tree. I could have avoided this by taking multiple exposures. But this is the best tradeoff I could render at the moment.
But the milky way is sharp. I'm a believer - in the Polarie.