Djarum
All-Pro
- Location
- Huntsville, AL
- Name
- Jason
Shot with Panasonic 15mm and epl5. Just a single frame.
If you can find Cassiopeia (the W shaped constellation) the Milky Way runs across that. As with the Pleiades it often looks best if you look slightly away from it as your eyes are more sensitive to light coming from the side. Or just wait out in the cold until you get used to the dark!I suppose one needs to know where to look for it, as well
When I had a serious go at Astro photography last winter I found that focussing at nearer than infinity produced better results. About 1mm on the focus ring did the trick. That was on a Fuji 35mm lens, YMMV. I'm going to try my E-M10 with the Olympus 17mm 1.8 some evening when the clocks have gone back. The live time feature looks promising for this kind of shot.Nice! Some of the brighter stars really pop. Was it taken near your home?
I got this one way up in the mountains of the Caucasus (roughly 2200m / 7200 feet above sea level; X100, SOOC jpeg). I've always had trouble getting the X100 to focus exactly at infinity for those star shots...
So Milky by bartjeej, on Flickr
I suppose one needs to know where to look for it, as well
so this is visible to the naked eye? It's been awhile since I've been in the middle of nowhere, but all I remember is lots of stars...nothing so elaborate.
When I had a serious go at Astro photography last winter I found that focussing at nearer than infinity produced better results. About 1mm on the focus ring did the trick. That was on a Fuji 35mm lens, YMMV. I'm going to try my E-M10 with the Olympus 17mm 1.8 some evening when the clocks have gone back. The live time feature looks promising for this kind of shot.
If you can find Cassiopeia (the W shaped constellation) the Milky Way runs across that. As with the Pleiades it often looks best if you look slightly away from it as your eyes are more sensitive to light coming from the side. Or just wait out in the cold until you get used to the dark!