Beautiful photo. Very nice use of perspective.
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Santa clara marine estuary
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Hey @RichieFromBoston sorry about the delayed response I have been exploring the San Juan Mts from Ouray to Durango this last week. What a time this was. To better explain how I shoot the milky way there are certain things to take note while trying to get the milky way to expose herself.
1st - Finding a nice dark place with little to no light pollution DarkSitefinder.com has a really good map to seek-out locations Big Bend TX is about as dark as it gets.
2nd - Moon cycle New moon is the best b/c little to no light pollution but not necessary Full moon is really hard with the extra light in the sky
3rd - Finding out what time the milky way is visible in your location. Stellarium is a planetarium software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. It's easy to use, and free if you go to stellarium.org
After all these 3 things have been researched Camera settings are as followed on my camera equipment.
Use a Tripod and Wide angle lens on camera that has a (Low F-stop 1.4 thru 2.8) My lens I use is the Tamaron 15-30mm F2.8 with a Canon 7D Mark II
My camera settings are as followed below:
F2.8
30" second exposure
ISO 1600-5000 depending on how bright I want the picture to look.
The hardest thing about astrophotography is getting the stars to look sharp but with practice and patience anyone can do it.
Please feel free to reach back out to me if you have any other questions. I will try and post a Milky way shot or 2 from my trip to the San Juan National Forest Colorado this last weekend for reference.
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It’s crazy, you feel so small when you are looking out at it. These pictures don’t do this place justice!
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Milky Way over the Sneffels Range outside of Telluride.
Contributor I
I'll have to keep an eye out for you when I'm back up there, you take some dang good photos.
Traveler III
Enthusiast III
The start of our road trip today.
Pathfinder I
Sometimes a day trip to the gulf to watch the sunset and pull a few grunts is all I need
A couple from the last couple of weeks
Of course, there's the getting there part...
It's actually in CO. It's part of the old Pennsylvania Mine.
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Off-Road Ranger I
The best part? Waking up every morning seeing that beautiful peak.
