My first attempt at Astrophotography

[jgomez65]

I just came back from a family vacation in Sarasota, Fl. I noticed that the beach was very dark and you could see lots of stars, specially after midnight. So one night I took out my camera, conviced my wife to go with me to the beach at 2:00 AM and took these pictures.

Most pictures were taken at 20 seconds exposure, then stacked together with this free software, and finally edited them in PS to bring out the colors and the contrast.

If anyone is interested in the whole process, let me know and I could post the details on how to achieve similar results.

Exif:
Canon XTi
f/3.5
ISO: Some 800, others 1600
Focal Lenght 28mm

[pbailey68]

These are excellent, I especially like the second one for the color and contrast. I've wanted to try this for a while, but in my area it's difficult to find a place that's really dark at night.

[maz52]

very nice work. can you plz send me the whole process.
moazzam

[momo911]

These are amazing. I would give a limb to have stars like that anytime soon. The second one is my favorite.

And Yes, please post a detailed tutorial on how you took these. Would love to try it out


Great work. TFS

[momo911]

I had to come back and look at the second one. It is really good

[jerschae]

Indeed! Great shots!

I've monkeyed around with these types of shots before but the stars always streaked and were out of focus. Would love to try your step-by-step.

TFS!

[Izzy]

Yours turned out far better than mine. I also would like to put in a vote for a tut

[jgomez65]

Thanks for the comments

I posted a simple tutorial. I hope it is helpful. Feel free to ask me any question

Here is the tutorial:

How to shoot the night sky (astrophotography)

[bdbolin]

Awesome shots!

[DPImage Capturing]

These are excellent to me! I would like to know the process as I am at the beach all the time since my mother-in-law lives there and I will be there in a couple of weeks. Again, excellent!