Night Photography 101

[availablelight]

Just finished a fairly massive article on Night Photography, from gear, techniques and post-processing pano and stacked star trial images:

Night Light

Any comments or crits appreciated..

cheers,

Alister

[Bluenoser]

Thanks for sharing this, much appreciated.

[Sterling]

Wow! That is an extremely detailed tutorial. First rate! I can't wait to try some of those techniques.

[availablelight]

Originally Posted by Sterling

Wow! That is an extremely detailed tutorial. First rate! I can't to try some of those techniques.

Thanks for that, if you need any additional info, please don't hesitate to get in touch..

All the best,

Alister

[RichardTaylor]

Inspirational!
Thanks very much for the posting..

[availablelight]

Originally Posted by RichardTaylor

Inspirational!
Thanks very much for the posting..

Thank you so much, that makes the whole ordeal of writing it very worthwhile. I am delighted..

[Bluenoser]

After reading through much of the setup I have a question. Maybe I overlooked this but didn't see it.

Are you using mirror lockup when in bulb mode?

[availablelight]

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

After reading through much of the setup I have a question. Maybe I overlooked this but didn't see it.

Are you using mirror lockup when in bulb mode?

Thanks for that, and you are right, I haven't mentioned MLU anywhere in the article. For single exposures, particularly the shorter ones where we are using the moon for illumination, I would use MLU as a matter of course. With the automated stacking star trails shots, I don't use MLU, I would have to test to see how that gets affected my the auto timer, but I suspect it would go goofy...

I'll check that today and amend the article accordingly.

I appreciate the feedback and your time.

best wishes,

Alister

[darkangel]

loved the article you wrote, definatly going to use that to study and practice with. love those shots.

[EXILER]

definately a well written article... thanks you .. and its been bookmarked.. .