My last shot of the night at the Superstition Mountains in Phoenix. I took a course on night photography given by Arizona Highway Magazine. A great course and I learned a great deal. The brightest streak is the planet Jupiter.
@evalieutionspics The big take-aways from the class was plan your location, know sunset time and weather for the night and most importantly set your focus before dark and lock down the lens with gaffers tape then you can make adjustments in fstop,shutter speeds, and iso. The trick that I learned is take test shot for your star trail with: 1/20 of a second shutter, wide open aperture and ISO of 6400, this should give you a good idea of what the composition will look like. If you like your test shot, then lower the ISO to your camera's optimal ISO (mine was 100) then use a remote or an intervolmeter(a remote with timer function) to time the shot using bulb for about 20 minutes. ( https://www.amazon.com/Fun-Dark-Beth-Ruggiero-York-ebook/dp/B0145F7ZWG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1490640027&sr=1-1&keywords=fun+in+the+dark) this is the book written by the instructor
@amandalockie Thank you very much, the Phoenix area is my ideal sky since there is so much light but it was actually rather nice.
@moviegal1 Thank you a great deal. The Superstitions are just outside of the Phoenix area and really rather colorful this time of year. @graemestevens Thank you very much, I truly appreciate the fav. The evening was cool to the Phoenicians but this Flagite was almost tempted to wear shorts. Their low is our high.
@gardencat Thank you so much, the lights from Phoenix do make night work a challenge, even in Flagstaff (2 hours north) which likes to call itself "the first dark skies city" the lights still create issues. We see a great deal more visual stars up here but then the nights are much colder -so you can't win. The things that I learned is that the camera 'picks up' many more stars than our eyes see. Give it a try, you might be surprised.
@megpicatilly Thank you, I am grateful. I have tried a couple of times but nothing came near as okay as this. I had 5 hours of classroom instruction before we went into the field. There was a four total staff that helped out during the 4 hours we were at the park shooting. I actually lost my focus in the dark and the instructor took the time to re-set it and this was the result of her tweaking my focus. I learned how to focus on a bright star and then go back to my original composition.
@lizhammond You are so very kind, thank you. I was experimenting with white balance. The green in the grasses and cacti were so just amazing. I also learned how to adjust my Kelvin white balance while taking this class.
@eudora I am very grateful for the fav, thank you so much.
@cjphoto Truly grateful for you kind words. The confidence that I gained taking this course is so worth the money spent. You should try.
@brett101 Thank you so very much, the class was so much fun and I learned a great deal. Primarily learning that I need to upgrade lens if I want to do night photography. I did buy a 1.8 35mm this week and so far, I love it. I haven't made the stay out at night effort yet but will. I apologize for the late response.
@stephanies You are so very kind, thank you for the fav. I apologize for my missing your comment until now. The class on night photography was so wonderful. I really liked the instructors and am hooked, I think. It is much warmer at night down in Phoenix than in Flagstaff where it is still in the high 20's (-2C) at night.
April 6th, 2017
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@amandalockie Thank you very much, the Phoenix area is my ideal sky since there is so much light but it was actually rather nice.
@moviegal1 Thank you a great deal. The Superstitions are just outside of the Phoenix area and really rather colorful this time of year.
@graemestevens Thank you very much, I truly appreciate the fav. The evening was cool to the Phoenicians but this Flagite was almost tempted to wear shorts. Their low is our high.
@gardencat Thank you so much, the lights from Phoenix do make night work a challenge, even in Flagstaff (2 hours north) which likes to call itself "the first dark skies city" the lights still create issues. We see a great deal more visual stars up here but then the nights are much colder -so you can't win. The things that I learned is that the camera 'picks up' many more stars than our eyes see. Give it a try, you might be surprised.
@domenicododaro You are very kind, thank you.
@megpicatilly Thank you, I am grateful. I have tried a couple of times but nothing came near as okay as this. I had 5 hours of classroom instruction before we went into the field. There was a four total staff that helped out during the 4 hours we were at the park shooting. I actually lost my focus in the dark and the instructor took the time to re-set it and this was the result of her tweaking my focus. I learned how to focus on a bright star and then go back to my original composition.
@eudora I am very grateful for the fav, thank you so much.
@cjphoto Truly grateful for you kind words. The confidence that I gained taking this course is so worth the money spent. You should try.
@stephanies You are so very kind, thank you for the fav. I apologize for my missing your comment until now. The class on night photography was so wonderful. I really liked the instructors and am hooked, I think. It is much warmer at night down in Phoenix than in Flagstaff where it is still in the high 20's (-2C) at night.