Night Sky by salza

Night Sky

My get pushed challenge from kali @kali66 - I wonder if you have ever tried to do any astrophotography, I have been having a lot of fun with it and I think you probably live in an ideal place to try it, as long as you get a fine night this week

Taken from my garden, testing out some camera settings. Planning to go out and try this again but weather might put a spanner in the works. There's some light cloud in this capture and we have overcast conditions forecast for the next few nights.
@kali an experiment testing the camera settings for the astrophotography challenge. Not sure if I will get another chance to shoot stars as cloudy weather is forecast for the next few days.
November 2nd, 2016  
Great shot Sally
November 2nd, 2016  
Beautiful
November 2nd, 2016  
Incredible!
November 2nd, 2016  
So beautiful a starry sky! This is something I must try one day.
November 2nd, 2016  
What a great challenge - and a fabulous response to it Sally
November 2nd, 2016  
Excellent! Well done!
November 2nd, 2016  
Wow! Very impressive.
November 2nd, 2016  
Neat capture :)
November 2nd, 2016  
This is wonderful!
November 2nd, 2016  
Super to be able to see these stars so clearly! I see its around 10pm. I'll have to go outside and see if I can do this but we do have bright street lights which ruin the opportunity! fa
November 2nd, 2016  
Great capture :)
November 2nd, 2016  
Lovely
November 2nd, 2016  
my problem when doing shots like this is i couldn't ascertain whether my camera has focused properly - my eyes are so bad in the dark! aces on this, my friend!
November 2nd, 2016  
Super night sky. Look forward to more.
November 2nd, 2016  
How incredible! xx
November 2nd, 2016  
MB
Look at all those stars. Beautiful.
November 3rd, 2016  
Super!
November 3rd, 2016  
@maggiemae we have a streetlight right outside plus there are some exterior lights on neighbouring houses. Give it a go, one of the tutorials that I have watched says that if you can see stars with the naked eye you should be able to photograph them.
November 3rd, 2016  
@summerfield Vikki, I just set the camera into full manual mode, turn off auto focus and set lens to infinity. I didn't even look through the view finder but just pointed the camera towards the sky and pressed the shutter.
November 3rd, 2016  
Very credible effort.
November 3rd, 2016  
Ah - thanks! There is a lot I need to learn!
November 3rd, 2016  
This is very impressive. Wonderful stars. I've never managed this although I have tried!
November 3rd, 2016  
spectacular! wonderful capture, great lighting, wonderful how the tree stand out
I really hope it rains and rains and rains. There will be more opportunity for you to do this again
November 3rd, 2016  
I was on my way to a night photography workshop when the car was hit so I'm envious you figured out how to do this!! I will have to try it on my own- I do have a book and have looked at a few things on youtube. You did a great job here!
November 3rd, 2016  
I've tried this once or twice without much success. Well done Sally :)
November 3rd, 2016  
The contrast of the trees and sky is great.
November 4th, 2016  
@kali66 sorry I see that I didn't use the correct tag when I posted the picture 🙄
November 6th, 2016  
you got stars clearly so that is fantastic. i hope this inspires you to giver it a go another time
November 6th, 2016  
@kali66 I will definitely give it another go. I have some ideas but we have had cloud around almost the whole week! Even in this shot there's some cloud.
November 6th, 2016  
@salza i know the feeling our spring weather leaves a lot to be desired
November 6th, 2016  
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