Night Sky Practice

No need to comment. I just thought I would share my process. The moon is way too bright for decent star shots but I've forgotten how to set up my star tracker and figured I would practice on the deck. This was shot with shutter speed of 30 sec and ISO 100, f 1.8. You can see some movement in the trees but I think the stars are pretty sharp. You'll have to view on black if you want to see the Big Dipper.
Thanks for your visits, comments, suggestions, favs

[J A Byrdlip]

There are two very faint streaks in the image. Are they planes that were going overhead?

Otherwise, an excellent shot.

[Jane Pittenger]

@byrdlip you are absolutely right. I’m not sure. There were some falling stars while I was out there

[J A Byrdlip]

@jgpittenger That would explain why I didn't notice the strobes of the plane.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Practice makes perfect :)

[Allison Maltese]

Thank you for the tech info. I will have to try it some night. We have a lot of ambient light, though, so I am not sure how successful I will be.

[Linda Godwin]

The stars are very crisp looking, excellent star shot

[Joan Robillard]

Nice shot

[Rick]

Great shot. Guess I should have dropped the iso on mine last night, but think it still would have been too much light. The moon was shining so bright.

[haskar]

Beautiful capture.