How to Photograph the Milky Way in Really Heavy Light Pollution Using ETTR (Expose to the Right)
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This video will show you how I make photographs of the Milky Way in really heavy light pollution around cities like Los Angeles California. I use a method of exposure called ETTR (Expose To The Right). I'll show you why it's beneficial for astrophotography and also how I process these photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Take a project based course on how to photograph the Milky Way with my online Skillshare class: http://skl.sh/1esKGSN Learn how to photograph the Milky Way: http://www.lonelyspeck.com/how-to-make-an-amazing-photo-of-the-milky-way-galaxy/ More Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials on http://www.lonelyspeck.com
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Why was there more noise in the lower iso shot compared to the 6400? What does the shutter speed have to do with that?
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30 seconds shutter speed will make a star trail
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is a lens hood neded
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30 seconds at 18mm f 3.5, iso 1600, on a Nikon D5000, works decent, thanks !
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your 'normal' shot has more noise because it has one less stop of exposure. 15s instead of 30s.
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great video , very interesting ,thanks
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It works without light pollution too, I've started shooting my milky way at 5,000 to 10,000 ISO at F/1.4. You can make the ground look like day when lit up by only starlight.
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thanks, you help me a lot !!
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will the settings be different on different lenseS?
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Thanks!!!
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I own a f 2.8 tokina 11-20mm and i tried this is a lower light polluted area and still wont work.
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PLEASE HELP Bro! I bought a used NIKON D80 and the first night (last night) I went out back and with the setting as close to what I (THINK) you were doing, I held the shutter manually (I could not find a way to do timed exposure without holding the shutter down which introduced a bit of blur at 18mm but especially ZOOM IN at 135mm, I already ordered a IR Remote (for $2 on Amazon!!!) anyways, I can see HUNDREDS of stars in Photoshop I couldn't see before, WOW, BUT, when I look at that Exposure panel (in photoshop) I get a thin LUMP to the LEFT of the histogram not to the right at all! I wonder what I am doing wrong? I had a hell of a time learning the Nikon but I did have it at the setting that made everything the BRIGHTEST, so that has to be CLOSE,.. Also, with no 'live view' I don't really see a way to see the histogram while 'composing' only after. Oh it's so cool what I have accomplished already, even without hooking it up to my 6" Maksutov Cassegrain for Prime Focus and Eyepiece projection...
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Incredible video! Amazing! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us... i try to take some photos of Milky Way, but here where i live is not easy. With your advice will be easier :)
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will this work with my camera + Lens? I got a Nikon d3300 + a Tamron 18-200mm f3.5/6.3 ? I'm New to this Stuff, and I just have this kit for a few days.
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Wow you made me rethink everything I thought i knew about doing night timelapse. Thanks.
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thoughts on rokinon 14mm f/2.8 vs tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 for astrophotography?
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+Ian Norman Im thinking about getting the Tamron 15-30 for this type of photography, opinion? what lens do you use?
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Great video! I just have one question. How can I find the milky way? I mean I must assume and point my cam at a direction as I can see it for light pollution. But is there any method to know that where exactly is the milky way at a particular time? Just like we know about Sun and Moon. I mean we can tell the position of these without seeing them and just by looking by time.
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Did you use manual focus or auto focus ?
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Could you see the milky way with your naked eye when photographing? Thanks for the video, I'm looking forward to giving this a go.
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