I made 1,000 or so 20 second exposures last night: Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 ISO 6400, Lightroom for dehaze and noise reduction, Starstax for the composite. Go ahead – order a print – you know you want to!
Archive for the Long exposures Category
Persied Meteor Shower
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, Composite, Long exposures, sky with tags meteor on August 12, 2016 by budbranchFireworks Over Taos
Posted in 5DMII, Long exposures, Wide Angle on July 5, 2016 by budbranch
Manual focus (prefocus before it gets dark, tape it down), Canon 17-40 on tripod, f/5.6 or so, ISO 400, Bulb mode (shutter stays open as long as you press the shutter). These are 2,3 ,4, or 5 second exposures, trying to capture only one, interesting burst. These are the 15 prettiest, out of 150 frames. Lightroom to adjust exposure, and crop. Prints here.
Moonless Sky, Looking North
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, Composite, Long exposures, sky, Wide Angle on July 4, 2016 by budbranch180 or so 25-second exposures, composited together using “Starstax” software.
f/4, ISO 3200
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Lightning in Taos Canyon
Posted in 5DMII, Long exposures, Wide Angle with tags lightning on June 22, 2016 by budbranch10 second exposure @ f/5.6, ISO 100, 17mm
I mounted the camera on a tripod, set focus to manual, focused with live view. With camera on manual mode, experimented with ISO and aperture to get reasonable exposure using 10 second shutter, then locked-down the shutter so it would shoot unlimited 10-second exposures. Out of 300 or so frames, this was the keeper!
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Posted in Architectural, HDR, Long exposures, Wide Angle on May 15, 2016 by budbranch
Star Trails
Posted in Astrophotography, Composite, interval exposure, Long exposures, sky, Wide Angle on May 14, 2016 by budbranchThese images are composites of multiple frames: 25, 53, 76, and 157, so at 30 seconds per exposure, the images capture 12, 25, 38, and 78 minutes of star movement. I use free software called StarStaX to blend them all together.
Night Sky
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, interval exposure, Long exposures, sky on May 7, 2016 by budbranchProspecting for Eta Aquarids meteors – none in this frame. Looking southeast, thirty second exposures f/4.0, 17MM ISO 6400. I set the camera up at 10:30 and set a self-timer delay for 3-1/2 hours, so it would start making exposures around 2AM. Mars is low at right.
These next two are consecutive 30 second frames showing an aircraft (given away by the strobing beacon lights), and a satellite that brightened and dimmed during the 60 seconds it took to make these images.
There are meteors in both of these images:
Twin satellites – interesting:
Meteor and aircraft:
As dawn was breaking, a classic Iridium flare, top right:
Sparkler Experimentation
Posted in 5DMII, Long exposures, sparklers on March 12, 2016 by budbranchThe band “Mill” engaged me for some experimental sparkler shots. No flash was utilized here, just 25 second exposures off a tripod, wide angle f/5.6, ISO 100. Fun stuff.
Cincinnati Aerials
Posted in Aerial, DJI Phantom 3, HDR, Long exposures, RC Quadcopter on January 2, 2016 by budbranch
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