Starry Starry Night

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 17, 2015143 views6 comments

I have recently gotten interested in night sky photography. For my recent trip to YNP and GTNP, I purchased a manual focus Rokinon 14mm f2.8 lens. This lens, while very reasonably priced, was highly rated for night sky photography. I took this image at the Oxbow bend of the Snake River in GTNP around 2:45 AM. I have lots to learn and I will be the first to admit that the image is not perfect. However, I wanted to share the image, if nothing else, to possibly spark some interest in this most challenging and amazing area of photography.

As always, comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 5D Mark II
Rokinon 14mm f2.8
f2.8
29s
Focal Length 14mm
ISO 3200

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on October 17, 2015 at 5:05 PM

Nicely done! Little noise...this cleaned up nicely. I too am enjoying learning night sky photography. A challenge and inspiring. Well done capture of the Milky Way.

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Comment posted by Richard Wong on October 17, 2015 at 5:50 PM

Really beautiful shot Jerry. I like that you were able to get some reflections out of the water.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 17, 2015 at 11:01 PM

Jerry, this is a fine start in nightime photography. Beautiful job on the Milky Way, plus there's enough detail in the foreground (particularly along the left) to keep it interesting. The star field looks great. With your super wide, even at 29s, there's minimal streatching of the stars. The trailing of the stars depends on the exposure time and the focal length, the longer the lens, the faster you can see streaking. There are times when getting long streaks (and they become circular as you point your camera at the North Star) works very well also.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on October 18, 2015 at 11:09 AM

Excellent Jerry,
You sure are get'n the hang of Night Sky Photography by the looks of this image.
Well Done . . . devil

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on October 18, 2015 at 3:41 PM

Very nice effort, Jerry. The dust lanes and the stars look great. I also like that you got a nice reflection in the river.

--P

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Comment posted by gary phillips on October 18, 2015 at 10:45 PM

This is pretty nice, Jerry. I picked up the Rokinon 14mm last Christmas and used it for my first night shots over labor day. I like the lens a lot and use it quite often. I'm a bit of a night owl, so I'm trying to learn more about night photography and thus far have had limited success. I think you did an admiral job with foreground which, for me, can be the hardest part to get right.

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