Baroon Dam Nightscapes

CJ (Chris) · #1 19-09-2017, 05:16 PM

My first go at some "proper" nightscapes with the Tokina I bagged from Dylan. Tokina 11-16 on Canon 70D, all single frame, 13sec at iso3200. F2.8. Untweaked except for upping the brightness of the jpg conversions. The jpgs are ok viewed in DPP4 but when viewed through Windows Photo Gallery and Facebook they appear much darker.
Comments welcome
Cheers.

Mickoid (Michael) · #2 19-09-2017, 08:01 PM

Nice job Chris, love the last one, a bit ' Close Encounters' type of scene. Glad no one ran into the back of your car while you were taking the shot! I have the same lens and have found I have to stop down to about f5.6 to keep the stars round in the corners. What f stop did you use for these?

Premordial (Max) · #3 19-09-2017, 08:58 PM

Great shots. Especially like the first one framed by the trees.

CJ (Chris) · #4 19-09-2017, 10:51 PM

Thanks Michael and Premordial.
Michael, these were taken at f2.8. I just whacked it wide open to test it out and was surprised how good the results were. If I don't zoom right in they look good to me. The road is a dead end out to the dam wall and car park. The "headlight" was my torch that I switched on for a moment to pick up the barriers, but I was very pleased with the result. I particularly liked the way it fades to nothing, providing an element of intrigue. That's what I thought anyway!