night scape close to home

[schmikko (Michael)]

Hi all,
after seeing some wonderful nightscapes in this forum, I decided to give it a go. As my camera doesn't have very high iso, I made a simple barn door tracker to extend the exposure time a bit. I took one photo for the foreground untracked then tracked for the next pic, combined in photoshop and adjusted with curves and levels.
I haven't been able to get out to a good darkish site yet so I've been practicing close to home when I get the time & weather is ok.
The attached photo was taken 1 minute stroll up the road from where I live (Western Sydney) to see what I could get. A car happened to be driving past when I was exposing for the foreground.
Canon 400d, Sigma 10-20mm @ 10mm, ISO 800, F5 for 1.5 minutes. Image has been slightly cropped.

thanks for looking, any feed back & tips are welcome

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice, Michael

[niko]

Western Sydney?

you've done well to get as much detail as you have.

try taking multiple shots and stacking them - though you'll either need to exclude the foreground or take a separate exposure for it

[schmikko (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Very nice, Michael

Thanks Larry

Originally Posted by niko

Western Sydney?

you've done well to get as much detail as you have.

try taking multiple shots and stacking them - though you'll either need to exclude the foreground or take a separate exposure for it

Thanks Niko, I'll have to try a few images with stacks. It would help out with the noise I suppose, could get a little complicated but with the right image it would work great.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

That's actually pretty inspiring. I've only got a 400D and a relatively slow lens too so it's nice to see what can be achieved. Of course it's hard to compete with 6Ds and f/2.8 but thats a good effort.

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Well done Michael excellent start!!

[schmikko (Michael)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

That's actually pretty inspiring. I've only got a 400D and a relatively slow lens too so it's nice to see what can be achieved. Of course you it's hard to compete with 6Ds and f/2.8 but thats a good effort.

thanks David.

Originally Posted by ourkind

Well done Michael excellent start!!

Thanks Carlos

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Michael.

The tracking device worked well....who needs a Polarie!

I like the way you've lit up the tree.

Ross.