Hi all, I've been continuing my experiments with astrophotography using my EOS Canon 70 D and the results are becoming better and much sharper. Here are my latest #longexposure photographs.
I started with the ISO set to 100, f/4 and an 8.5 second exposure for this first shot of the moon and as you can see it is a little blurry and quite blown out.
Next image below was ISO 100, f/4, 43.9 seconds.
Next image ISO 100, f/1.4, 14.9 seconds
The next image settings were again ISO 100, f/1.4 and 17.6 seconds using the Sigma 30 mm lens
Final image settings ISO 100, f/1.4, 16.1 seconds exposure. Again with the Sigma 30 mm lens
As you can see hopefully. The images got progressively sharper at f/1.4 and now it's a case of making smaller adjustments to select particular elements that you want to photograph in the night sky.
I'm having a lot of fun with this and got a couple of clean photos of the moon but they came out tiny like these below?
I don't know what I did there but they were just super small? You can see the craters of the moon if you squint lol
Have a peaceful weekend folks.
More in this astrophotography series.
Star trails and Ursa Major
Mysterious object photographed UFO?
My camera gear
EOS Canon 70D
Sigma 30 mm lens
Sigma 20 mm lens
Pixel Shutter Cable Release
Travel tripod
| Category | (longexposure photography) |
| Camera | (Canon EOS 70D) |
| Exposure | (see above) |
| f Stop | (see above) |
| ISO | (100) |
| Lens | (Sigma 10-20 & 30 mm lenses) |
Great work. You even got Mars in the first image. (I think that’s Mars – at least, I saw on the news that it would be visible to the right of the Moon this week.) :D
I think you may be right @momzillanc it looks like it's in the right place.
excellent work, astronomy photography is a combination of equipment, technique, practice and a lot of patience, go ahead and you will see how to get excellent photos.
Thanks @srod it's a lot of fun and the images are getting better the more I practice. My next target is to get a good photograph of the Milky Way. I got one already by pure luck. It's not great but a start.
Nicely done! The night sky is fascinating.
It's so dark where we are that the sky looks amazing on a clear night. I might try a few shots tonight.
Lucky you! I haven't seen a good night sky in years.
I save this read for later but a question for anyone. I've tried capturing the stars at night and haven't had any real good success at it because of all the light pollution around my area. However I was wondering if my camera is capable of capturing anything good if I was in a darker area. I'm using a canon t3 with the kit lens.
It should be fine if you can get a long exposure 10-20 seconds.
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