I’ve been away, but I don’t want to miss this weeks’ smile. So I’ll share one photo from my quick get-away.
I hope it made you smile too.
I’m still working on the processing of images like these, but the fact that I even found the milky way and got some of it in the image made me grin.
I’ll be back with more on this impromptu adventure, as well as the images from the new park I explored a week ago. Coming to a blog near you soon.
Promise.
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July 18, 2020 at 10:37 pm
Very cool! Looking forward to more!
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July 19, 2020 at 6:47 pm
Coming up soon.
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July 18, 2020 at 10:57 pm
Yes, looking forward to more!
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July 19, 2020 at 6:47 pm
Thanks!
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July 19, 2020 at 5:24 am
Glad you give yourself the option of taking a rest.
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July 19, 2020 at 6:48 pm
It was so nice to be away from home even for a little bit.
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July 19, 2020 at 9:37 am
The Milky Way? Seriously? That’s too awesome, Dawn, and it did make me smile. Looking forward to your recap of that get-away!
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July 19, 2020 at 6:48 pm
I was way ‘up north’ and I could see it above me, but I still have a lot to learn about processing these types of images. Still, I was happy just to see it.
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July 19, 2020 at 10:42 am
Wow, very nice. I have tried many times to get a good night sky photo, but haven’t been super successful.
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July 19, 2020 at 6:49 pm
I’m not thinking this is a good night sky photo..but each time I try I learn something else. I’m hoping that I finally have the capturing thing almost down…now to figure out the processing. Also I need to try the next batch in RAW, even though that sort of scares me. I have no idea why.
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July 20, 2020 at 7:10 am
I used to shoot only RAW, but I have an old version of PhotoShop and they haven’t updated the RAW converters 😦 Getting the exposure just right, and it never wants to focus – it HAS to be manual focus, but that isn’t always easy with stars, and… Anyway, I have a couple of OK shots, but nothing very good.
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July 20, 2020 at 9:57 am
I never shot RAW because I had an old version of Lightroom and my laptop woldn’t download RAW. Now I have a new laptop and a new Lightroom so maybe I should try again.
Yep the focus is an issue. I try to set my manual focus at just a tinge short of infinity and leave it there for the most part. Unless I have something closer in the foreground. Then I use a flashlight to light up whatever is up there and focus while it’s lit, then turn the flashlight off and shoot and hope.
My biggest problem has been the remote shutter…but…I realized at the end of the night this week that I could just barely touch the monitor screen on the back and the shutter would go off! Game changer! Too bad it was at the end of my shooting session, but hopefully THOSE shots will not have oblong stars caused by my pushing the shutter. I have Snapbridge for remote shutter work, but it’s a pain in the you know to use. And I have a remote thingy that plugs into the camera but I couldn’t get it to work. Sigh.
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July 20, 2020 at 12:08 pm
Yes, that has been my problem, the remote shutter. And not having a tripod out, so setting the camera on the ground or a car or…
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July 19, 2020 at 2:09 pm
So glad to hear you’ve been smiling!
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July 19, 2020 at 6:50 pm
Positively grinning.
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July 19, 2020 at 5:23 pm
Wow!! 😊
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July 19, 2020 at 6:50 pm
Thanks!
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July 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm
Awesome shot, Dawn!
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July 20, 2020 at 9:57 am
Thanks!
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July 20, 2020 at 3:00 pm
Cool photo. Clear skies and sparkly stars, how could you not smile about that?
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July 21, 2020 at 8:50 pm
The raw beauty of a single photo speaks volumes.
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