Those last two star shots are amazing! I agree with @jfolkmann, I too have tried many times and it just always looks terrible.
Could you share any more info on aperture, ISO, exposure time etc?
Those last two star shots are amazing! I agree with @jfolkmann, I too have tried many times and it just always looks terrible.
Could you share any more info on aperture, ISO, exposure time etc?
The images vary, anywhere between 1600 ISO and 2500 ISO and between 10 and 15 sec exposures. Plus shooting raw and editing in Lightroom. I can't remember exactly where I got my set of night presents, but if you look online there should be some free downloads from lightroom or check out some youtube tutorials. You'll want to bump up the clarity, the shadows, and the whites, and take down the highlights and then play with the tone curve. Drag down the darks to make the sky less milky since you've brought up the whites. Hope that helps a little. Oh and I believe I shot it at an F2.8? That Rokinon lens has a manual aperture so I don't have the digital info.
Thanks for following up, I’m very keen to give it another go. My biggest problem was no matter how high I bumped the ISO up the image was still grainy. And I could never get many stars to pop against the dark sky unlike your one that is covered in stars.