Cliff Hanger Mk II - Astro Photography
How awesome is this little shrub!? I do wonder if it has been naturally Bonsai'd?
This is another image from my excursion to the top of a very high ocean cliff for some Milky Way shots recently.
It was pretty unnerving being up here at night by myself, precariously close to the edge at times with a gusty southerly wind blowing, dealing with light stands and my other camera equipment. It forced me to take my time and carefully manage what I was doing, step by step. I hope I can take what I learnt dealing with this location and incorporate it into my other shoots in general. When I relate how I approached this shoot with my others I tend to be more hasty and I don't think through my setups as much. I think giving myself more time and maybe not getting as excited about "just getting the shot", but staying calm and being more mindful of the process will hopefully improve my end product. And also taking the time to experiment with the space and different compositions, although that isn't always possible.
Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.
-Paulo Coelho
Canon 5D MkIV
Rokinon 14mm f2.8
f/2.8 20secs ISO2000
Resteemed!
amazing picture,,, wow... can i ask something?? in astrophotograph, i confuse how to get a clear focus nightsky with a sharp fore ground.. did you manual focus into fore ground or into the sky directly or did you use auto focus or maybe you focus stacking?? how??
Thanks so much.
With this image i have taken 15 separate exposures for both the sky and the foreground. 15 with the sky in focus and 15 with the foreground in focus. The reason i take so many is because i stack them together to reduce overall noise in the images from shooting at a higher ISO. I then Blend the sky and foreground images together and Whala! A crisp clean image with both the foreground and sky in focus. :)
And yes both manual focus
if i shot 15 in foreground pic + 15 pic in background in same place at night photographywith 20 sec for each pic... would it be supposed to have slight "star trail" effect on the star?? how did you remove the "star trail" effect while you can maintain the perfect exposure for the background during editing?
Look up a technique called "exposure stacking for noise reduction". You can learn all about it.
But basically one of the steps is to align all of the sky layers. That way you get pin sharp stars :)
Very cool!!! Those Rokinon wide angle's are no joke!
Thanks mate. Yeah I love mine! So sharp!
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Amazing. Lovely image. :)