7 Responses

Matt • September 11th, 2009 at 3:47 am

how does one get their camera to take pictures like the one of the Milky Way? Its so clear so it cant have been a very long one, but its so bright. I would love to know so i could experiment too.

Derek • September 11th, 2009 at 5:12 am

great shots!

tayyar • September 11th, 2009 at 6:49 am

you have to experiment to find the settings also! so start experimenting now.

Daniel • September 11th, 2009 at 7:39 am

You can get a motor that rotates at the same rate as the earth. You then match the angle to your latitude and set the camera up. The shutter stays open for a long time and follows the starts. On the shots with the stars and planets rotating around, this technique was not used.

Mike Peterson • September 12th, 2009 at 11:01 pm

That MilkyWay shot (Best I've ever seen, BTW) looks like R2D2 is hanging out in the bottom right corner. Quite fitting I must say :)

Alastair • September 13th, 2009 at 2:16 am

If that were true with the motor, how can the silhouette of the mountain and the observatory be clear and not blurred?
My understanding is really long exposure night shots are not possible with D-SLR's, film is still better. The noise shows up in long exposures of 30 or more mins no matter how low you set the iso.

dom • September 14th, 2009 at 8:51 am

there are so many things you can't buy in a store! one of these things are spezial cameras just for pros. …they are in a priceclass most of you better buy a new car..