From 8000 ft in the mountains in the central Sierra Nevada, at the dark of the moon, the night sky is awesome. I made the trek just to shoot this.
I've gotten an Astrotrac, a device that lets the camera follow the motion of the earth, so I can shoot longer exposures without star trails. For reasons I'm still digesting, the astrophotographers say to keep the ISO at 1600, for minimizing some of the components of noise. I shot a series of exposures to stack in astronomy software, but haven't had time to master it yet. A first quick attempt didn't yield much improvement over what I can do in LR with one exposure, which this is. But it certainly is an improvement over the ones I shot at ISO 3200 or 6400 and 10-15 seconds, which just barely keeps the stars from trailing to my standards.
We can't see color in dim light, but the camera can, which I think is pretty cool!
Canon 5D3, 17mm TS-E (in neutral position), f/4, ISO 1600, 90 sec.







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...but I think a 5-10% saturation boost would make a big difference here without straying from your intent/vision. I like the simplicity of the base/bottom but it does look slightly soft to me - how does the tracking system ensure a sharp silhouette at the bottom?


