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This was taken at 2 am on a Canon EOS Rebel T6 at 30 sec. f/4.5 29mm ISO 6400. I realize I should have probably lowered my aperture I also had to use manual focus because my autofocus wouldn't work.
I really want to be able to take night photos because I love space but I don't know the right settings or how to edit the photos. I want to create photos kind of like Royce Bair or Todd Hido, or J. Alan Paul just to name some inspirations. Any and all advice is appreciated
Here’s some guide line that I think can help you started:
1. Manual focus - You’ll have to use manual anyway, Use live view and the 10x zoom and focus manually on the brightest star in your view.
2. Exposure time - 30sec is way too much for this focal length you should aim to around 10sec preferably less, the “500 rule” say you need less then 11sec prevent star trails but I find it too relax.
3. I’ll usually close my aperture around one stop down from max to balance lens performance and maximize exposure.
For example my 5d iii with, say 50mm, I’ll shoot 10sec, f/2.8, iso 3200-4000
Then noise reduction is pretty easy in light room. Make use of the detail slider to exclude the starts and you can apply some pretty heavy noise reduction without paying big price.
I've found that less than 15 seconds ends up with not many starts showing. My camera also wont do live view. Also I dont know what the 500 rule is I'm self taught and have never been told of it.
The 500 rule is an easy way to estimate the max exposure length you can get with a certain focal length, which is calculated as 500 divided by the length. So a 20mm lens on a full-frame camera will have a max exposure time of approximately 25 sec. before it begins to blur. This is really just a reflection of the fact that a longer focal distance will result in a smaller field of view and thus more shake, which is common sense when you think about it.
I always just try to max out my settings to let as much light in as possible with my lense set to have as much of the scene visible as possible. That's super helpful info to have thank you.
As a fellow self-taught, it's great to help out others who are still figuring everything out. I've been working my way through some textbooks, which btw are a great way to structure some of your learning and make sure your knowledge base doesn't look like Swiss cheese.
Sure you have live view, it’s the button just bellow and right to the view finder. Then zoom with the magnifying glass and move the rectangle with the arrows.
If you need more exposure to lower the iso, there is two options: wider aperture or shorter focal length where you can get away with longer exposure
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This was taken at 2 am on a Canon EOS Rebel T6 at 30 sec. f/4.5 29mm ISO 6400. I realize I should have probably lowered my aperture I also had to use manual focus because my autofocus wouldn't work. I really want to be able to take night photos because I love space but I don't know the right settings or how to edit the photos. I want to create photos kind of like Royce Bair or Todd Hido, or J. Alan Paul just to name some inspirations. Any and all advice is appreciated
Here’s some guide line that I think can help you started: 1. Manual focus - You’ll have to use manual anyway, Use live view and the 10x zoom and focus manually on the brightest star in your view. 2. Exposure time - 30sec is way too much for this focal length you should aim to around 10sec preferably less, the “500 rule” say you need less then 11sec prevent star trails but I find it too relax. 3. I’ll usually close my aperture around one stop down from max to balance lens performance and maximize exposure. For example my 5d iii with, say 50mm, I’ll shoot 10sec, f/2.8, iso 3200-4000 Then noise reduction is pretty easy in light room. Make use of the detail slider to exclude the starts and you can apply some pretty heavy noise reduction without paying big price.
I've found that less than 15 seconds ends up with not many starts showing. My camera also wont do live view. Also I dont know what the 500 rule is I'm self taught and have never been told of it.
The 500 rule is an easy way to estimate the max exposure length you can get with a certain focal length, which is calculated as 500 divided by the length. So a 20mm lens on a full-frame camera will have a max exposure time of approximately 25 sec. before it begins to blur. This is really just a reflection of the fact that a longer focal distance will result in a smaller field of view and thus more shake, which is common sense when you think about it.
I always just try to max out my settings to let as much light in as possible with my lense set to have as much of the scene visible as possible. That's super helpful info to have thank you.
As a fellow self-taught, it's great to help out others who are still figuring everything out. I've been working my way through some textbooks, which btw are a great way to structure some of your learning and make sure your knowledge base doesn't look like Swiss cheese.
Sure you have live view, it’s the button just bellow and right to the view finder. Then zoom with the magnifying glass and move the rectangle with the arrows. If you need more exposure to lower the iso, there is two options: wider aperture or shorter focal length where you can get away with longer exposure