Beginner shots

[TofuBoy]

It was my first time doing this so hopefully I can get some feed back on what I can do to improve.

The kit I used to take these

Canon 600D

50mm F/1.8 @ F/2.5

15sec exposure

ISO 800

There are about 2 street lights that covers my back yard, one fairly close another 5 houses away so had to hide in the darkest corner hehe.

Shots taken during a full moon was pointed the camera north-ish. Would like to know if the photo turning out blue normal as the sky did seem to be pitch black at the time.

[Glen]

Hi, yeah that is moon glow i'm afraid , seems you got the focus pretty much nailed though and that can be a pain as you probably found out .

Try and do the same on or near a new moon (if the clouds allow) I think you may be shocked at the difference.

Obviously keep to the same settings..

Glen

[JohnnyD333]

If you do exactly what you did tonight during an evening with no full moon pointed at the darkest parts of your sky, the images will contain much more detail. A full moon literally lights up the night, you need dark black skies. Otherwise, you camera focus is very good and I see no trailing. Just wait another week and do it again.

[JohnnyD333]

Glen, you beat me by 2 minutes. Good advice. And congrats on 500 posts:)

[Glen]

:) thanks

While i'm here

apparently, i've read the moon when 95% illuminated, is only half as bright as full moon!

Might be worth thinking about next time you have a go..

[saturn5]

You've Certainly nailed the focus which is the most important thing.The moon is a bit of a pain at times but remember to use it to you're advantage.Try to get some rooftops, trees, hills etc into your shots, it gives the shots a better perspective to relate to, the moon is your friend in situations like this as it illuminates the foreground or earth objects in the shot.

[TofuBoy]

thanks for the tips guys Hopefully I can get a few more done over the next few days.

[JB80]

Another thing you can try is take about 20 pictures that are 15 seconds long and try and stack them in a stacking program like DeepSkyStacker - Free, you should even get more detail after doing that. I would probably drop the exposure time down to 8 or 10 seconds though if using the 50mm lens and try and get more shots to stack.

There is an excellent tutourial to be found here http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-tips-tricks-techniques/73737-basic-widefield-camera-tripod.html made by jgs001 (John).

[TofuBoy]

got a few more shots while the moon isn't around so they look a lot better but still have yet to try using the stacker, uni has started and I don't have that much time

[todd8137]

up the time ,lower the iso try 30 secs iso400 clip in lp filter is the forward i did a couple the other night, get some were dark with a tripod and 30 secs ,even from the back garden 30 secs is mega and get ya self used to deep sky stacker as suggested and you pics will pop out

for your first great reat job keep the good work up

[todd8137]

the top right one is more like it, looks like you need a large tin of black hammerite paint and two 10 foot bits wood with a paint brush stuck on the end,

[TofuBoy]

up the time ,lower the iso try 30 secs iso400 clip in lp filter is the forward i did a couple the other night, get some were dark with a tripod and 30 secs ,even from the back garden 30 secs is mega and get ya self used to deep sky stacker as suggested and you pics will pop out

for your first great reat job keep the good work up

Any recommendations on filters. I've seen those Astronomik ones get recommended but not sure who much it can improve things and don't want to spent the £100+ just for very little difference.