Night Notes

Milky Way

F4, 30sec, ISO 6400

F2.8, 20sec, ISO 3200

Star Trails

Shooting multiple exposures.  For a full rotation of stars shoot in the direction of the North Star (vice versa in Southern Hemisphere).

F2.8, 30sec, ISO 800

150 – 180 exposures over two to three hours

Night Sky & Landscape

F2.8, 30sec, ISO 1600

F8, 5sec, ISO 1600

Golden Hour

F8, 3sec, ISO 600

Water

F11, 30sec, ISO 200

Portrait (with flash)

F2.8, 1/50sec, ISO 640

Fireworks

F8, 10sec, ISO 200

Lightning

F8, 20sec, ISO 100

Best Moon Shot?

ISO: 100-200
f-Stop: f/10
Shutter Speed: 1/2 second

Night Photography Idea

Start a 5-10 min exposure in perfect focus (focus at infinity). At increments during the shot defocus your camera by small amounts. The shorter the increments and smaller the focus change the better the result. The result should be cone shapes (instead of points of light) because the stars will move through the frame as they become larger (de-focused) blobs of light. The reason for doing this: unfocused images show their color much better than tiny points of light. You will be able to compare the red/yellow/white/blue etc. colors of the different stars. From wikihow.