Simple Nightscapes - How I Shoot Them
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Today I visit a quiet location to shoot this beautiful single tree on a hilltop not too far from home. I had a limited window of opportunity to take these images as the moon was due to rise less than an hour after I arrived.
It was a bit of a rush but I was happy with the end result.
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Cool stuff mate, roll on Milkyway Season here in the UK!
Not long to wait now Lenny
Thank you Richard,
Love that 20mm, and good to see the Star Tracker 2.i at work
................... Gary
.....................AU
Thanks as always Gary. Yes I love the 20mm as well. And I love the star tracker.
👍👍👍 I think I saw a photo for next years calendar😉
It's early days, but you never know John.
Awesome Richard!
Cheers from Okanagan valley British Columbia 🇨🇦
Thanks again for tuning in.
Another fantastic shot. Headed out tonight to light paint an old barn.
Good on you Neil. Hope it goes well.
Haha, My missus was listening to you just then and your reaction to the wind, she said what a difference between your reaction "Dear oh dear its windy" and mine when Im faced with the same conditions, I said your first thoughts wouldnt make it to video, at least not the edited version🤣
Great shots Richard, glad the wind died down enough to get a good shot of the tree.
Thank you Colin, we got there in the end.
Thanks for another great video, Richard. The wind didn't look as though it negatively impacted your final images which were superb, as usual. In the UK, we're being blessed with what seems like months of cloudy skies, so I'm worried I'll have forgotten how to do nightscapes by the time I manage to get out again!! Thanks again, and all the very best.
Thanks as always for your very kind comments Simon. Thankfully it's been pretty good weather wise here .. hope you can get out soon my friend.
Just goes to show what can be achieved with minimal effort. As usual, super.
Thanks as always for watching David.
Wonderful video. Thank you. So jealous not only of your talent, but those incredible sky vistas. I live on the Atlantic Coast in South Florida. Often comfortable weather, but never a clear sky. Good on ya.
Yes we do have marvelous clear and dark skies over here.
Nice work as usual Richard, hopefully 3am - 4am on the morning of the 9th will be go go go for me
Yes you'll get some action then I reckon Rob.
You do it to yourself because you love it! Thank you Richard for presenting another superb example of your nightscape imagery. Great outcomes once again! The images are just another paradigm of your photographic mastery. Well done Richard, "The Ghost" would be so impressed!
Haha, thanks Gibbo . .the Ghost is a legend ..!!!
Superb work Richard, we're lucky down in the south to have such an interesting 'off season' night sky when the core is hiding behind the sun :)
The wind can be the bane of our existence, here in WA we get the strong easterly winds almost every evening and morning over the summer, which can gust upwards of 80-90km/h.....not a lot of fun.
Thanks for watching. Yes the wind is probably one of the hardest things to cope with .. I guess just slightly better than clouds ..!!!
Thanks a lot! great work anf beautiful pictures as usual Richard! waiting to next news from you!
Thanks for your great support my friend.
Beautiful images Richard
Thanks as always for watching Julie
Thanks for the great tips Richard! Another successful evening under the stars! Jerry
Thanks as always for watching Jerry.
Walking the astro tightrope there Richard with the timing, can't argue with the results though! Always this time of year when I look at the images the likes of yourself and John Rutter are producing that makes my trigger finger itchy to get one of my cameras astro modified. Love the result here!
Haha, yes it was a tight squeeze, but considering the wind I was delighted with the results. It took me a while to really love the astro mod camera. . but I do love it now.
Great shot Richard.
Thanks for watching my friend.
Nice work Richard, I do like the Ha regions that you have shown in these captures. That wind looked like a major problem for you with the tree but you mostly got away with it 🤣👍😎
Thanks Geoff. Yes the wind was painful, but subtle use of lighting helped a lot with the final result.
Great video, and a nice way to end it with what looked like either Superman or a shooting star a 11:06.
UFO for sure. :D That was interesting, it shot upwards first behind the lifted door then it shoots over to the left. What the heck was that? You have to go back to see it shot up fist. Start at 11:00 then look between the two door shock supports. Two different objects, I suppose? If not, it changed direction real quick.
Yes it is very interesting isn't it Dave.
As always awesome pictures and great video. Such a pleasure to watch your videos. Greetings from Germany all the way to Vic. Can’t wait to see your next video. Take care!
Very kind of you, appreciate your support.
Great video... love those nightscape adventures. ..Here in Puerto Rico ( Caribbean island) it start the Milky Way came out near 4AM very horizontly near the horizon
Thanks as always Luis. Yes it's also out here very early in the morning.
Beautiful shot top shelf, good video, thank you
Thanks as always Phil. Hope you're well mate.
I haven't watched yet but I know I'm going to enjoy it anyway - you just can't beat that genuine enthusiasm of your's Richard - hope you are well mate. Now for a watch see!
Yep - of course I enjoyed it as always. I have sent you an email too Richard - hope you have time to ponder my request!
Thanks as always Les
Hey Les, can't see the email .. what address did you send it to ..??
rg hotmail one Richard@@nightscapeimages.richard
Bloomin beaut! Richard, simplicity at its best 🙂
Thanks as always Les, much appreciated mate.
Another beautiful photo. I must have astro mod cam one day haha.
It will be great if you can make a video how to post process this image.
Thanks
Thanks as always for watching. This was not a complicated edit .. I'll do another editing video at some stage.
Thnx Richard! It‘s just great that you share this great pictures along with camera settings. I also like using the Z20mm and just tried the Z MC105mm which also works well for astro. The difference actually are the much lower temperatures here in the bavarian alps 😀
regards, Reimund
Thanks heaps for watching Reimund. I'm sure that 105mm would be wonderful.
Just love your work/pics 😍
Very kind of you .. thanks for watching.
unreal photos!
Thanks so much for watching Bradley.
As always, beautiful photos Richard. even in wind they look fantastic.
Thanks for sharing Richard a hug👏👍💫
You're very welcome Mario
I just bought that same tracker for the upcoming eclipse in April here in the US. I put in for vacation for that week and got it. One of my cousins lives within 10 miles of where the center line will be. And if there's a solar eclipse in the middle of the day it means there's a new moon that week. There are some dark areas in Arkansas in the Ozarks. I just need to start practicing with this tracker now.
It's a good piece of kit Carl. All the best for your eclipse adventure.
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Thank you so much for watching Jules
As always, Richard, beautiful work.
And thank you as always for tuning in Jeff.
Very nice Richard, love the shots and your vidoes.
I really appreciate you tuning in to watch David, thank you.
Thank you Richard ! 👍
Thanks again for watching my friend.
Great work once again
Thank you as always Rob, you're a legend mate.
Beautiful as usual!
Thanks for watching as always, appreciate it.
Always looking forward to a new vid you made! Keep up the good work, grtz from the Netherlands.
Thanks so much for following along my friend.
Obrigado Richard.
Thanks as always for your comments Rogerio
How good is it shooting in short sleaves at this time of year 😂. I know I've said it before but I'm in awe of the vlogging results you get with that a7s - so nice seeing the starry sky behind you in the talking to camera pieces.
Thanks as always Greg. Yes it does an excellent job, but the 24mm f1.4 lens helps a lot as well.
Richard, thanks for another informative video and some beautiful images. I am not sure I would call a tracked pano with an H- alpha modified camera and sky replacement in post simple nightscape photography.
Haha, yes I see your point Geoff. I guess it's all relative these days, things certainly have changed over the past few years.
Would love to see how you replaced the sky and masked it… THX!!!
Thanks for watching. I have quite a few videos on that topic. See here: ua-cam.com/video/_2Zp1CyFic4/v-deo.html
Beautiful images, Richard - Eta Carina is in my bucket list! All goes to show you don’t need hours and hours to shoot a stunning nightscape. All the best.
Thanks so much Paul. Yes it's a lovely part of the sky .. and the bonus for us is that it's always visible, all year round.
I've been following you for a few years now and always look forward to another video on Fridays. I've learned so much from you, but I still classify myself as an "experienced beginner". There's so much to learn and remember.
The scary part is that I now understand what you're explaining. I understand the camera settings and I know what your talking about when you talk about "a blank frame to use as a background mask for a sky replacement".
I have a couple of pics that I think are worth sharing. If you ever do another video of viewer's pictures, I'd like to submit them.
Haha, thanks so much for your great support Mike.
Great images from a quick trip out under the stars, you do like your trees under the stars don't you Richard, I reckon you can't resist the prospect of trees and stars, you need star therapy to keep your creative juices going lol, that's why you "do it to yourself"
Thanks again Richard...... I'd love to see clear skies again, we only seem to get them in a full moon😢
Thanks as always for watching Suzie. Yes tree and star therapy . .I guess that's what it's all about.
Great Tips and awesome Images Richard.. good to see the Saturday morning video again
Thanks for watching as always Virat. I had a bit of a break over Christmas. .we'll have to see what my next adventure is. You boys are getting out more than me these days.
Hello! I think the images are great. I like the 20mm photo better than the 35mm.
Thanks so much for watching my friend.
Crazy isn't it - often have several hours to plan, set up, and then before you know it - still have a tight time frame to get the shot at the right time :) As always, love your images!
Thanks so much Kerry. I think that's always a challenge . .not to mention when things go wrong when out there.
Great video my friend , I loved watching this one. Just last night we had our first clear night with no moon in about 2 months.
I was out all night with the star Tracker and took some tracked 50mm Panoramas of Orion .
I took the day off to recover , just woke up now 12:30pm and this video came across my UA-cam feeds. What a great night.
Hi Sean, great to hear of your great adventure my friend. I totally understand the need to take some time off to recover next day.
Great watching you work and explain your workflow.😊
Thanks for tuning in Mark
As always fab Richard beautiful images
Thanks as always for watching Chris
Stunning images as always my friend! I’m jealous when I see you in a shirt and I have to use multiple layers to be warm to be outside in negative Fahrenheit temps lately. You have a fantastic weekend my friend! 🙏🏻📷☕️🍪
It's a very warm 39 degrees Celsius today John .. !!! Appreciate you watching.
Great images, Richard! I am amazed at how you tamed the wind. Wind seems to always be an issue for me. Love your video as always!
Thanks for watching Gary. The trick is to limit the amount of light you shine one the outer edges of the tree branches. They are mostly darker. .still moving but less obvious.
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Great job to see how much you can do in a short window of time Richard, and time to shoot a video as well😅. Using the phone to align is such a time saver. Great work as always.
Thanks as always Eric. Yes I've found the phone alignment method to be extremely accurate with wide angle lenses.
Superb, well-made, well-edited, imaginative, instructive and engaging video. My thanks, from Scotland.
I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, thanks heaps for watching.
Another great video Richard! Your pictures at the end are Amazing!! Thank You for all the hard work you put into these video's!!!
I really appreciate you watching, thank you.
I, for one, thank you for doing it to yourself! Honestly, it's appreciated because I know if you would have not taken the time and effort to record yourself for the video, you would have had more time to shoot so much less mad rush.
Yes that is so true .. it's a lot harder to shoot the video than it is to shoot the photos ..!! Thanks for watching.
You are a master at this!!! Even at a rush, you still get amazing photos! I'm a wildlife, landscape photographer! How do you find these amazing locations to shoot!!! Do you live away from the city??? How far did you travel to get to this location???
Thanks so much for watching Marvin. I live in a regional town so I have to travel about 20 minutes or so to get dark skies. I do a lot of scouting during the daytime to find these locations.
Beautiful image. The tree still has some blurred edges. It could be the mask is blurred or the light painting was too long. I wonder if it would be better to light paint the motion areas with one bright strobe? I would love to see you experiment with that!
Thanks for watching. It would work in theory, but in practice out there when I'm shooting I'm always attempting to get a realistic looking image. Using flashes would also freeze the movement but also at the expense of the artistic look I like to achieve with the moving light method.
The thing is that even with no lighting the tree will be soft around the edges due to movement ... and that background mask image is certainly blurred .. but I need to use that. There will always be an amount of compromise when attempting this sort of thing.
You also have a fucking great week too, Richard! 🤣🤣
Thanks for watching.
I love seeing how you create your photos. Of the star trackers that you have, which would you recommend for a beginner? I've never used one.
Thanks again for watching Brian. I think the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer range is easy to use with excellent results. The one I used here is the Star Adventurer 2i. I also love the Sky Watcher SAM mini.
Good stuff Richard. I assume this was saturday night of the OZ Day long weekend? We were in the snowy mountains and it blew all afternoon then was like someone turned off the fan just after dark.
Thanks for watching mate. No this was filmed last Tuesday night. It's been windy every day down here.
great video again! thanks, have you ever done a video where you compare your Ha modded camera vs a stock camera?
Thanks for watching. No I haven't specifically done that video. I'll ad it to the list.
@@nightscapeimages.richardI really enjoy your videos, I can relate how you genuinely enjoy shooting under the stars. Keep it up and please do add it to the list! Happy shooting
Hi Richard! Great video! Tell me, please, where did you apply for the astromodification of your z6II?
Thanks so much for watching Sergey. I had my camera modified at Imaging By Design in Melbourne Australia. imagingbydesign.com.au/
Hi Richard, I think you mentioned Sky Safari phone application for the star tracking, ( I'm using Ioptron tracker ) I have an Android phone, would you please advise which application to buy. Such a great video with fantastic results, thank you for sharing your photography tips with us.
Thank you so much for watching Luminita. You will get great results with either the Sky Safari 6 Plus or the Sky Safari 7 Plus app. I use both. Don't go for the basic editions as they don't have all the features . .and the Pro versions offer no advantage to you at a higher price. See about 19:13 onwards in this video: ua-cam.com/video/5D_n6ZtsZ4o/v-deo.html
Thank you so much Richard, very much appreaciated.@@nightscapeimages.richard
Fantastic! I know it must be an idiot question. I don’t have a tracker, so can I just use a wider angle lens instead of stitching? What’s the advantage of longer lens and stitching? Is it perspective??
Thanks for watching Barry. You can certainly shoot with a wider angle lens. In a situation like this one it would work well. You do get more detail with a longer focal length but both methods work well. Sometimes you just have to use the lens you have with you.
Hi Richard, amazing videos as always. Mate this might be a silly question however, do you manually trigger each exposure or does the Nikon z6ii have this built in so you can set the number of shots to take automatically?
Thanks for watching. I'm manually triggering the camera using a wireless remote for each shot. Yongnuo rf603ii
@nightscapeimages.richard is there any reason not to use the cameras' internal interverlometer?
Well if I set the internal intervalometer it will keep taking images as they were set. I want the shutter to release when I trigger it . .this gives me the ability to get into position and not waste a heap of shots I'll never use. I do use the internal intervalometer all the time when shooting timelapse seqyences. @@SimplifyingIT
I think I was making an error in deductive reasoning: I thought that using a star tracker will produce punchier images. This is not necessarily true, because a picture taken with a 20mm lens at ISO 3200 for 15sec and f/1.8 is as punchy as an image taken at ISO 3200 for 30 sec at f/2.8. Yes, the time has doubled to collect more light, but the aperture is a full stop down, which reduces the light input by half. The result is that the same amount of light was captured, but with a full stop down in aperture.
I think the real advantage using the star tracker is not to collect more light for punchier images, but to avoid lens aberrations when used wide open! I may be wrong and I would welcome any objections to my conclusions, here in this thread.
I think the advantage of using a tracker is to shoot longer shutter speeds at lower iso's . .and you don't have to shoot wide open. So maybe shoot that lens at f2.8 60 seconds and iso800-1600 ish.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Yes...I forgot the noise reduction advantage. Thank you!
As usual - it was interesting to watch! 🙏
Could you, please, tell me what was the problem with powerbank for astrotracker? I have the same tracker and I'd like to find the best one, since mine is not working with astrotracker 🤷♂️ it works some time and then switches off
Thanks so much for watching. Yes that is a common problem. A lot of power banks need more current draw to stop them from shutting down. I have numerous power banks, some cheap some expensive and many of them will not keep going unless I connect something else into them.
This one works fine. www.amazon.com.au/Anker-PowerCore-Lite-10000-B2C/dp/B07PXMF52C/ref=sr_1_4?adgrpid=89639852840&hvadid=591014675442&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9071496&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=14135166321257440230&hvtargid=kwd-314711615220&hydadcr=14927_354053&keywords=anker+power+bank+slim&qid=1707172167&sr=8-4
@@nightscapeimages.richard many thanks!!!
Hi Ricard, and thanks for another great vid. I have the Nikon Z6ii, and I just noticed that if I use an attached intervalometer, and set the camera shutter speed to Bulb, the camera will not use any shutter speed I select on the attached intervalometer unless it matches a shutter speed that is available on the shutter dial. For example, if I set my attached intervalometer to shoot at 9 seconds, the camera will take the shot at 8 seconds. If I set it to take an exposure at 17 seconds, it will take it at 15 seconds. Have you experienced this? Is this normal? Thanks!
Thanks for watching David. Yes I think this is normal. I'm pretty sure that shutter speeds in a lot of cameras are a second or two out at longer exposures.
Is a star tracker required for exposures of less than 60 seconds..? Thx from the UK
You can shoot single untracked frames up to about 20 seconds at 20mm focal length. Any longer and you'll see obvious trails.
Hi, yes its fantastic, but what I still not understand. Why only 3x60s for the sky? Wouldnt it be much better if you invest for the sky much longer? eg. 30x60s or even 60x60s?
KR!
Are you thinking for noise? remember, Richard was shooting these at ISO 800. Not much noise there - why the extra work
These are single shots and the 3 images refers to the fact that It was a panorama image. So I combined 3 images for the total shot for the sky. Sure, if I wanted to get extreme detail I would stack images . .but I rarely find it overly necessary for the type of images I shoot. Deep space imaging is another story.
@kerrykroberts7809 because the more time you invest for exposure the less noise you will have and the mote detail you will get. But Richard answered my question. I didnt get the point it was a panorama. Thank you
When shooting your night scapes do you leave you white balance on auto? If not what setting do you use. Thanks.
Appreciate you watching Neil. Only on rare occasions do I shoot with auto white balance. I pretty much always set it manually and then do adjustments in editing later. I like to know what the white balance does when capturing my images .. I guess it helps me understand my camera better.
Can that final image still be achievable when using Affinity2 to process the raw file ??
Is it a single shot capture ??
Thanks for watching Colin. I've not used Affinity software so I'm not totally sure. This is not a single image. As you would have seen from the description on the images in the video I used more than one shot to achieve this outcome. But with the right technique you'd get something close to this with a single shot.
What part of Australia is this and what month/ time of year? Thx from the UK
This is Central Victoria in January at about 10.30pm
hi sir may i know what camera u use to shoot the video as cripsy of u and both the night stars on the sky ?
I use the Sony A7S3 with a Sony 24mm f1.4 GM lens. Thanks for watching.
@@nightscapeimages.richard impressive sir thkss
@@nightscapeimages.richard is it on manual focus mode ? Iso 3200 ?
I shoot in 1080p 25fps ISO 64,000 Full auto focus and usually daylight white balance. @@simonchoo1108
@@nightscapeimages.richard thanks sir 🥰
Blimey, the size of that Nikon lens. Mirrorless cameras are much smaller and lighter than DSLRs, which is nice, but they all seem to need these massive lenses. Kinda weird really.
As a general comparison the Z lenses are lighter than the F mount predecessors. I think all the large telephoto lenses are pretty big though.
Its always tracking now . Sorry but getting boring
Thanks so much for watching. What would you suggest I present to the audience that wouldn't bore them ..???
Hey mate of you could get hold of another one of those sky labs mounts for the prone I'd buy it of you I can't seem to be able to order one not sure why haha think thats why I can't align my tracker
I'm not too sure why you couldn't order one from Skylabs, but they are a good piece of kit.
@@nightscapeimages.richard not sure just won't let me add one toy cart I've tried to send from a dm but no response yet
OK, hopefully they get back to you soon. @@nightskyimages2977