Beautiful shots. Got to love sitting near a campfire stargazing. Your truck build came out great. I'm a few hrs south near Harriman State Park, but I love truck camping northern catskills/southern Adirondacks. Thanks for posting/sharing.
I'm trying to learn astrophotography, so this question might seem elementary: do you set a timer to take the photos ( while you sleep) overnight, or are you actually taking each photo based on inspection of the sky ? I notice the stars and sky had different coloring at a few points (not referring to the campfire light) - did you alter the sky tones for aesthetics in your post processing? Is that park a dark sky designated park, or just a good place as determined by the dark sky app ? This was a great video, gave helpful guidance and beautiful photos !
Thanks for your comments. I’m taking each photograph with each of two cameras set to times from 10 to 60 seconds depending on the lens focal length and how the results look after each exposure. I have a hand held remote that allows me to fire off exposures while at my 2nd camera (which is why I’m able to be in some of the photos myself). The coloring is in part from post processing (Affinity Photo, RAW development). The earliest shots appear bluer, but most of the color occurred as I attempted to balance out the campfire light which was very orange of course. I myself I’m new at Astrophotography and I’m learning too 🙂. The park is not specifically designated as a dark sky park, but it is in an area that’s relatively low light pollution. Anything showing green or higher seems to work well. The best areas in New York State are of course in the Adirondacks. A great area is Moose River Plains, north of Old Forge. The Sky color is something I’m still learning myself.📷⛺️🌟.
Keith, this is absolutely stunning. 🤩
Thank you! The moonrise wasn’t until 11:15pm, during this trip, so the stars were much more visible than the first camping trip to Taylor Valley.
Beautiful shots. Got to love sitting near a campfire stargazing. Your truck build came out great.
I'm a few hrs south near Harriman State Park, but I love truck camping northern catskills/southern Adirondacks. Thanks for posting/sharing.
Thanks for the comment Mike 👍🏻
I'm trying to learn astrophotography, so this question might seem elementary: do you set a timer to take the photos ( while you sleep) overnight, or are you actually taking each photo based on inspection of the sky ?
I notice the stars and sky had different coloring at a few points (not referring to the campfire light) - did you alter the sky tones for aesthetics in your post processing?
Is that park a dark sky designated park, or just a good place as determined by the dark sky app ?
This was a great video, gave helpful guidance and beautiful photos !
Thanks for your comments. I’m taking each photograph with each of two cameras set to times from 10 to 60 seconds depending on the lens focal length and how the results look after each exposure. I have a hand held remote that allows me to fire off exposures while at my 2nd camera (which is why I’m able to be in some of the photos myself). The coloring is in part from post processing (Affinity Photo, RAW development). The earliest shots appear bluer, but most of the color occurred as I attempted to balance out the campfire light which was very orange of course. I myself I’m new at Astrophotography and I’m learning too 🙂. The park is not specifically designated as a dark sky park, but it is in an area that’s relatively low light pollution. Anything showing green or higher seems to work well. The best areas in New York State are of course in the Adirondacks. A great area is Moose River Plains, north of Old Forge. The Sky color is something I’m still learning myself.📷⛺️🌟.