Milky Way

Spent three nights at a friends cabin in Camp Nelson,CA last weekend, this was the view from their deck. It was so beautiful I had to try to capture it. Never really tried to make an image of the night sky before so this was a new adventure for me.
Canon 5D MKII 24mm f/4.5 43 sec. ISO 3200

Always nice to see the milky way. If you had something with a wider aperture, you'd pick up more light and get a little bit of color out of it.

Thanks Steve....I'll try that next time.

Michael,

Excellent stary-night image. Of course I wish it was bigger, but this still shows well. I like the inclusion of the trees as well for a sense of place. You've captured the milky way quite nicely.

Lon

Thanks Lon!
Larger Version

It is a joy Michael to see how high end DSLR cameras with their exceptional low light sensitivity can finally present images of the incredible night sky with the beauty reflecting our own visual experiences. I look forward to the day I might capture such images.

Very nice, Michael. The larger version deinitely shows more of the exquiste detail. You had a nice dark sky working for you, here.

I'm just curious, but what would be the maximum exposure time one would use to keep the stars 'pin-point' without using some kind of tracking device?

--P

Thanks David, I'm looking forward to seeing the images you capture.

Thanks Preston.

Maybe Steve or someone else with more experience shooting at night, could better answer that question. I was pretty much experimenting here with no real experience shooting the night sky. This file at 100% shows elongated stars not "pin point"...so something less than 43 sec.