Sky at night.
Well I’ve changed my mind.
I want to keep the Tamron. I guess I just didn’t feel comfortable using it, but after a little thinking, it’s better if I try to use it. It’s a great lens and has great optics. So anyway, it’s a keeper.
Tonight it was amazing out, with the stars in full show. So I whipped the Tamron out and tried some bulb shots. The initial ones were pretty crap, but then as I tried more and more time/apertures, it started to get really interesting.
The first was this one, which I did a lot of ACR tinkering with:
So I tried it at double time and f/8, which is basically raw image:
I can’t believe how much our planet is moving during 10 minutes! I think these images could have been so much better had they been taken outwith a town where there is quite a bit of light pollution. I am looking forward to heading out of town and getting some really nice, maybe even longer exposures.
For the first attempt at some star photos, I think they have come out ok.
OH and to top it all off, I saw a shooting star. Beautiful.
