I shared my capturing and processing of a meteor bathe on a frosty night time right here. On this article, I’ll share a bit extra concerning the gear and a few potential points that may be addressed in nightscape images.
Digital camera assist
For photographing the night time sky for adjustments resembling meteors streaking it’s good to have a gentle digital camera. I’ll usually create time-lapse movies of the scene in addition to nonetheless photos. Any motion of the digital camera is a dying nell to the completed video.
Small strong Platypod digital camera helps made it simple. A Platypod eXtreme with a Platyball Elite paired with a Platypod Extremely and Benro ballhead carried each cameras. I positioned them on a stone fence pillar and executed. FYI, I’m a Platypod Ambassador so I get gear to make use of and check, however I maintain discovering new methods to utilize them.
Moisture is your enemy
I don’t usually should cope with moisture right here within the southwest. These days we’ve got been getting some good quantities of rain. Yay for the water desk! Not so yay photographing at night time with freezing temperatures. Fortunately, I used to be ready to battle the frost that falls from above. Frost and moisture will be sneaky, be ready.
A lens hotter is vital for profitable nightscape images in frosty or misty circumstances. Seek for a lens hotter or dew heater. They vary in worth from round 13 to fifty {dollars}. I’ve had good success with the decrease vary. The Kiwifoto model did an important job. It has three heating ranges.
Join the lens heaters to a USB energy provide and you might be good to go. In case you shoot with a number of cameras and they’re shut sufficient you’ll be able to plug a number of heaters to a single energy provide.
Get out and shoot
The night time sky holds numerous prospects for photos. Listed here are a number of hyperlinks to articles on photographing the heavens with tips about getting probably the most out of your gear:
In case you are not as lucky to have Bortle 4 darkish skies as I’m, take a while to journey a little bit methods to view and {photograph} the celebrities and occasions therein.
Let me know within the feedback beneath you probably have any questions or concepts for articles you want to see on gathering photos at night time.
Yours in Inventive Images, Bob
