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Inspired by the Dark Sky Northumberland thread.

I am new to the whole DSLR and photography thing but would love to learn how to photograph the night sky. Can anyone tell me how you do it i.e. camera settings (I have a basic DSLR Canon 100D) Not expecting to get any award winning shots more still learning how to use the camera on any setting other than auto.

As Northumberland is only a few hours away and I have just learnt that it holds Europe's largest dark sky park I thought this winter will be good to get out there.

Thanks

In reply to Alan M:

We have a superb article by James Rushforth coming on exactly this subject. I will try and publish it tomorrow.

Alan

In reply to Alan M:

Go to the darkest site you can (no moon as well as no lighting).

Set ISO fairly high (though perhaps not the highest setting).

Put on the widest-angle lens you have, and open it to the widest stop.

Expose for 30 secs (use a tripod or put the camera on something).

See what happens, and then experiment a lot from there.

In reply to Alan James - Rockfax:



I look forward to reading it
Thanks

In reply to Coel Hellier:

Not done any night photography of the sky, itself however I have done some night-time subjects and I've gone the opposite way by setting the ISO as low as possible. That way I hope to reduce the noise levels.

In reply to Coel Hellier:






Cheers, looks like I will be aiming for a few trips to Northumberland and Kielder this autumn and winter

In reply to Alan M:
Why not make a weekend of some of your visits, if you have never sampled the delights of our sandstone climbing before you,ll be in for a treat.

In reply to The Lemming: this is ideal for shooting objects but for the sky itself you need to keep the exposure short or you will start to get star trails. It depends on the focal length to what you can get away with but generally on a wide angle lens anything over 25 seconds will start to show trails.

In reply to Alan M:

Now published - http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=6741