Night photos long exposure

This was a site I thought would yeld a good milky way shot but only a western and only 20 min from home. bow. this is 3 am in the morning just before moon rise. I got a shock to see just how vividly the Milky way stood out in the night sky. the only surprise was it was so high in the sky I had to do it as a two Row bow. so 22 shots in total with the clear night filter. Put "The Spot Two Rocks" in google earth.

A Garden Orb spider made a wed between two tree at the front of our house. The web is close to 1m and was thankfully lite up by the light at the front of the house but to get the shot I had to turn the light out and turn down the flash just to lite the web.

After Last night attempt I thought I would try again in the city from home. I was foiled by clouds 36 shots 3 min subs ISO 500 and back files Edited in Lr. these are not guided YET just set up and tracked. finally feel I am getting some where. PIP shows where Carina is in the sky.

Not a sight you want to run across at night or day you have no control here.

Taken with a D3500 testing out its night ability Taken with my 14mm prime lens 21mm view point. If you look close on the left and end you can see the milky way and just above the city lights to the right you can make out Small Magellanic cloud.

I was told to expect lightening so I took the lightening trigger. no way you could get this without a lightening trigger. By the time you see it its gone for the camera. The interesting part is I have a almost red version in sunset clouds as well but looks better in the night time.

A week away in freedom back in Perth under a lock down {:o(( . A teaser of Esperence and some of the things we got to see. The milky way is just to left of the middle, Southern Cross and Pointers give it away. I was able to hire a car so I had better freedom than the bus.

The very last light of the sunset on the Right and in the middle the Moon coming up to the right the city lights of Esperance on the South coast of WA. A full 360 degrees of view a spot I found in the day that was worth the walk in the dark. I took out a fellow traveler to show him how to take night photos. I am happy to say they all came out very well once I worked out all the camera settings and how to set up.

Just as I was packing up I noticed the Moon on the fence, How could I resist.

I took my granddaughter out to some where "Close" Hours drive from home to have a look at the stars. I left the Astro mount at home shooting......

For those that would like a little more info see the link below. not a perfectly still night but still like the effect of the lights on the water. this changes colour to suit what is being celebrated I believe this was"Ladies Day". This shot was a 100% manual set up to get the shot I wanted and keep the exposure short just in case there where any stars showing but a big stretch F14. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagarup_Bridge

This was a night I was to take Clara and pick up in 2 hours the night was my own. I have not seen quite so much rain so I took my water proof lens and headed out into the night. I was forced to shelter under the Bridge as a heavy rain went over head. Look on the left side of the bridge to see the water draining off the bridge. These photos came from the same night nothing short of stunning....................... Never give in.

The day after my father passed away I had organised weeks before to go out and shoot the last of the Milky way. I did not tell the other two of what happened with my father till we where well on the way. I told them I wanted to go out and enjoy the night and for a few hours Forget of my father Passing and enjoy something he enjoyed. This photo is for my father. This is one of those Two ups the ground is exposed for 5 min untracked and the sky was 3min exposure with the tracker turned on. Then the long blend in Photoshop to make the two one. this was a night to show the other two how to set up a tracker and take the photo. lighthouses.org.au/wa/guilderton-lighthouse

The shot was taken between the two houses to hide from the light on the street and to try and hide away from the howling winds. take note on the movement in the tree in front in the 1.3sec. Bottom is a very small crescent moon, Next bright start in a line to the right and up is Venus, Saturn is next but quite a bit dimmer and at the top of the line Jupiter. 1.3sec ISO1600 24mm

From bottom to the Top. Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Saturn

The still and Quite of the morning. Do look on black.

Three friends on a night with the moon all of doing trials out of the city on a farm. Mine worked (sort of got a photo) , Carlos focuser for Guiding did not so his trial ended quick, Brendan was able to get the info he needed. This is 13 shots at 9:30 pm just before the clouds vanished at 10 pm. We all slept out here for the night the groups new Dark Site. It was a lovely night to be out under the stars with some like mined company. If you look above my car far left you can see the city lights of Perth and we are about 40 min from Perth . The morning temp was 3c yep it was cold but was nice when the sun came up. we shared the place with other campers if you look you can see the fire above my car and light to the left in the trees but in general we had the place to our selves and the Kangaroos that visited...

My trial was to try and take a photo with Nina while it did not work 100% the resultant photo give me some hope. nighttime-imaging.eu and use the Nuc away from home with a mini screen 7" and mini keyboard. while not what I was after it is still a shot and happy with that. what I was suppose to get and what I got where two very different things this is a program you build yourself how you want it to behave, so it may have been unlucky as a 7" screen is small and we where using a magnifying glass to try and see the small print on the small screen.. but it did work I have stars tp prove it.