Occasionally I post about my other passion - astrophotography. I will in the near future be setting up a new blog about my astrophotography but for now, I do occasional posts here on Arwen's blog.
During the summer months I turn my attention from deep sky objects (DSO's) such as galaxies and nebulae to milky way landscape shots. A completely new skill set, as I am not a daytime landscape photographer either!
I invested in a new lens - it came highly recommended on youtube and various astrophotography forums on facebook. A samyang 14mm F/.8 manual focus wide angle prime lens. It is a beast of a lens - such great light capture at night. And, its taking some time to master its use as well!
Here are some of my first efforts. As always, I will say, again, that the data collection bit is easy - the post editing bit is a dark, dark art! Oh! And so is learning how to compose a good landscape shot in the dark!
Most of these shots have involved using the following equipment and software programmes. It is very early days!
Equipment:
- canon 800D
- canon 22mm F/2.8 pancake lens
- samyang 14mm F/2.8 wide angle lens
- intervalometer
- skywatcher star adventurer tracker 2i
- william optics wedge
- benbo carbon fibre tracker
- joby gorilla heads
- two power banks
- dew band lens heater
- sequator
- affinity photo 2
- photoscape X
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