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Right, no laughing 
Last night at midnight the wind dropped. I was not in the best place to do stars, but... it's a start and a platform for me to build on.
I was in my garden which is in a large village, about 30 miles from the center of London. Not the best place for stars like I say.
I wanted to post these as even though they are not the best, I was amazed how many came through.
The First one I only hit autotone in ps. All exif info can been seen only flickr if you double click on the picture.
No1. Facing North, London to the left. A bit of a top of a tree bottom left.
No2. Facing East. You can see a small amount of blur in the tree where there was still a little wind.
No3. Both pictures, 2 and 3 are facing East. Both have had the brightness taken down and the contrast up in photoshop.
On the right there is what looks like a question mark. Anyone know what that is?
Like I say, 1st go at this and although not great I was happy with the amount of stars that came out. With the naked eye in my garden I only see 2% of this
Last night at midnight the wind dropped. I was not in the best place to do stars, but... it's a start and a platform for me to build on.
I was in my garden which is in a large village, about 30 miles from the center of London. Not the best place for stars like I say.
I wanted to post these as even though they are not the best, I was amazed how many came through.
The First one I only hit autotone in ps. All exif info can been seen only flickr if you double click on the picture.
No1. Facing North, London to the left. A bit of a top of a tree bottom left.
No2. Facing East. You can see a small amount of blur in the tree where there was still a little wind.
No3. Both pictures, 2 and 3 are facing East. Both have had the brightness taken down and the contrast up in photoshop.
On the right there is what looks like a question mark. Anyone know what that is?
Like I say, 1st go at this and although not great I was happy with the amount of stars that came out. With the naked eye in my garden I only see 2% of this
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Not bad for the first attempt Dave, I'm not sure I could do any better to be honest.
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Thanks Ken. I will be giving it another go when the conditions are right.... and I'm in a better place.
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Excellent stuff! I'd have a go at this at some point too I reckon 
We can always see so many stars here!
What shutter speeds did you use for these? And also - I've never done much that requires long shutter speeds before, as far as I can make out my camera goes to 30 seconds? How do I make it go longer? Does it not need special equipment? 
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We can always see so many stars here!What shutter speeds did you use for these?
And also - I've never done much that requires long shutter speeds before, as far as I can make out my camera goes to 30 seconds? How do I make it go longer? Does it not need special equipment? xx
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Originally Posted by Zoundz
Excellent stuff! I'd have a go at this at some point too I reckon We can always see so many stars here!
What shutter speeds did you use for these? And also - I've never done much that requires long shutter speeds before, as far as I can make out my camera goes to 30 seconds? How do I make it go longer? Does it not need special equipment?
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We can always see so many stars here!What shutter speeds did you use for these?
And also - I've never done much that requires long shutter speeds before, as far as I can make out my camera goes to 30 seconds? How do I make it go longer? Does it not need special equipment? xx
Your camera will have a bulb setting. When on bulb you press the shutter down and don't let go. This will leave it open until you let go. A remote would be best for this.
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Yes, I would say, or camera shake would be horrendous! I have used it actually, in the past... long time ago! LOL! (Bulb setting that is, not remote. Must get.)
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