taking photos of stars

[Pierre van As]

I always wonder how to take a photo of the stars and get their movement. but not to over expose the photo.CAn some one give me some advise on how to and what to.

[bomtek]

Heres a good article on this

http://www.naturescapes.net/112006/ej1106.htm

[cagenuts]

and then use this link to calculate the moon brightness.

[Pierre van As]

thanks

[Pierre van As]

another thing i want to is how to take photos of Lightning.

[bomtek]

have you tried google?

another thing i want to is how to take photos of Lightning.

[Rooikop1]

Maybe try one of these devices. Don't know if available in SA though, but if realy interested sure they can ship.

http://www.ubertronix.com/products-page/

[bomtek]

The lightning triggers are available from ODP

Maybe try one of these devices. Don't know if available in SA though, but if realy interested sure they can ship.

http://www.ubertronix.com/products-page/

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

The lightning triggers are available from ODP

Pricey, but they sure work like a charm!

I am thinking of selling mine, I am just not getting round to shooting with it (mine is for a canon though)

[Gavin van Dam]

After looking at the link, this is the one I would love to play with! http://www.ubertronix.com/products-p...lite/#more-939

[FDavel]

Lol, then why do we have forums? We can certainly google every aspect of photography but its just not the same as using a good forum

[Gerrit Bastiaanse]

Pierre, contact Basie van Zyl, an ODP member. He has published an ebook about star photography covering everything from the big bang, until the time your ink tanks run try from printing beautiful star photos!

[Newton82]

Has anyone tried out Starstax or any related software for stacking night sky images into startrails?