Tall, cold and very unapproachable - they are all stars. For centuries, mankind has been trying to capture their image on paper, then in poetry, then in photographs. However, in order to convey the full scale and grandeur of the heavenly bodies, you need to know how to properly conduct astro photography. After all, a misconfigured focus is enough, and everything will go down the drain.
It is necessary
- - Camera;
- - film;
- - tripod.
Instructions
Step 1
Remember that you can only get clear and beautiful photos with a fixed camera. In order to achieve this, use a tripod or those models that imply a delay in photographing, which means you will have time to run away from it and will not create unnecessary hesitation around.
Step 2
By the way, you can shoot stars not only with the latest super-technology, but also with old proven Zenit-type cameras. The main thing is to choose the right lens for it. If we return to the question of a tripod, then it must necessarily have a special mechanism that compensates for the rotation of the Earth. This is necessary so that the picture does not turn out to be blurry and blurry.
Step 3
Take the same responsibility when choosing a film. It is generally recommended to select highly sensitive samples. This is due to the fact that they must react faster and more clearly capture all changes in the landscape.
Step 4
Bring a flashlight to the set to illuminate the sky and sharpen the stars. With its help, you can highlight the foreground, make it easier to focus on the near plan. Also remember that it is more convenient to focus on a long-distance object on the nearest bright one, for example, on an ordinary street lamp. You just need it to be a little distant. And take into account the fact that if the moon is present in the starry sky, then it can "shade" the stars themselves a little.
Step 5
And, of course, do not forget about the endurance. For shooting different celestial objects, different types of shutter speeds are also used. For example, the Sun and the Moon are photographed with a shutter speed of only a few fractions of a second. It will take you tens of seconds to capture eclipses, noctilucent clouds, etc. For comets, you need to wait a few minutes. And an hour takes the exposure of the camera to shoot the "trails" of the stars and the panorama of the Milky Way. Do not forget that the size of the relative aperture should depend not only on the subject you are shooting, but also on what shutter speed you have on your camera and the focal length.
Step 6
Weather is just as important for good starry pictures. It is advisable to photograph only on a clear, windless night. This is necessary so that the gusts of wind do not move the leaves on the branches of the trees, and also do not create additional oscillations for the camera itself. The absence of clouds in the sky is a guarantee that the pictures will be clear and bright.
