The tree is light with a short burst from an LED headlamp. 11mm lens, ISO 6400, f 4, 30 second exposure.
One of the questions I get the most is “how do you shoot photos of the night sky?”
It is not really that hard. I shoot a lot of photographs in the dark. There is something about making the darkness visible that I love. Its like magic for me.
I put together the video at the bottom of this post to explain how I do things like make pictures of rock art at night. I can use very dim lights to make parts of the landscape glow.
I tiny headlamp is all it took to light up Havasu Falls (below). The light of a quarter moon took care of the rest.
16mm lens, f4, ISO 3200, 20 second exposure
To successfully shoot at night all you need is:
- a modern DSLR camera.
- a tripod.
- a wide lens.
- a headlamp.
A good base exposure for a clear, moonless night when you can see the milky way is iso 6400, f4, 30 seconds.
The most important thing is to enjoy yourself!
Being outside at night should be fun.