I intended to stack a load of astro shots...

[skullfunkerry]

...but the clouds came in and scuppered that plan. This was the first shot, and I really like how it came out. 15 second exposure, Samyang 12mm f/2.0 lens.

 

[CMunzel]

This wa before the clouds came in? The stars are sparkling there. 

[skullfunkerry]

11 hours ago, CMunzel said:

This wa before the clouds came in? The stars are sparkling there. 

They certainly were! But yes, that cloud at the lower right came across a lot faster and further than I thought it would. This is the last shot from the 20 I took:

And literally a couple of minutes after I brought my camera indoors, it started to rain, so it worked out nicely really!

[Clicker]

I have never tried   astral photography Kerry . I would have to do some homework   on what lens and settings to  use   but with the winter nights  drawing in maybe  it is something I should try .... Roger who used  to shoot stars before changing to birds was a terrific Astral Photographer  but he hasn't been on here for quite a while now .

[skullfunkerry]

8 hours ago, Clicker said:

I have never tried   astral photography Kerry . I would have to do some homework   on what lens and settings to  use   but with the winter nights  drawing in maybe  it is something I should try .... Roger who used  to shoot stars before changing to birds was a terrific Astral Photographer  but he hasn't been on here for quite a while now .

These photos were with the Samyang 12mm F2 lens; I think I had it wide open. ISO was 1000, and 15 second exposure. On flickr, Denis (who said he was ex-TIPF) suggested 3200 ISO and 25 second exposure.

One of the guys from a photo group I'm in here in Southend does a lot of astro photography and his shots are usually based on a stack of 100-200 photos. I didn't have time for that the other night!

[Clicker]

1 hour ago, skullfunkerry said:

 

One of the guys from a photo group I'm in here in Southend does a lot of astro photography and his shots are usually based on a stack of 100-200 photos. I didn't have time for that the other night!

 I wouldn't know where to start on stacking either ! Oh dear ...so much stuff to learn ...  and not enough hours in the day to do it  !

[skullfunkerry]

48 minutes ago, Clicker said:

 I wouldn't know where to start on stacking either ! Oh dear ...so much stuff to learn ...  and not enough hours in the day to do it  !

I haven't really got my head around stacking yet: I downloaded a program called Sequator but I haven't had great results with it so far...

[Stravinsky]

I've never tried photo stacking, I did get the software to do it but never got going 

[Clicker]

Maybe something to have a go at in the near future … stacking ….