how to take pictures of stars?

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I’ve tried with my D60 but for some reason when I put the cam up towards the sky it just doesn’t take the picture :frowning:

any ideas why?

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Re: how to take pictures of stars?

flash? you wouldn't want flash to take a pic of the sky....

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Sorry I meant it doesnt take the picture :smack:

but I’ve tried with an without the flash too, still nothin happens… :frowning:

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Did you change the exposure settings for the night sky pics?

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yeah I did, no luck :( even when I did manage to take the picture. The stars didn't come out, it was just bleary

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there where hundreds of stars in the sky when I took this pic but nothing came up

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:smack:

CE, you need to be outdoor in the dark to take the pic of a dark sky. You cant take it from a window of a well lit room ..

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Wait, you are using flash, are not you?

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no I was outside, and it was dark. at one point there was no electricity and still same result

question for people who have Nikon's:

when u turn ur camera towards the sky to take a picture do u find it's hard to take the picture?

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Do the following. :k:

  1. use a tripod
  2. set camera to higher iso settings
  3. set shutter speed between 5-30 seconds (depending upon stars visibility)
  4. choose as spot where no background light or any other light source is in range. (from pic it seems like you were in a balcony and room lights were ON)
  5. disable auto focus
  6. set focus to max
  7. shoot
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^yes to all of the above.

you are going to have the shutter open for a long time so a tripod is a necessity.

taken with a d90:
Night Light on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

i took a very similar pic in Pak.. trying to find it, hope it’s on this pc otherwise it’s lost :frowning:

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thnx for the tips Xeno, will try those out next time. and look into tripods

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Re: how to take pictures of stars?

xeno summed it all up ....... try it....

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
go to the moon for a close some shots of stars :@:

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:omg:
:omg:
:omg:

highlight of the thread:

So who sells a flash who’s light go to stars?? :omg: I am no scientist but by the time flash’s light reach starts CE’s great-great-great grand kid would be 98 years old.

oh that works every time.

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Yeah do that.

CE its the light what make image on the camra’s sensor. So when you leave shutter on for 30 secs it keep making image(by collecting light) for 30 sec.
Tripod is important because you can’t hold cam still for 30 sec. and if cam moves picture gets blurry.
See, our visual system collects light and transfered to brain, brain decode/understand it image immediately, but camera has ability to wait, as xno said even for 30 secs.

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Yes, CE edited out her statement of asking why her flash wasn’t firing when she tries to take a pic of the sky.

My response was WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO USE FLASH.

Seriously, I’m a getting pissed of by people.

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quit lying :omg:

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har har. well, everyone seen has seen my photos so i have nothing to prove.

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those photos were so good because you had such powerfull flash light :omg: