One Night Under the Milky Way

Artist: Brian Carey
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One Night Under the Milky Way

3200 ISO is a brave new world for me. As a self confessed low ISO junkie, one who used Ektar 25 film whenever and wherever he could for many years because I wanted tight grain, the tighter the better, I would pull out all the stops I could to use that amazing ISO 25 film! For sure I’d never gone above ISO 1000 and then only to shoot indoor sporting events. Low ISO was(?) a hang-up for me!

But I wanted to try astral photography and high ISO can get you there! However as we all know high ISO leads to increased noise which is something fairly new to me. You can use software and Photoshop plugins but I’ve been considering, one way to control noise would be to minimize or eliminate it by keeping the ISO as low as possible and that’s one way I‘m leaning. So in that regard it looks like a fast 50 prime is in order!

It’s fun to be experimenting and learning, eh!

Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 30
Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5
ISO Speed 3200
Focal Length 18.0mm
Flash at 1/16 power and about 12 or 13 paper towels for diffusion.

“One Night Under the Milky Way” was shot at Flamber Head on Newfoundland’s East Coast Trail

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One Night Under the Milky Way by Brian Carey

seductress

great photograph!
Joanne Bradley

Fantastic! Oh Brian this looks so appealing from the tent lit from within to that glorious star filled sky! Sign me up! I have two weeks vacation in August! :-)
cherylc1

Awesome!!!
Martin McKiernan

Just too cool! Lovely shot. Is that the Horses Head Nebula?
Brian Carey replied

Thanks Martin, but I don’t think it is. According to Wikipedia “The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in bright nebula IC 434) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. I think Orion is only visible here during the winter. I use Orion’s belt to find Sirius in winter. Thanks for the comment!
BigD

Excellent work, Brian
UnEasy

Well, everything you said is true – but how much activity these days really involves physical prints larger than 8 X 10? It’s mostly about the web, and noise is lost at 72 dpi. In the old days I pushed Tri-X to 3000, long before CS3 came along. I think some high-end medium format digitals (and maybe the Nikon 3 whatever goes as high as 26000 ISO – awesomeness. Noise, regardless of ISO will soon be a thing of the past, just as concerns over storage disappeared as we moved from giga bytes to tetra bytes.
nadine henley

thanks for the long explanation, brian! we have stunning nightskies here out of the city so I must have a go oneday. Will have to remember that all too technical detail about the paper towels!
Shelly Hiebert

WOW Brian! This is fabulous! Looks like something you would see in a magazine. And I LOVE that you have included all this great info….it is like a mini learning session for me. And you are so very creative with your paper towel diffusser lol! Wicked cool work you :)
Julian Escardo

Nice going Brian!............kudos.
Brian Carey

Thanks everyone! About the paper towels at this ISO I needed to reduce the flash output so I ran a couple of test shots until I was happy. I have store bought diffusers but I needed more attenuation and I love to impervious!
KnitGirl

Wonderful work! An instant fave for me—thanks for the info…it helps us “newbies” learn more and more quickly. :D
Jan Timmons

Beautiful and peaceful looking, Brian. Wish I were there. Appreciate reading the info, too.
OldBirch

Fabulous!!! That’s amazing that you can pick up the milky way like that. Beautiful lighting on the tent! That really rounds out the photo. Really great work!
RickF

Awesome Shot!
Jan Piller

It’s an awesome shot Brian! Very successful!! Congrats!
francophotos

Beautiful and excellent work!!
Dusker

Great shot. What a tremendous learning experience. It is hard to break old ways.
Béla Török

Fantastic work, my friend!
Brian Carey

Thanks everyone, just some more info on the paper towels. I had to use so many because I had to cut back the output power of the flash considerably. There are many ways to reduce a flashes output power including using nd gels on the flash head or by moving it further from the subject. But my son and I backpacked for almost 4 hours to get to this location and my options were limited. At this ISO it’s amazing how little light is needed!
Songwriter

Absolutely wonderful capture and a favorite. :0) Song
Veikko Suikkanen

Really fantastic work Brian! Beautiful starry sky! ISO 3200, wow, I never be tried, perhaps should try..
deb cole

Amazing stars and great information. The hike was obviously worth it.
Ralph Olsson

Fantastic work mate:))
Scott d'Almeida

excellent
Morpheus

Noise or not, that is a stunning image.
Lynda McDonald

super cool image !...............it’s really attractive and interesting how you did this
elfie

absolutely fabulous…..
igotmeacanon

looks awesome, wanted to do a shot like this for ages
Shelley Warbrooke

Brian, this is stunning. To capture so much detail in the milky way is always very exciting!
Marilyn Baldey

It looks fabulous.
tdub303

I saw this on Flickr but I came back for more! I absolutely love this. A great concept which you executed perfectly.
ktowers

fantastic image, fabulous work
hsien-ku

peaceful, beautiful stars.
Katri Lumi

Fabulous!!!
Shelly Harris

Wonderful capture….
Erika Gouws

Wonderful!!
emolena

Wonderful image !
whalegeek

Thank you for the lowdown on how you created this lovely image.
Laurie Search

This is so wonderful!!!
Milos Markovic

Magical mood here !
rodeorose

This is WOW!! for me- I love my shots dark and this is about the best I’ve seen in a long time Brian. The detail is wonderful, and being a learner, I really appreciate your comments about ISO- just what I need to get a grip of. Wonderful work here :)
Brian Carey replied

Thank You Rose I’m a learner too and if I could possibly offer some assistance please feel free to ask!
Neeraj Nema

This is a wonderful shot, Brian.