*Update* Explored @ 2013-05-13 (#436)Hm. I just saw that it's almost two months since my last upload..
Interesting fact..
Anyway..
I must admit that in the past few months I don't have so much free time, in fact I don't have any free time at all, so when I am given the slightest opportunity to go out to take pictures, I immediately "grab the chance" and try to do my best in the little time I have in my disposal.
My family and I went to Epirus for Easter holidays and what best for some night shots in the mountain, as light pollution is at minimum in this place. So one night, when my wife and my daughter went to sleep, I had some little time to take some shots at night.
It was also a very good opportunity to test my new "nightscape" lens, the Samyang 14mm, and I must say that I'm very impressed from it's perfomance, given the fact that it's price is very low (~350€).
I used
Star Walk app on my Ipod to check what time would the Milky Way rise on the night sky and headed out in the forest to find a good composition.
The light on the trees on the right came from an off-camera SB-700 flash set on manual.
I kept the exposure at 20 seconds, which is a star-trail-free setting, and I used ISO 5000 which seems to be a sweet spot for my D800.
Anyway, I'm happy for this shot but I clearly wanted more time just to "see" the whole Milky Way in my composition, but hey, first of all I'm a parent and I had to be back to my family...
Next time maybe..
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