A bright night sky - a photo on Flickriver

A bright night sky

            Where I live there is a lot of light pollution, so whenever I'm in a more sparsely populated part of the country I can't resist trying to photo some stars. Being late May, the sky isn't really dark enough, but given it was going to be a clear night I set my alarm and got up at the mid-point between sunset and sunrise to see what I could see.

The moon was bright, so this is a shot of the sky away from the moon. Despite the brightness of the sky, I still got some stars, and if I squint a bit on the longer exposures I can tell myself I can see some traces of the Milky Way.

This is one area where the A7RII's high pixel count works against me. I can't take as long an exposure as the usual rule of thumb says, as I still get star trails. So I have to go shorter and boost the exposure, but a little noise is preferable (to me) than trailed stars.

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Taken in: UK / Scotland / Crail (show map)

Taken on: May 17, 2024

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Sets appears in: • UK Travels

Groups appears in: • Scotland • Sony Alpha World more » • Scotland in Picture • Sony Camera Club • Sony Cameras & Sigma Lenses • Sigma Art Lenses • SONY A7RII • Team Sony • A Day on the Road • Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN Art • Sigma 24-70 F2.8 DG DN ART « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/2.8, 10 sec, 24mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM2
Lens:	24-70mm F2.8 DG DN \| Art 019
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	10
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.0.1 (Macintosh)
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