Photos of the Stars

in photography •  7 years ago 

I really love the stars and wish I could take better pictures of them, but these photos were the best I can do and they are not to bad for a Canon PowerShot A810 camera. All these pictures I took at the Golden Gate hut in the Drakensburg Mountain range while doing a two day hike there.

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This first photo I took at about 8 pm and it shows the Milky-way which is the really light and really dark bit. The tail of Scorpius can be seen on the bottom left corner as well as Sagittarius in the middle and the Southern Crown just above it to the left.

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The second and last photo I took at 3 am when there was no light at all. The dark section is mountains and right between them in the center, the Southern Cross can be seen.

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This last picture is not clear, but it is of Orion. I think it came out like that because the stars seem to rotate faster, closer to the horizon, but I am not sure of that one, my exposure time may have just been a bit to long.

Hope you enjoyed the photos!!

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nice 😍😍😍

see the beauty of stars at night is really a very beautiful moment @ madiba,
thank you for sharing my friend.

I am glad that you liked it.

I always make my bad moment to good, watching the dark sky and try to find beauty of the star. What u do @madiba

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Thank you.

Beautiful shots. You need to get out to Australia and go out to the country and see how many there are without the light pollution, you would be amazed.

I have seen it before once when I was deep in the mountains and it blew my mind completely.

Great post and pictures. Keep Steeming! Looking forward to seeing more from you.

Thank you for always commenting, it is always good to hear from you.

Thank you for sharing beautiful posts. :)

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Nice.
But would be better to make longer exposition. Try 20-30 seconds.
Like this one
@aurumv

Your picture is amazing. Unfortunately my exposure time can only go up to 15 seconds on the camera I currently use.

Can you use double exposure ? Or try to make two pictures one right after another and then multiply them in photoshop.

I can't do double exposure, but I will try taking to photos and then using photoshop. Thanks.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

This might help a little. Just remember, that you have 30sec. time limit. If you will expose longer - you will see stars like short dashes

That helps a lot, thank you.

nice photography. thanks

these pictures remind me of the last line of this poem:

Reach me down my Tycho Brahe, I would know him when we meet,
When I share my later science, sitting humbly at his feet;
He may know the law of all things, yet be ignorant of how
We are working to completion, working on from then to now.

Pray remember that I leave you all my theory complete,
Lacking only certain data for your adding, as is meet,
And remember men will scorn it, 'tis original and true,
And the obloquy of newness may fall bitterly on you.

But, my pupil, as my pupil you have learned the worth of scorn,
You have laughed with me at pity, we have joyed to be forlorn,
What for us are all distractions of men's fellowship and smiles;
What for us the Goddess Pleasure with her meretricious smiles!

You may tell that German College that their honor comes too late,
But they must not waste repentance on the grizzly savant's fate.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

                Sarah Williams
  ·  7 years ago (edited)

The last two lines of that poem are really powerful. Thank you for sending it. I look forward to see what else you post on your blog.

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Great Photos.

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You have some really nice photos!