Sunday, August 23, 2015

Stars above us.

Let's get the rusty fingers typing...

Have I ever wrote about my experience during childhood of waking up before dawn and cycling in front of the housing area and noticing how wonderful the view at the sky is...? The moment have been always mesmerizing and it often brings me back to the memory of a child whenever I gaze a completely dark nightsky, stars like these.

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Talk about this picture. A night before I have noticed a clear nightsky over a dinner outdoor. I checked my watch and it indicating the night as new moon period - perfect condition for star gazing. I have determined to have a photoshoot tomorrow night and this is the picture :) I have been suggested to compose my picture near Sagittarius stars which I tracked it using the super handy Google apps called Google Sky Map. A must have tool!

This is taken at around 10.20 PM in Cherating Beach, Pahang. This place is not a perfect location for capturing nightsky as light pollution is strong from nearby city - Kuantan as appeared in the picture on the opposite side of the beach. Nevertheless, I am satisfied with the result as this is the very first attempt of capturing nightsky picture and this attempt have allowed me to unlock the mystery of 'how dark the sky needed for a clean nightsky' - it needed to be really really dark indeed.

It was a breeze to capture nightsky pictures, the hardest part for me is GOING to the location where the procrastination is the king of the castle. I have bought the Samyang 12mm for this very purpose last year but till now... Another hard part is composition is nearly impossible where first shot is needed to get the idea where the stars are sitting in the outcome picture. Keep the ISO 2500 to 3200, aperture at widest, shutter speed not slower than 30s is generally a good guide as per my gear, adjust if needed. It was fun, it was as satisfying as shooting sunrises but better as there is no need to set alarm and as it was rather predictable if there are presence of jealousy clouds.

As the result. I have determined to put this blog active again. Yeah I know I know this have been the 92758923th time I have said these but please give me a break :p Blogging is not really my thing but I still would like to record a few things that is going on in my life. More picture to come.