Sunday, August 27, 2017

Waxing Crescent Moon night on the lake


Shooting last night on Carters Lake in Murray county Ga was a awesome experience. The sky was alive with clouds moving at a swift pace. The Milky way and a Waxing Crescent Moon lit up the sky. With little boat traffic, long exposures were easy with out lights streaking through. Managed to witness 3 meteors between sunset and 11:00 p.m. All 3 came from the constellation of  Cassiopeia in the eastern sky.

Gear and settings
 SonyA7R with a ISO of 6400 and a exposure of 30 seconds.

Canon 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS Macro USM at F4

Metabones Canon EF/EF-S Lens to Sony E Mount with this adapter auto focus will not work on some lenses as was the case with the 28-135. Manual focus is all I use in astrophotography anyway.

Fancier studio tripod, this has been discontinued and the are heavy and built like a tank.

Neewer DSLR Camera Shutter Release this is a must unless your camera has a self timer in drive mode.


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