Astro Experiment

52Frames - Week 32 - Night Photography

EC: Astro

Weight limit on an upcoming trip is going to severely limit the amount of camera gear I can bring. Since I'll be in dark sky locations, wanted to see what's possible with a "non-astro" lens. While I'd love have my 14mm f2.8, the 20mm f4 will have to suffice.

Purposely didn't try to incorporate foreground here and pointed the camera straight up. This is a composite of 121 images at 30 seconds each; 1 hour total exposure time.

Sony A7IV @ f4 | 30" x 121 | 20mm | ISO 200

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

Photographed 8/7/24

Rookie Astro Outing

Newport State Park

Door County, WI

First ever astrophotography attempt.  And at an official "Dark Sky" location no less.

Blind Shot
Intent was to capture the Milky Way, however there was no visibility through the viewfinder or LCD. The Milky Way wasn't visible to the naked eye and the Photopills App was the only guidance available.  Notwithstanding, I managed to catch a glimpse.

Sony A7 IV @ f4 15"  20mm  ISO 3200

Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G

Photographed 8/6/23

Straight Up
For this shot, I put on the adapted fisheye lens and shot straight up into the sky.  I have no idea if there is any Milky Way here.

Sony A7 IV @ f2.8 15" 16mm (equiv) ISO 4000

Nikkor Fisheye 10.5mm F2.8 G ED (adapted)

Photographed 8/6/23

Moonrise
52Frames - Week 32 - Night Photography

The Milky Way attempts were mediocre at best, however, I captured this moonrise photo over Lake Michigan at 12:02am EDT.  Earliest completion of the weekly challenge in my 3.5 years of participation.

Sony A7 IV @ f2.8 15" 16mm (equiv) ISO 4000

Nikkor Fisheye 10.5mm F2.8 G ED (adapted)

Photographed 08/07/23 (EDT)

EZ Pantry

52Frames - Week 32 - Night Photography

Beer here!

Sony A7C @ f5.6 1/125 139mm ISO 3200

Tamron E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071

Photographed 8/12/22