"Off into the creepiness"... that so resonates having done a lot of observing with an 11" telescope in remote places alone. Getting a friend to join was easy the first time but after that most didn't want to sit in a dark often cold field for 2 hours looking at the stars. Having another person come along probably didn't make it much safer but it surely feels that way. Had one very creepy experience climbing a mountain at night with a friend where we found some human sized dolls stuffed with newspapers, stabbed and soaked with something red to make it look like blood. It has rained only an hour or two prior and the stuff was dry so it wasn't there long, this was also around the time murders were happening on the Appalachian trail. Still get chills thinking about this today even. One last thing, if you don't already have one a small headlamp with a red flip over filter is a great thing to have for night adventures, I'd also mention mirror lockup for some cameras doing this but with a long enough exposure it's probably not that necessary since the shake is a smaller percentage of the whole exposure (REALLY matters on 2 second and under exposures) Really great video too, you're a naturally good teacher.
Thank You, Nick! I went out Saturday night and caught some Milkyway shots with painted light on a red Hay Hook Barn. Due to my location in the mountains here, I only caught the Milkyway from Scorpius up. However, I am really happy with the results given that this is my first attempt at Astrophotography. Next Up: The editing process. Thanks again, Sir!
I found your channel earlier today and they are so inspiring! It gave me the courage to go out and finally get my first shots! On a side note also heard many weird noises!
That's a satellite, they're always trailing in nightscape photos. They can kinda ruin the shot. I try to avoid pointing south where they tend to conglomerate.
Wondering where you were when you captured these images. Like how far north and the time year. The image on the cover with the arch is awesome and I’ve never seen the whole arch at one time.
Thanks Nick! Really useful information, im heading out to the CKGR in Botswana next weekend. Your videos have give the confidence I needed. From a follower and fan in Botswana
Did I hear people talking in the background of that “creepy sound” segment? Besides the creepy sounds, great video as always. And that pano! Best Milkyway pano I’ve ever seen!
Thanks a lot Nick, I'm writting from France, I do "countryside" DSO imaging for 3 years with a CCD cam / refractor, and now I wanted to start MW imaging the same time because DSO imaging, when it works well, can let you going on with other stuff all night long ;-) I've just got a 750D+15mm IRIX lens, and your video helped me a lot understanding how to get good contrast foreground noise free image and how to play with ISO to reach this goal, and I really want to thank you about it. See ya ;-) Laurent
Awesome video Nick, I've been wanting to do some Astro photography for sometime and this video has inspired me and also given me some ideas with the light painting. Love your channel
Can't wait for the sun to chill a bit in the end of July. At the moment where i live in Norway the sun barely sets. Haven't been able to see stars since about April!!
Great presentation. I appreciate your style a lot. And I've just begun to shoot the Milky Way and you're covering all the areas I need to work on. I'm a subscriber, and now a fan.
I deffinitly want to find an area around here where i can get away from light pollution and play around with some night/astrophotography. Im new to Washington and live near Olympia. Thank you for this video, it helps a ton.
There are so many elements needed to get right to make a worthy astrophoto. I'm slowly learning from the best (Nick Page is of them), so I don't f*ck up my next outing.
