{"id":5213,"date":"2010-04-27T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ylovephoto.com\/en\/?p=5213"},"modified":"2010-04-06T22:48:11","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T20:48:11","slug":"stars-both-a-portfolio-and-a-diy-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/2010\/04\/27\/stars-both-a-portfolio-and-a-diy-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars: Both a portfolio and a DIY tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Copyright (C) Peter Shah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At first, Peter Shah seems to be the usual astronomy photographer. He goes out at night to look at the sky with a photo camera and a very big lens on a tripod. This is actually wrong. Peter Shah is actually a perfectionist. Where most amateur astronomers learned to grind a mirror by themselves in order to build a bigger, better astro lens, Peter has perfected the art of improving the little details that make a difference between a good lens and a near perfect photo.<\/p>\n

For example, covering the concrete pier, where the 8 inch lens is affixed, with a gold mylar sheet was a step into reducing unwelcome heat radiation that was impairing his pictures. [Peter Shah’s equipment]<\/a><\/p>\n

You should absolutely go and check his wonderful stars and nebulae’s images<\/a>. Peter authorized me to copy here a photo I would love to be able to do (any time I start shooting stars, of course): A full color photo of the Horse Head Nebula (in my eyes, one of the most marvelous sight in our skies).<\/p>\n

Now, as we are on YLovePhoto and I am always tempted to help my readers improve their photos, I also found a useful article by Jason Anderson (from Canon Blogger) posted on the excellent DIY Photography<\/a> web site. You will learn how he built a DIY star tracker (very much what astro-photographers would do). But you will start by the excellent basic advice of 5 tips:<\/p>\n

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  1. Use a tripod<\/li>\n
  2. Turn on the in-camera noise reduction<\/li>\n
  3. Drop your ISO to its lowest setting<\/li>\n
  4. Make sure you are working with fully charged batteries and have some spares!<\/li>\n
  5. Try to shoot in a remote area where there is not much stray light<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Create Wonderful Astrophotography Images With A DIY Star Tracker<\/a> article will have you brain working. Maybe, you will try your photo camera at night, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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