Mastering The Lights Of The Night Sky: Lecture For Beginner and Intermediate Photographers

-Rainier- Another shot from Sunrise Visitor Center in Washington State, back in August of 2017. Such a beautiful place I wish I had more than just one night there... Definitely going back! For this photos foreground I used a Nikon D800 w/ 50mm ISO 500, F4, shutter varied between 30- 120 seconds. (10 photos stacked) I switched to a 24mm lens F 3.2 ISO 5000 Shutter 13 seconds (10 photos stacked with Starry landscape stacker). Blended the 2 focal lengths together is PS. www.youtube.com/milkywaymike #milkywaymike #milkywaychasers #milkywaygalaxy #nightscape #nightscaper #universetoday #huffpostgram #gothere #discoverearth #picofthenight #splendid_xposure #igersmood #nasa #natgeo #natgeospace #nightshot

Una publicación compartida por Michael Ver Sprill (@milky_way_mike) el Ene 17, 2018 at 5:51 PST

- Vortex Over Mono Lake - www.instagram.com/milky_way_mike fb.com/mikeversprill While running around South Tufa, Mono Lake capturing the milky way I let my second body photograph Polaris. I zoomed and stacked the photos to create a spiral/vortex effect and blended it back with the foreground. Mono Lake is such a unique place, especially under the night sky. Learn this star trail technique here (requires LRTimelapse and StarStax or PS): https://youtu.be/_XiIRozt8iU Tech: Nikon D600 15-30 at 15mm ISO 3200 F3.2 Shutter 25 seconds (250 photos zoomed and stacked with LR Time Lapse and Star Stax) #monolake #southtufa #gothere #discoverearth #discoverglobe #splendid_exposure #skymasters_family #sky_brilliance #huffpostgram #theworld_thru_youreyes #picofthenight #nightsky #startrailchasers #polaris #spiralstartrails #vortexstartrails

Una publicación compartida por Michael Ver Sprill (@milky_way_mike) el Ene 12, 2018 at 4:28 PST

STACKED / TRACKED / BLEND -Midnight Hike- While photographing the Milky Way Galaxy drifting behind Mt Rainier I was really surprised to see so many lights on the mountainside. After taking some shots with my 50mm lens I was able to zoom in and count the number of headlamps in each group which was really amazing! I a series of photos from the sunrise visitor center and made a time lapse of the hikers climbing up Rainier which can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/aQXlY18NgYE Tech: Foreground is 15 photos stacked - Nikon D800 50mm ISO 4000 F2.5 Shutter 6 Seconds The milky way I tracked (iOptron Tracker) about an hour earlier before it reached the peak and had less obstructions at 50mm F2.8 ISO 3200 Shutter 30 seconds (6 shot pano). I blended the tracked sky back with the foreground, however the core the milky way is higher than it normally would have been. #mountrainier #mtrainier #sunrisevisitorcenter #gothere #milkyway #milkywaymike #milkywaygalaxy #huffpostgram #discoverearth #splendid_xposure #picofthenight #theworld_thru_youreyes #nikontop #universetoday #newmilkyway #night_shots #night_shots_ #washington #washingtostate #hubs_united

Una publicación compartida por Michael Ver Sprill (@milky_way_mike) el Dic 8, 2017 at 4:32 PST

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About Mike Ver Sprill:

Mike Ver Sprill is an artist and photographer who live’s his life to the beat of his own drum. He takes the initiative to venture out on his own even if it means waking up in the back of his car, hours away from home, just to capture a photograph. Those are the moments when he realizes his passion has become an obsession. Let's Get Connected: www.milkywaymike.com