Starry Sunrise...
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:01 pmI'd not managed to shoot the starry sky the night before so I was hoping a sunrise shoot at the same location would satisfy me.
It was just a five minute walk from where we were staying so I set the alarm for 4AM the night before planning for a 5:20AM sunrise and arriving at the location my usual one hour before.
What I hadn't factored in tho was that the change of daylight savings in New South Wales happened overnight so in fact sunrise was going to be at 6:20AM (effectively an hour later). I didn't really know this till I got to the location and after about half an hour of shooting - thought to myself - man it's still very dark with no hint of light on the horizon - whats happening with sunrise
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Jagged Milk
Above 4:25AM and a 25 second exposure wide open at ISO 4000 with the 16-35/4 at 16mm, below we have a similar composition this time with the Sigma 15mm fisheye - 30 seconds at f/3.2 and ISO 3200
Showin' the Way
I shot some other compositions for another 20 minutes or so and seeing it was still very dark with no hint of sunrise - finally grokked that I was an hour early
Figuring I probably had a little time to try some starry trails before twilight came in too strongly I headed over to where I'd shot some interesting southward facing test shots the night before. I climbed up the landward rock pillar once again and setup a shot southward over the seaside pillar of Wellington Rock.
At 5AM when I started the sequence the skies were nice and dark and the milky way was clearly visible. Just after 5:30AM twilight was really starting to show with clearly deep blue skies and fading stars so I stopped the sequence and hoped that the 29 frames I'd taken would be enough to show the starry trails.
The Promise
It was just a five minute walk from where we were staying so I set the alarm for 4AM the night before planning for a 5:20AM sunrise and arriving at the location my usual one hour before.
What I hadn't factored in tho was that the change of daylight savings in New South Wales happened overnight so in fact sunrise was going to be at 6:20AM (effectively an hour later). I didn't really know this till I got to the location and after about half an hour of shooting - thought to myself - man it's still very dark with no hint of light on the horizon - whats happening with sunrise
.Jagged Milk
Above 4:25AM and a 25 second exposure wide open at ISO 4000 with the 16-35/4 at 16mm, below we have a similar composition this time with the Sigma 15mm fisheye - 30 seconds at f/3.2 and ISO 3200
Showin' the Way
I shot some other compositions for another 20 minutes or so and seeing it was still very dark with no hint of sunrise - finally grokked that I was an hour early
Figuring I probably had a little time to try some starry trails before twilight came in too strongly I headed over to where I'd shot some interesting southward facing test shots the night before. I climbed up the landward rock pillar once again and setup a shot southward over the seaside pillar of Wellington Rock.
At 5AM when I started the sequence the skies were nice and dark and the milky way was clearly visible. Just after 5:30AM twilight was really starting to show with clearly deep blue skies and fading stars so I stopped the sequence and hoped that the 29 frames I'd taken would be enough to show the starry trails.
The Promise
