Learn how to take pictures at night of STAR TRAILS | Nikon Z6

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • Learn how to take pictures at night of star trails in this full tutorial from start to finish. Take a look to discover the settings you need, how to compose a star trails shot, how long it takes and then how to edit it afterwards. This was shot on a Nikon Z6.
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  • @RalphMayhewPhotography
    @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад +1

    Please subscribe and like the video :) have you ever tried this kind of photography before? And did you like the snake?

  • @luishecheverym56
    @luishecheverym56 4 месяца назад

    Wow que sorprendente su trabajo y su video tan didactico, brutal la composicion, muchas gracias por compartir sus conocimientos

  • @Chuck8541
    @Chuck8541 3 года назад

    Really cool to see these vids with how to ACTUALLY edit. When I edit photos, I feel like I just don’t know when to stop.

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад +1

      That’s a really good point. I think there’s a few indicators I use: have I created too much contrast? Is it to saturated? Have I used clarity/deglaze/texture too much? Is the exposure allowing the detail in the shadows and highlights to be seen? Are there parts of the image that need extra emphasis? Is the white balance accurate to what enhances the scene? I think all these should be answered 24 hours after the first edit on those really important images. That space gives the chance to see the image afresh. I hope this helps. I think I just wrote a future video script 👊 lol

    • @Chuck8541
      @Chuck8541 3 года назад +1

      @@RalphMayhewPhotography
      Good idea to give it some breathing time. It’s like electronics purchases. Haha

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад +1

      Haha that’s so true lol

  • @Chuck8541
    @Chuck8541 3 года назад

    Batch editing is life changing. Haha

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад +1

      It’s a total game changer hey! You can either copy and paste or just ‘sync’ them all to that first edited image.

  • @paulkennedycreativemedia
    @paulkennedycreativemedia 3 года назад

    Great insight on creating this image. Love the Memoji 😆

  • @gaetanoscalfidi
    @gaetanoscalfidi 3 года назад

    Thanks for this great vlog and tutoria. It motivates me to start my first star-trail!

  • @ShayneMostyn
    @ShayneMostyn 3 года назад

    Thats hilarious mate. Very entertaining.

  • @paulcookphotography
    @paulcookphotography 3 года назад

    Loved this video Ralph! This is one type of photography I've never done but am keen to try it. We have the same issue with light pollution here near Miami but out in the Everglades swamp it should work. Amazing tree you found there, so much character! Great tutorial in how to edit it as well. Can't wait to try this! Amazing final image! Really enjoyed this. Hope you are doing well and staying safe!

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад +1

      Thanks heaps Paul. You’d need to be careful of being eaten by an slogan or out there wouldn’t ya? Or a panther ;) light pollution is the worst but I also love the challenge of wrestling with its affects and prevailing. Pitch black is such a luxury!! Haha

  • @katebarker2107
    @katebarker2107 3 года назад

    That’s amazing

  • @LeeOFrey
    @LeeOFrey 3 года назад +1

    Thats really cool Ralph!! I’ve been thinking about trying the Astrophotography there’s this cool tree around the corner and zero cloud cover tonight I’m thinking about trying!! Great stuff I final image came out looking amazing. I hope all is well out there.

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад +1

      That’s so cool Lee. If you do it make sure you send me the finished product. I’d love to see what you come up with. So GLS this helped mate.

    • @LeeOFrey
      @LeeOFrey 3 года назад +1

      @@RalphMayhewPhotography for sure Ralph I definitely will

  • @Ihab.A
    @Ihab.A Год назад

    Great!

  • @MaxLang-vb4sg
    @MaxLang-vb4sg 2 месяца назад

    Any ideas on whether this would work good on Nikon d5600?

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  2 месяца назад

      It would but it depends what lens you use and because it’s crop sensor you’d likely not get quite as good results. But it’d should come close.

  • @RauriBarron
    @RauriBarron 3 года назад

    Nice vlog mate, loved the use of the emoji head 😂 and discussion on time travelling intervalometers, sounds like it hey haha. Great final image and really liked the editing walkthrough 👌 do you use a particular app to find out where the centre of the “spiral” of stars would be? Astro is relatively new for me.

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад +1

      Thanks heaps for watching it through Rauri. Much appreciated. I wanted to try some different things to keep a long video as engaging as possible. PhotoPills is THE go to Astro app but I find it invaluable for all photography shoots outdoors. It’s got so many features. I highly recommend it.

  • @endtimeimages3284
    @endtimeimages3284 3 года назад

    Thank you for this video! Really enjoyed it 👍🏻
    One thing I didn‘t understand is why the auto align of layers is necessary. The camera did not move. Was there a lot of wind so the tree moved?

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад +1

      Thanks mate. Super stoked it helped. Every time you take a sequence of images the camera moves ever so slightly. It’s unavoidable in all conditions. With Astro, pin sharp detail is essential as the stars are so small. So a movement of say half a millimetre over a two hour shoot gives you a final slightly blurry image when it should and could be pin sharp 👌

  • @resulkucukbayram
    @resulkucukbayram Год назад

    Hi, did you set this in Manual Bulb mode?

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  Год назад

      Nah 2:49 - 30 second exposure.

    • @resulkucukbayram
      @resulkucukbayram Год назад

      ​@@RalphMayhewPhotographyMy friend, I also use the Z6ii, but I don't know why, I can only take a single photo when it's under 1 second.

  • @yashdubey390
    @yashdubey390 Год назад

    With these settings how long did it took to complete all the shots?

  • @abhishekdey4691
    @abhishekdey4691 2 года назад

    Hey Ralph, The Nikon Interval shooting often breaks after 30 to 40 shots when I ask the camera to take 100 shots... I had a Nikon D610 and now Z6 both show a similar problem. Can you guide me if you ever faced a similar issue and how you resolve it?
    Is it the reason you chose 9009 images and got 153 images? Can you please explain why this happens so and what is the logic so that I can put it into practice

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  2 года назад

      I’ve had the same experience unfortunately. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t 😥 it’s really disappointing. Not sure what to do about it tbh.

    • @abhishekdey4691
      @abhishekdey4691 2 года назад

      @@RalphMayhewPhotography yeah then it's really disappointing from Nikon 😥... I thought I am lacking something 😥

    • @Robert-R
      @Robert-R 2 года назад +4

      ​ @Ralph Mayhew Photography ​ @Abhishek Dey Nikon's definition of 'interval' is the time from the beginning of one shot to the beginning of the next, not the time between images. If you want to shoot a series of 30 sec long exposures the interval needs to be set to something greater than 30 sec to give the camera time to reset. You might think all you need to do then is set it to 31 sec. Not so fast. The tricky part is that a 30 sec exposure isn't really a 30 sec exposure. It's actually 32 sec. As we know, doubling the exposure duration increases the light input by 1 stop. If you go through your exposure times and you start at 1" second, you would double it to 2", then double again to 4", then 8", and then you would expect 16", but the camera only displays 15". From there it goes to 20", 25" and finally 30". In reality, 15" displayed = 16" ; 20" = 21.333" ; 25 = 26.667; and 30" = 32", but it's cleaner to show 15, 20, 25 & 30. So, in order to set up 30" exposures properly on the Interval timer you need to dial in an interval of 33" as a minimum. This will allow a 32 sec exposure (30" displayed) plus 1 sec to recycle the camera. What was actually happening for the star trail in this video is because it was set to an interval of 0.5 sec the camera was decrementing the counter 60 shots for each of the 30 sec exposures. Therefore, for the 9009 image count setting in the interval shooting menu you'd only get around 150 images until the camera stopped, which seems to be what you got.

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  2 года назад +2

      @@Robert-R this is perhaps the most helpful comment I’ve ever read on a RUclips comment ever! Thank you.

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  2 года назад

      @@abhishekdey4691 hey mate. I’ve made this. It should help How to master interval timer photography? (Interval shooting on Nikon Z cameras)
      ruclips.net/video/KFfaBs3a6s8/видео.html

  • @silentkaleidoscope
    @silentkaleidoscope 2 года назад

    Did anyone else notice at the snake? Lol

  • @178gm
    @178gm 3 года назад

    Did anyone besides me saw the snake at the beginning?

    • @RalphMayhewPhotography
      @RalphMayhewPhotography  3 года назад

      Haha I don’t think so lol. But how could they all miss it 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @darrellsy4735
    @darrellsy4735 2 года назад

    Was that a snake? 😅😅😅