As per tittle, anyone would like to share their secret location?

Is "Milky Way" some secret code word I don't understand? I don't get the meaning.

I heard Mersing is good. You could try sabah mt kinabalu park. It is high and clear from air and light pollution.

The name of our galaxy, in which our solar system is located, is Milky Way.
This is because our galaxy is spiral flat shaped, so you'll see a 'way' or band of stars across the sky at night

This post has been edited by ragnarokB2: Aug 29 2014, 04:56 PM

I recommend an app like the Star Rover.
Can accurately pinpoint where is the Milky Way on the night sky with your phone's accelerometer and GPS.

As for light pollution, as long as it's a clear day, don't worry about it. Use ETTR (expose to the right) method.

That's what I thought. It was what made me all . Secret location? There's no secret location. The problem is, you can't see it if you live in an urban area. I've never seen it since my father drag the whole family to KL, and here we've stayed. Most nights, can't even see a single star.

Hmm ... that reminds me. Back when I was in secondary school, I dreamt of getting a telescope and camera ... but kind of forgot about it so many decades past. Now that I have SLRs ... hmmm ... hope it doesn't rain tonight. And pray for no clouds.

This post has been edited by dkk: Aug 29 2014, 06:46 PM

Thanks for the tips sir

"Secret location" is an exaggeration

"Most nights, can't even see a single star."
-yup, that's why I'm looking for a place where people do actually see stars.

Just hop in your car and drive away from the city. Do you live in the Klang Valley?

yeap, I need to know where to drive to too

Try east coast, that side have much fewer cities compare to west coast. I've seen it a few time at Johor Desaru area

Milky Way with Mini Excavator by SHaurT, on Flickr

Milky Way under the Moonless night by SHaurT, on Flickr

The setting milky way by SHaurT, on Flickr

Was thinking if anyone here could plan an outing for milky way shots?

Good thing you don't have to endure those merciless cold wind to shoot at winter night

Awesome Shoot!

Bario, Sarawak

i try to shoot this way in tioman >< but w/o remote i only can archive 30 second expose which really a bit weird ><

Can't shoot for too long too as you'll get trails then.

That's where large aperture and high ISO comes in handy!

If using 35mm f1.8 which iso is better?

wat is ettr?


can see with out bare eyes? or need to use camera?

ETTR is expose to the right. if still don't know, can go ask uncle google