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

this makes me rethink of whether i should go for canon 10-22 f3.5-4.5 or tokina 11-16 f2.8

get the tokina. it's one of the best and it's 2.8!



This post has been edited by f5calvin: Sep 5 2014, 04:22 PM

was planning to get 10-22 , 24-70, 70-200 combo so when i change to ff i don't need to replace all lens, but this... 11-16 oh man damn tempting

11-16 can still be used in FF as a 15-16mm f2.8 lens.. Very wide! bt of course, corners aren't sharp. bt where can u find an FF AF lens f/2.8 that's 1600(or cheaper if u get used)?

can share ur settings? there no light pollution?

I heard shutter go up to 15s the best to avoid the stars from being blurry (cz the earth spins)

Anyone care to share location to shoot milky way in Ipoh ?

kuantan pantai sepat

low light pollution

Thanks for sharing. But that is too far from my actual place.

This post has been edited by Jimsee: Jan 8 2016, 03:51 PM

if u wan to capture nice milky way
u need to travel long distance away from the city

Hi, I am new to Astrophotography. Anyone has ever used smartphone camera to shoot milky way? Smartphone camera nowadays is quite decent and I saw some articles on Astrophotography with smartphone.

was thinking of going there one of these evening.. the inner padi fields can be nice place too..

Only very few smartphones with 3rd party apps will give you the necessary controls to take a decent Milky Way pic.

Recent android phones have enabled manual control on shutter speed, ISO, white balance, focus and RAW format as well, such as one plus 3, s7, Lg G5 and etc. I wonder with these capabilities but small camera sensor, is it possible to take milky way picture? :|

It is, but it won't look as clean/sharp as a DSLR but still decent enough from what I've seen on the net if you're not fussy. You'll want to do stacking in your post processing to help reduce noise.

u guys do know our planet Earth is part of Milky Way right?

Yes, we are in the middle of the Milky Way, about 25,000 light years from the galactic center and 25,000 light years from the edge

Stunning photos

So beautiful.

would be great if someone share the wechat group again. wanna join yall too T_T

Wow interesting, wish I could found this thread earlier.

Is there any outing in near future? I wish to join too

http://www.justinngphoto.com/astro/