Parking here. Safety in numbers. If go alone, most likely get robbed.

Fully agreed with Peet, dun go alone... Msia not a safe country.

Hi all sifu, would u mind if I join ur photography group? So excited with all ur topic. Thx

join here

not bad

Tonight, 20 mins ago.

You need to use a faster shutter speed. The star trails are very prominent.

Actually, it wasnt the shuttle speed, because i was using a wider lens tonight (12mm = 18mm FF equivalent) and exposed it for 25 sec, which is still under the 500 rule calculation. It was because i didnt bring my tripod and have to rest my camera on my bike sit for support. It could also be the camera shake from pressing the shuttle (I should had use the 2 sec timer, but i was lazy). I was out hunting for milkyway just now, thinking that I might not see it, that's why i didnt bring my tripod

lol switching to a 2 sec timer takes a lot less effort than riding out on your bike hunting for milkyway...

Ya loh, lesson learned. Spoilt so many shots because of that.....by the time i returned on the second trip with my tripod and 2 sec timer, the cloud and the moon came in....

Then, when i reached home and looked up the sky, I saw this....



This post has been edited by Loseeker: Jun 27 2016, 01:51 AM

Where did u took this? Suburb?

Limbang, small town in sarawak.

DSC09347x by Chin WY, on Flickr

an attempt with 30 sec some time back.. Lets see if I can improve on it this weekend.

First time doing post process, and it was with Capture One 9 express edition. Quite good for something that is free.

I have problem adjusting to Capture One 9.. old dog got problem learning new tricks.. stuck on PS CC. But I may have no choice if I want the 42mb 14bit dynamic range RAW. Need to learn some tricks from you..

To be honest, this was my first photo edited using Capture one 9 (Never tried Lightroom before because it is not free). I am using it because it's free for sony camera....I was simply playing around after I watched the tutorial on youtube :"Boosting the Milkyway: Lightroom tutorial" (You can do a search on youtube). Of course the 2 programs are different, but some adjustment they share the same. So, I simply try to duplicate the settings to my best ability.

42mb 14bit RAW = Sony A7R II ? (So rich ah you......)

where is the shooting location and direction??

all photo nice

My one, I took in limbang a small town in Sarawak. The direction.....I just look up at the sky and see where the milkway is (usually white clusters look like cloud) and shoot lah....I dont have knowledge or sophisticated skymap to guide me where to look.


As for others, I think you can refer to the first page of this thread.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Jun 29 2016, 11:04 PM

You can see milky way with your naked eye? I never experienced that

Around city too much light pollution, must use skymap to see where the milky way is.