Well done! What gear did you use for this timelapse? Impressive to be able to get the Milky Way core colors like that. My efforts with a GoPro 11 have been...more subdued. ;-).
I know they say the GoPro is supposed to be able to be used at night, but I found mine to be really bad. I used a Nikon D850 and a Sigma 14mm f1.8 to captured this. The Sigma 14mm f1.8 is a game changer for night time photography.
I'm considering travelling to Death Valley around Feb 27th of 2025 when there will be a new moon. I know nothing about photography but I want to try to do something like you did here, from sundown to sunrise. Again, I'm a complete novice so please forgive the dumb question but what camera do I buy that can film continously like that? The best camera I saw had a filming time of 3hrs. How do you keep it charged? And how do you film continously sun down to sun up?
That's a great question. I really need to do a tutorial on my Nighttime timelapses. Photographing at night is way harder then photographing during the day. So that's going to be a lot to take in for you between now and Feb 27th. You keep mentioning film, but all of these are shot with a digital camera. Maybe you didn't really mean film? These night shots are basically impossible on film. Here are a few suggestions for you to get started. 1. Any modern camera can capture what I did. I prefer Nikon cameras personally. 2. For night time photography, you need a fast lens, and a wide lens. That might not be something that you understand what I mean when I say that. But you want a lens that is f/1.8 to f/2.8. Any kit lenses that come with camera bundles wont be fast enough at night when its dark out. 3. You will need a tripod 4. You will need a Remote Release to keep your camera photographing all night. 5. You will need extra batteries, typically a battery will last 2.5 to 3 hours. That's the main equipment you need. To start, you will want to get a camera and learn how to use it, and what's the purpose of the Shutter Speed, the Aperture and the ISO and how they work together. My suggestion for a camera: Nikon Z6III My Suggestion for a night time lens Viltrox 16mm f1.8 I have some tutorials on my website in the Article section. It's www.FocalWorld.com It's free to join.
@focalworldphotography5322 Thank you for your response. Yes, I do get my terminology mixed up. I think this may be more of a one-time event rather than a new artistic pursuit. I've sort of been sold on gopro12 in the past because they claim to have all these fancy gizmos to help with that night photography/video built into the camera. So the gopro12 offered two things, a 'cliffnotes' version of night photography, and also, i would simply love to film the ride from LAS to Death Valley. As well as places around Death Valley during the day like Artist's drive. If I did my research correctly, February 27th, the galactic core would be visible around 4a.m. So, my strategy was to head off to Dante's View before sunset and just take in the dark skies for the first time. I'm a New Englander, I've always wanted to see the Galactic Core, so this is more a personal journey. So I may film a little at night just of the stars but then get into the more robust photography around 3am to catch the core. Thank you so much for inspiring me. In fact, I did plan a trip originally to Stovepipe Wells back in September inspired based on this video. But I chickened out due to the heat at that time of the year. But it was a new moon. Out of the many beautiful Dark Skies videos on TH-cam, this right here, inclusive of the background music is the absolute best out of all of them. I would be interested in a really 'beginner' type series of videos. Maybe you can even do some on-site tutorial work! If it was combined with dark skies, I would consider that a trip worth taking. Thanks again for your inspiration. Bill
@@billxx188 Hey Bill, gotcha on your goal now, and that's totally awesome. The ride from LA to Death Valley is really cool. Which way are you thinking? The 2 main ways from LA are either up the 395 to Big Pine and cutting over, or the I-15 to Baker and turning north. Both are really great I think. One thought on the GoPro. I have had a couple of them, the latest one I have is Hero11. I tried it at night because it has a night mode, but I was really disappointed. If you have a newer phone from the last 2 or 3 years, you will probably get better nighttime images from it, then you will the GoPro. Right now all I have my GoPro for is an emergency video backup. I would have to look and see when the core rises at the end of February, I hope you see it because it's cool. I usually start getting serious about the Milky Way in March. The best time I think is probably June as it rises earlier and is up longer.
@focalworldphotography5322 i meant LAS as in Las Vegas airport. I will be flying in fron Connecticut. Truthfully I have two trips i was considering. One is Death Valley. But the other would be videoing a road trip from Las Vegas to Tonopah to Reno. I love my road trips but as far as scenery goes, Death Valley so far is winning out as the destination over the road trip.
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Thank you so much!
Well done! What gear did you use for this timelapse? Impressive to be able to get the Milky Way core colors like that. My efforts with a GoPro 11 have been...more subdued. ;-).
I know they say the GoPro is supposed to be able to be used at night, but I found mine to be really bad. I used a Nikon D850 and a Sigma 14mm f1.8 to captured this. The Sigma 14mm f1.8 is a game changer for night time photography.
I'm considering travelling to Death Valley around Feb 27th of 2025 when there will be a new moon. I know nothing about photography but I want to try to do something like you did here, from sundown to sunrise. Again, I'm a complete novice so please forgive the dumb question but what camera do I buy that can film continously like that? The best camera I saw had a filming time of 3hrs. How do you keep it charged? And how do you film continously sun down to sun up?
That's a great question. I really need to do a tutorial on my Nighttime timelapses.
Photographing at night is way harder then photographing during the day. So that's going to be a lot to take in for you between now and Feb 27th.
You keep mentioning film, but all of these are shot with a digital camera. Maybe you didn't really mean film? These night shots are basically impossible on film.
Here are a few suggestions for you to get started.
1. Any modern camera can capture what I did. I prefer Nikon cameras personally.
2. For night time photography, you need a fast lens, and a wide lens. That might not be something that you understand what I mean when I say that. But you want a lens that is f/1.8 to f/2.8. Any kit lenses that come with camera bundles wont be fast enough at night when its dark out.
3. You will need a tripod
4. You will need a Remote Release to keep your camera photographing all night.
5. You will need extra batteries, typically a battery will last 2.5 to 3 hours.
That's the main equipment you need.
To start, you will want to get a camera and learn how to use it, and what's the purpose of the Shutter Speed, the Aperture and the ISO and how they work together.
My suggestion for a camera:
Nikon Z6III
My Suggestion for a night time lens
Viltrox 16mm f1.8
I have some tutorials on my website in the Article section. It's www.FocalWorld.com It's free to join.
@focalworldphotography5322 Thank you for your response. Yes, I do get my terminology mixed up. I think this may be more of a one-time event rather than a new artistic pursuit.
I've sort of been sold on gopro12 in the past because they claim to have all these fancy gizmos to help with that night photography/video built into the camera.
So the gopro12 offered two things, a 'cliffnotes' version of night photography, and also, i would simply love to film the ride from LAS to Death Valley. As well as places around Death Valley during the day like Artist's drive.
If I did my research correctly, February 27th, the galactic core would be visible around 4a.m. So, my strategy was to head off to Dante's View before sunset and just take in the dark skies for the first time. I'm a New Englander, I've always wanted to see the Galactic Core, so this is more a personal journey. So I may film a little at night just of the stars but then get into the more robust photography around 3am to catch the core.
Thank you so much for inspiring me. In fact, I did plan a trip originally to Stovepipe Wells back in September inspired based on this video. But I chickened out due to the heat at that time of the year. But it was a new moon. Out of the many beautiful Dark Skies videos on TH-cam, this right here, inclusive of the background music is the absolute best out of all of them.
I would be interested in a really 'beginner' type series of videos. Maybe you can even do some on-site tutorial work! If it was combined with dark skies, I would consider that a trip worth taking.
Thanks again for your inspiration.
Bill
@@billxx188 Hey Bill, gotcha on your goal now, and that's totally awesome. The ride from LA to Death Valley is really cool. Which way are you thinking? The 2 main ways from LA are either up the 395 to Big Pine and cutting over, or the I-15 to Baker and turning north. Both are really great I think.
One thought on the GoPro. I have had a couple of them, the latest one I have is Hero11. I tried it at night because it has a night mode, but I was really disappointed. If you have a newer phone from the last 2 or 3 years, you will probably get better nighttime images from it, then you will the GoPro.
Right now all I have my GoPro for is an emergency video backup.
I would have to look and see when the core rises at the end of February, I hope you see it because it's cool. I usually start getting serious about the Milky Way in March. The best time I think is probably June as it rises earlier and is up longer.
@focalworldphotography5322 i meant LAS as in Las Vegas airport. I will be flying in fron Connecticut.
Truthfully I have two trips i was considering. One is Death Valley. But the other would be videoing a road trip from Las Vegas to Tonopah to Reno. I love my road trips but as far as scenery goes, Death Valley so far is winning out as the destination over the road trip.