I'm brand new to photography. I saw some really cool photographs of the milky way that I find so amazing. I bought a used Canon 70D that came with a 50mm used and shopping for more lenses.
What I would like to know is any useful tips on night time photography and specifically photographing the milky way.
Use the 500 rule to avoid blurring of stars. The 500 rule is take 500 and divide by the equivalent focal length of your lens and that will give you the shutter speed you should use. Let's say you have a full frame camera and a 20 mm lens. 500/20=25 seconds. If you are using a crop camera, don't forget to use equivalent focal length. A crop Nikon camera with this lens would be 500/30 = 17 seconds.
I recently shot a few photos, I try to keep my photos under 30s exposure, however using the 500 rule as mentioned is a pretty proven method. Although it seems like you want to increase exposure time to keep ISO low, you will want to actually bump up your ISO, to 3200 or even 6400 to really make the milky way pop. Here is an example of my milky way photo recently, and I'll give you the link to the exif data for some more information if that interests you.
Takennnn wrote: I recently shot a few photos, I try to keep my photos under 30s exposure, however using the 500 rule as mentioned is a pretty proven method. Although it seems like you want to increase exposure time to keep ISO low, you will want to actually bump up your ISO, to 3200 or even 6400 to really make the milky way pop. Here is an example of my milky way photo recently, and I'll give you the link to the exif data for some more information if that interests you.
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