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Green airglow and Milky Way over a mine on private (posted) property in Central Nevada (accessed with permission).

We lead workshops in this area May , June or July, sometimes in conjunction with a night photography visit to Bodie.

Single press of the shutter release, several adjacent images moderately post-processed (about a minute to capture and a couple of minutes to adjust). Done.
No compositing/time-shifting.
No tracking mount.
No noise images, no long exposure foreground images.
No special lighting, or added light.
No new camera or back-lit sensor.
No multiple focal lengths, no focus stacking.
No Photoshop, no layers, no sky or foreground substitution (just Lightroom and a shareware app or two).

Night photography doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming, or involve special gear beyond camera, lens, tripod. Many cameras produced in the last 13 years and probably all in the last 4-8 years can capture shots like this. I've re-processed images and produced great results from my 2009 Canon 5D Mark II and crop sensor 70D. Join our workshops to find out how!

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A spot in Nevada I'm thinking of taking a workshop to next spring.

Tags:   star trails night BLM Bureau Land Management Nevada United States USA travel landscape nature photography Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR digital camera photo copyright March 2015 Jeff Sullivan timelapse Whitney Pocket Gold Butte remote four wheeling 4WD National Monument MonumentsForAll

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Tags:   Tonopah dark sky night photography stars Milky Way astronomy astrophotography Central Nevada United States USA landscape nature Canon 5D Mark II photo copyright April 30 2014 Jeff Sullivan

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While I was out shooting the Perseid meteor shower I realized that I hadn't spent a lot of time with Lori's D800E at night. What better place to put it through its paces than under the super-dark skies of the Great Basin in Central Nevada?

I had an extra tripod with me, so I decided to shoot a time-lapse sequence with it, and see what I could pick up as far as meteors.

I did a few test shots on my Nikkor 20mm lens. Using a "400 Rule" I wouldn't want to go over 20 seconds of exposure. It was a smoky night, so the sensor clearly did better with as much light as I could give it at that relatively short shutter speed under these even-darker-than-normal conditions, so I used f/1.8.

This is three exposures sky-stacked, captured while I was setting up one of the other cameras.

Unfortunately the clouds moved in quickly, so none of the cameras got much time actually capturing meteors, but as time permits I can throw together a time-lapse video from the sequence of shots.

Tags:   Perseid meteor shower 2021 astrophotography astronomy news Central Nevada USA landscape nature night star travel photography Nikon D800E Nikkor 20mm f/1.8 lenss photo copyright Jeff Sullivan August Sequator overlanding Ford F-350 Super Duty crew cab Harley Davidson Edition 4WD pickup truck 4x4 Palomino SS-1200 pop-up camper Backpack Edition

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