I like to take photos.

tBatt · Jul 31, 2013

Especially of the nighttime sky. For whatever reason, astrophotography gets me really excited. Maybe it's because I can see so much more through a camera lens than I could with my naked eye.

So I decided to start an unthreadworthy thread. No TRs, maybe a couple words and always a photo. I'll try to link to the Flickr account, because the forums downgrade photo quality quite a bit (super noticeable with stars!) I'll post some EXIF info if anyone cares to nerd out about it.

These two were from last night over Indian Lake. I'll dig up past ones and post new ones as they come.

https://flic.kr/p/fkM9E9

https://flic.kr/p/fkM9JJ

Both of these were shot on a Canon 20D (Old!) with a Tokina 11-16 f/2.8.
30"
F/2.8
ISO 1600
11mm

tBatt · Jul 31, 2013

This was taken during my excursion home from Salt Lake City.

Star Trails from the Poison Spider parking lot in Moab, UT.

https://flic.kr/p/eNyHxV

Canon 20D and Sigma 17-35 f/2.8-4.0
25"
f/2.8
ISO800
17mm
First photo was at around midnight, last photo was around 2am. Shot continuously, maybe 150 exposures stacked on top of eachother.

After figuring out I couldn't sleep in my Civic, I left and headed into Arches.
This was the first shot I got of the shoot and my favorite. Sun started to come up shortly after. On the way in to Turret Arch.

https://flic.kr/p/eXb9oh

Can't find the Exif info, so I'll make it up
25"
f/2.8
ISO1600
17mm

tBatt · Jul 31, 2013

Last Winter, we hiked Alta a few times at night.

This was one of them. We had one of them drinkin' parties. Shot fireworks and stuff (at eachother..?)

https://flic.kr/p/e9FAFA

20D with 17-70
8"
f/8.0
ISO800
35mm

https://flic.kr/p/e9zVUT

same EXIF as above

Zaine vs. Brent with Roman Candles

https://flic.kr/p/e9zVY8

15"
f/7.1
ISO400
17mm

Then we hiked, and skied from Wildcat with sparklers.

https://flic.kr/p/e9FzZG

30"
f/6.3
ISO800
17mm

tBatt · Jul 31, 2013

And a couple days later (or earlier, I'm not really sure...) I went up alone. I had just received my new MagicShine light for night rides in Moab in the mail. I still haven't used it to this date other than this one night.

https://flic.kr/p/e6G6Xd

2.5"
f/4
ISO800
17mm

https://flic.kr/p/e6G7cQ

15"
f/9
ISO400
19mm

The Moooon.

https://flic.kr/p/e6AsAR

13"
f/14
ISO1600
17mm

https://flic.kr/p/e6AsDk

15"
f/5.6
17mm
ISO800

tBatt · Jul 31, 2013

Last summer, from a hike to the Pilot Knob Preserve Looking over Southern Lake George.

https://flic.kr/p/cR6fKS

Taken on a Canon 5D Classic with a Canon 16-35 f/2.8L
30"
f/2.8
ISO 1600
16mm

I'm a big fan of this one. Part of Rockhurst, Cleverdale, Assembly Point, and Long Island.

https://flic.kr/p/cQJx85

same EXIF as above.

tBatt · Jul 31, 2013

And, because Harv has been waiting to see this posted.
Learning Backrolls on a wakeboard. Next up - Scarecrows and the elusive 180°!

No exif/high res because facebook.

tBatt · Aug 1, 2013

Was coming home from Crane Mountain today and saw a little road going down towards Glen Creek. We had enough time to follow it, so we did. Cool little Spot.

https://flic.kr/p/fD3cqK

There's something I'm not too fond of about this one. Not sure what it is, but I think it's the wash on the bottom right. An ND filter might be my next camera related purchase.

https://flic.kr/p/fDjMb3

Both photos are shot at:
Canon 60D
Sigma 17-70
f/22 (This is where the ND filter would come in handy)
6s
ISO 100

tBatt · Sep 2, 2013

Looking at old pics, this is 0"6s (10/13th of a second?) I have a few other I dug into, looks like >5s is your best bet.

Almost the same shot, but 5s exposure.

On the contrary, This exposure was 6s, but the only period that the sensor is taking in data is when the lightning is striking. The lightning strike is so fast that you can see individual rain drops falling from the sky. Didn't intend on getting that, but it looks pretty cool.

https://flic.kr/p/fHFz61

Hopefully something cool coming in from this Friday, and scheming on how I can use a flash to make a photo I tried to get a while back and wasn't too successful with.