12-28-2014, 10:31 PM
Without seeing the image in question it is hard to say much about it.
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Just as an example of what is possible, here's an old image I took from my garden. The skies are badly light polluted so I had to use a filter to remove much of it. You can see, faintly, the milky way here. I was hoping to catch the perseids so it is no artistic shot.
From my notes it appears I used the Samyang 8mm fisheye for this. Exif doesn't note the aperture but the lens at fastest was f/3.5 and it looks pretty bad at that. Given the poor star shapes it is very possible I was wide open. 30 second exposure at ISO1600 on Canon 7D. So yes, it is very possible to get a lot of stars at this kind of exposure, and with some effort it could be a lot better than my example. It would help a lot if you can get away from light pollution. If you can't, there are some light pollution blocking filters that may help, but you will need more work to balance the colour afterwards.
Just as an example of what is possible, here's an old image I took from my garden. The skies are badly light polluted so I had to use a filter to remove much of it. You can see, faintly, the milky way here. I was hoping to catch the perseids so it is no artistic shot.
From my notes it appears I used the Samyang 8mm fisheye for this. Exif doesn't note the aperture but the lens at fastest was f/3.5 and it looks pretty bad at that. Given the poor star shapes it is very possible I was wide open. 30 second exposure at ISO1600 on Canon 7D. So yes, it is very possible to get a lot of stars at this kind of exposure, and with some effort it could be a lot better than my example. It would help a lot if you can get away from light pollution. If you can't, there are some light pollution blocking filters that may help, but you will need more work to balance the colour afterwards.
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