Pushing the clarity up to +55 also helps define the stars against the sky, making them nice and crispy. I really wanted to emphasize the stars against the dark sky and this is a good way to do that. Here are the Lightroom settings I used to edit the above photo:ġ) You can see in the first panel that I bumped the whites up to +46 and brought the blacks down to -52. Here is a standard star photo of mine and the Lightroom settings I used to create it: 25 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 1600 I’ll usually boost the exposure up by a stop or more, and I’ll use Noise Reduction under the Detail section to reduce any unwanted “noise” (those pesky extra white, red or blue pixels that show up when you push the ISO too high). I do extensive retouching in Lightroom after I take my photos.
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You’ll learn how to reduce noise in Lightroom in the next section for a super clean photo. On a full-frame camera like the 5D Mark III or the Nikon D800, you can bump the ISO up to around 2000 without seeing much noise. So this is where the ISO comes into play. The largest aperture you can find on a fisheye lens is f/2.8, and still, your picture might not be quite bright enough to look stunning. Since you are limited to about 15-25 seconds max shutter speed, you still need to let in more light. Photographing star trails is a legitimate type of photography on its own, but not the type of photography you are trying to do here. An exposure longer than about 25 seconds will start to show star trails. The most important component of these settings is the 25-second exposure. The best location for star photography is way out in nature, away from city lights that cause “light pollution.”ġ3.0 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 1600 Why to use these settings D on’t compete with large light sources, the stars will be over powered. Note: this kind of photography won’t work if there is a full moon out (or even a half moon). If your lens doesn’t open up to f/2.8 you can try 30 seconds at f/4 with ISO 1600. You can nail this shot almost every time with these settings: 25 second exposure, f/2.8, ISO 1600