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My one and only nightsky scape from my recent trip to Tasmania and about the only time I saw the stars. It was either raining or just cloudy for most of the time. About half an hour after I did this shoot the clouds rolled back in. The faint bands and patches in the sky are from thin cloud so even for this shot I didn't have completely clear skies. Crescent moon just off to the top right of frame is lighting up the landscape.
I had a star trail shoot in progress before I did this but after only 15 minutes or so a couple of guys came down the road to launch their boat and seeing as I was setup in the water at the end of the boat ramp I had to move.
Same location just a couple of hours earlier.....
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Aboslutely incredible. I can't wait for the stars to appear more visible than they are right now, so I can get out there and do some nightskies again
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Thank you so much 
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And thanks to you as well!
There was actually some activity tonight, but lucky me is currently without a tripod as a I broke a leg on my previous one during a hike I was at some weeks back. I ordered a new one, but I had a mismatch between the l-bracket and the ballhead, but hopefully I'll have it during the upcoming week.
Do you use one of those geogical-rotation mounts for your tripod?
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Shame about the tripod. I hope you get it sorted soon. I have a couple of motorised equatorial mounts but I use them for my deep space astrophotography which is done through my telescopes. For shots like this I just use a standard tripod. [link]
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Yeah, I saw that tutorial, I'm doing to try a few of those shots tomorrow night if I can borrow myself a tripod.
Do you have any tips on what apertures you use? normally for auroras I go as open as possible, so 2.8, but I guess as with most lenses it's sharpest at 4, but I loose alot of light that way. I have a Tokina 11-16 2.8 DX.. well while I wait to get my hands on a D800 which should be well before the aurura-season really kicks loose.
I have some shots I did of a meteorstorm that happened in january, but the sky is very blue. I guess that's the aperture.. hmm 
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Open as possible (F/2.8) is generally what I shoot at as well. Coma around the edges of frame on the stars is pretty much inevitable wide open with the exception of a few select lenses. The blue is probably more to do with White Balance and if the moon was in the sky at the same time it will certainly turn the sky blue.
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Allright
I'll definately see what I can do. I'll try to capture some star shots while I patiently wait for the auroras to come.
Are you shooting fullframe or cropped? I'm considering a wideangle-lens for when I get the D800 and I'm kinda inbetween the 14-24 2.8 or the 24 1.4 . Both lenses are supposed to be very sharp, so I guess going for a primelens wideangle would be the way to go. Any recommendations?
Lenses for fullframe are kinda expensive so I'm sure I'll only go for one of them. I'm just curious on how 1.4 will affect the clarity of the auroras.
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Thank you very much mate
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