Two nifty pics from the camping trick

[elfs]

Two other pictures I took Friday:

The Tiki People

While Omaha and I were making chicken pouches (one chicken breast, a half-can of mushroom soup, a quarter cup of milk, a cup of frozen veggies, and a sliced potato, wrapped in tinfoil and thrown into the fire) our neighbors fired up their tiki torches. Omaha reported that around 2am they started drumming, keeping her awake. We're not sure what they're up to.

View to the Southeast

I'm told that this camera has a lot of noise at high ISOs, and this picture confirms it. That said, this is a pretty impressive photo for such a little camera, with a sixty-second exposure using a camping chair and a gorillapod for stability. I really wish I had better manual control, but I'm not out to buy a Rebel quite yet.

Comments

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Your picture of the stars is pretty good, you kept the camera stable throughout the exposure. It's the stars that were moving though. :)

[elfs.livejournal.com]

In just 60 seconds?

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm perhaps he meant the Earth's rotation? Or it could be shifts in the atmosphere?

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Yup.

Look closely, and you'll notice that stars closer to the zenith didn't move as much. The effect is way more pronounced in the southern part of the sky, where you took the picture.

Also, you can tell that the camera was held steady by the fact that the silhouettes of the trees are not blurry.

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Of course I meant the earth's rotation. :) It's just that when you point a camera at the stars and keep it steady with respect to the earth, then the stars move in the picture. It's all relative after all. ;)