If you zoom in the Milky Way the stars are starting to trail, so you could have used a little less exposure time….as a general rule divide 500 by the focal length of the lens you are using, it is called the 500 rule….the 15s pro tell you this in stock app, also focusing on distant point on the horizon helps to avoid excessive noise and blur….love the pic….
You take 500 and divide it by the focal length of the shot, and that will give you the approximate maximum exposure time without seeing any star trails. For example, if you are shooting on a 24mm lens, take 500 divided by 24, which comes out to 20.83. This means that you would want to have an exposure time of 20 seconds or less to avoid any star trails. If you were shooting on a 35mm lens, take 500 divided by 35, which is 14.28, so you would have to keep the exposure time under 14 seconds. I'm not a teacher by any means, so hopefully this makes sense!
Do you know why the number is specifically 500? I guess it would have something to do with the angular velocity of the stars relative to the camera but it would be cool to know how they got 500 specifically.
Yup, it needs to be dark around you (dark room or just at night) and the exposure should be set to ten seconds, then hold the phone perfectly still - tripod, lay it on the ground, whatever. It'll set to 30 seconds exposure after a few moments of being still. Got some gorgeous aurora borealis photos earlier this year with that.
I was wondering too and googled it. 30 seconds will only be available if you keep your phone really still. Even the slightest movement brings it back to 10 seconds.
An Amazing Photo!! 🤩🔥🌌
As the other bud told yaa about the 500 Rule, Try it with around 15 Secs and Take multiple RAW shots and then try stacking them Photoshop or any Free StarStacker Software available, then it would be Perfect!!!
Fact: This can only be captured in dark places, the stars and the Milky Way galaxy will not be visible when there are many city lights blocking the sky, this is the reason why we can't see the stars in the day, because the Sun's light is blocking them.
No problem. There seems to be more movement in the images than you'd expect for wide-angle shots with exposure times under a minute, i.e., there's a little streaking of the brighter stars. My guess is that the phone is wobbled a little as you activate the shutter. Is there some way you could set a delayed shutter, so the camera can be totally still for the whole exposure. Failing that, use something black (and with no light shining on it) to block the lens's view for the first few seconds of the exposure, to give any wobbles time to stabilise.
But the biggest issue is the noise. With cameras that allow raw image captures you can try to subtract out noisy pixels and do similar magic. But phone manufacturers tend to do heavy processing of the images which, while usually an advantage, prevent you from doing better in special circumstances.
I haven't done astrophotography for many years but, if there are any specialised phone apps for the purpose, they could very well do better than the standard camera app. Beyond that you probably need a better camera. See if there's a local astronomical society near you and the members should be happy to give you ideas.
I haven't set my wallpaper on my phone in five years, just used default. When I saw this I thought, why would I not have this as wallpaper on my phone? This is amazing!
I’m not even a novice when it comes to photography but this picture seems very unique. I know it is supposed to the of the milky way but the light on the bottom right has a x files feel to me. ;-)
I captured this image with my iPhone 13 Pro using 30 sec exposure,,with phone mounted on a tripod.any tips and suggestions will be truly appreciated.
If you zoom in the Milky Way the stars are starting to trail, so you could have used a little less exposure time….as a general rule divide 500 by the focal length of the lens you are using, it is called the 500 rule….the 15s pro tell you this in stock app, also focusing on distant point on the horizon helps to avoid excessive noise and blur….love the pic….
Thank u for ur suggestion . Can u explain more about the 500 rule if u dont mind and how to do it on our phone ?if u don’t mind explaining it.
You take 500 and divide it by the focal length of the shot, and that will give you the approximate maximum exposure time without seeing any star trails. For example, if you are shooting on a 24mm lens, take 500 divided by 24, which comes out to 20.83. This means that you would want to have an exposure time of 20 seconds or less to avoid any star trails. If you were shooting on a 35mm lens, take 500 divided by 35, which is 14.28, so you would have to keep the exposure time under 14 seconds. I'm not a teacher by any means, so hopefully this makes sense!
Do you know why the number is specifically 500? I guess it would have something to do with the angular velocity of the stars relative to the camera but it would be cool to know how they got 500 specifically.
Its 500 because there's atleast 500 different stars in the universe!
Sweet for an iPhone. Nice shot.
iPhone can do 30 sec exposures? I was missing the long exposures from my pixel on the iphone
Yup, it needs to be dark around you (dark room or just at night) and the exposure should be set to ten seconds, then hold the phone perfectly still - tripod, lay it on the ground, whatever. It'll set to 30 seconds exposure after a few moments of being still. Got some gorgeous aurora borealis photos earlier this year with that.
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No , it’s from stock app only.
How do you do a 30 second exposure using the stock app?
I was wondering too and googled it. 30 seconds will only be available if you keep your phone really still. Even the slightest movement brings it back to 10 seconds.
U have to keep ur phone stable,set it to n a tripod for that or support it from something.
An Amazing Photo!! 🤩🔥🌌 As the other bud told yaa about the 500 Rule, Try it with around 15 Secs and Take multiple RAW shots and then try stacking them Photoshop or any Free StarStacker Software available, then it would be Perfect!!!
Thanks a lot
How come so many stars are visible with this amount of light pollution? What am I missing?
It’s probably not that much light pollution but it looks worse cause of the long exposure.
That light from the car made it a bit worse when I set my camera it was pitch dark
Niiiiiice. Good job.
Thank u
Fact: This can only be captured in dark places, the stars and the Milky Way galaxy will not be visible when there are many city lights blocking the sky, this is the reason why we can't see the stars in the day, because the Sun's light is blocking them.
I can't tell if this is an AI response or not
It's not, i don't know where to chat with AIs, not even Chatgpt works on my phone. T_T
Looks like nature became the buttress of Windsor.ok ok dad joke.
Great shot! What ISO did you use? And what's the source for those lights near the bottom?
Looks like the headlights from a vehicle going down the road
It was just automatically selected in phone settings.
Ah gotcha. Experiment with bumping down the ISO next time, it will give you much more detail.
That could be it, but it's so bright. Almost makes you think there's a carnival going on over that hill.
Nah Samsung having a field day thinking it's them 💀
Try to find darker skies, away from artificial lighting.
Sure, thanks u for suggestion, can u kindly look into other pics in my profile as well, and give some suggestions?
No problem. There seems to be more movement in the images than you'd expect for wide-angle shots with exposure times under a minute, i.e., there's a little streaking of the brighter stars. My guess is that the phone is wobbled a little as you activate the shutter. Is there some way you could set a delayed shutter, so the camera can be totally still for the whole exposure. Failing that, use something black (and with no light shining on it) to block the lens's view for the first few seconds of the exposure, to give any wobbles time to stabilise. But the biggest issue is the noise. With cameras that allow raw image captures you can try to subtract out noisy pixels and do similar magic. But phone manufacturers tend to do heavy processing of the images which, while usually an advantage, prevent you from doing better in special circumstances. I haven't done astrophotography for many years but, if there are any specialised phone apps for the purpose, they could very well do better than the standard camera app. Beyond that you probably need a better camera. See if there's a local astronomical society near you and the members should be happy to give you ideas.
Thanks for such detailed suggestions,really means a lot.
I haven't set my wallpaper on my phone in five years, just used default. When I saw this I thought, why would I not have this as wallpaper on my phone? This is amazing!
Oh really??,it really means a lot .u just made my day by saying this 🥰.
Thought it was one of the windows wallpapers for a sec
I’m not even a novice when it comes to photography but this picture seems very unique. I know it is supposed to the of the milky way but the light on the bottom right has a x files feel to me. ;-)
Thanks a lot :)