Photography · by Aisha Jacobs · 2026-10-21
40 sparks · 16 comments
Noé Petit · 12 likes
ISO 3200, f/1.8, 15 sec. use the 500 rule or npf for stars to stay sharp
Pixel Coder · 11 likes
npf is more accurate on high megapixel sensors
An Pham · 8 likes
lens heater or hand warmers rubber banded to the lens. dew will kill your session at 2am
Kabir Khan · 5 likes
hand warmers hack is so cheap and works great
Nour Ali · 1 likes
learned this the hard way, 300 blurry frames
Maya Williams · 6 likes
spare batteries in your inside pocket, cold drains them fast
Mango Sparrow · 0 likes
this. keep em warm against your body
Jack Taylor · 3 likes
i'll be shooting with my phone in night mode and calling it art
Piotr Zieliński · 13 likes
phones are honestly not bad now. pixel astro mode is legit
Ethan Brooks · 9 likes
art is art
Felix Weber · 0 likes
point about 45 degrees away from the radiant, you get longer streaks
Rapid Otter · 10 likes
didnt know that, thanks
Omar Hassan · 0 likes
manual focus on a bright star with live view magnified, then tape the focus ring
Paolo Garcia · 3 likes
gaffer tape is an astro photographers best friend
Marco Conti · 0 likes
stack the frames with meteors onto one background later, looks amazing
Chloe Davis · 1 likes
starry landscapes does this well, or just photoshop layers