About the event
Join me for a night shooting the stars in the Blue Mountains. We will base ourselves around the fantastic lookout area of Mount Blackheath at the end of Shipley Plateau with great views across the Kanimbla and Megalong Valleys.
As the Milky Way begins its Western Phase, gradually setting into the western skies, this gives us great opportunity to take advantage of the dark skies and no light pollution out west of the Blue Mountains and beyond.
While we are there, we will have plenty of time to reprise our Astro skills going through the basics about safety, etiquette, how to find the Milky Way, how to capture it, how to look for a unique composition and some advanced capture techniques. We will also cover some basic astroscape lighting using mobile phone screens or Low Level LED Lights.
There is also a great opportunity to line up for a lengthy star trail or timelapse.
We will shoot the Milky Way and Star Trails from sunset through to roughly Midnight.
NOTE: The meeting time is 6:30PM on Saturday evening and we will shoot through to early Sunday morning.
Meeting Time: Saturday 16th September @ 18:30
Galactic Core Visible - 19:14 til 01:33
Sunset - 17:51
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!
Attend this event and receive one entry into the draw for a chance to win one of five tickets to the ultimate Scene experience in Paris, France! Join as many events as you can between Friday 8th September - Tuesday 31st October 2023 The more events you attend, the more chances you have to WIN! For competition details, terms & conditions head over to the Scene Festival site
Techniques covered
- Night shooting safety
- Locating the Milky Way
- Quick Milky Way settings
- Focusing in the dark
- Night shooting etiquette
- Looking for the Unique
- Managing Lens Fog
What to bring
- MOST IMPORTANT - Working Headlamp or torch (no mobile phone torches please!)
- A camera with Manual controls and interchangeable lenses
- Lenses suitable for astrophotography (between 12mm & 24mm preferably with f/2.8 or faster)
- Remote shutter for camera
- Sturdy Tripod
- A small towel to cover your camera
- Warm Layered clothing, beanie or other warm headwear, and warm socks/shoes or boots
- Firm and grippy footwear is strongly recommended as there are a number of trip hazards around the site at night