Friday, 17 May 2019

How do I get a shot of both the foreground and stars with astrophotography?



I've seen a few pictures of the Milky Way mixed up with people or landscape and tried to reproduce it—without success. My settings:



  • DX 35mm

  • f1.8

  • ISO

  • 6400 shutterspeed 5 seconds.


The sky was "ok" but the people or the landscape was black. Do I need a flash or is there something wrong with my settings?


expected output:


type of image I want




Answer



This is my photo. It is one shot on a Canon 550D + Tokina 116II.


The shooting parameters are:



  • iso 800

  • aperture f/2.8

  • shutter 60 sec


Color correction in Photoshop.


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