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An incredible night...

# Taking photos of the milky way How I have done it and how you could do it too.

You can't take pictures in the night, it's too dark outside ...

That's wrong there is light: stars, cars, or my flashlight ;)

^{It isn't as dark as it seems to bee.}

Could you see the milky way ???

I can't and that's normal, in the first shot you won't get it. Let me first tell you how I've done it.
The most important thing is: go auot and try! That's the same way I have done it.

^{Just grab your camera, take your bike and drive into the darkness}

You don't need special equipment!

Take your camera, no matter how old. It only has to have the "M" manual settings.
Take a tripod. You could even put your camera on a stone, your bike, etc. too.
Go out in a clear night where it's dark. Preferably far away from big cities.

In this night I tried for a second time to take a good photo of the milky way.

I think I was successful. What do you think ?

It was a clear and warm night in summer, yes it's already some days ago, and I just enjoyed being alone outside and try to get a goot photo. I thik I have done more than 100 pictures in this night, but it doesn't realy works. :(
Pictures become to dark or to light or sth. else was wrong. I had allready given up, but on the street on the way back I tried again and it worked. :)
It was really cool to see the milky way in the camera or to the the lines of the cars.

My final picture:

camera	Canon Eos 60d
lens	17-85mm (default)
tripod	Very old one from my father
exposure time	30s
ISO	1250
aperture	f4

Of cause I did some editing:

Before: https://steemitimages.com/DQmaXo2pALYvcTZjHaEB7tW7dfnSb6b3ZRCKRyVC1TAUhw5/IMG_4160.jpg

After: https://steemitimages.com/DQmUooqni6K2Z8jjvg7K8p9mv5M11bRM6rGep3Ak7RH9Q2Y/IMG_4160-2.jpg

That was my first article after my introduceyourself post and it's my first blog at all. So let my know if you like it and tell me what I could improve.
If you have already tried it or have some questions feel free to ask in the comments.

An alle deutschen Leser: Ich werde den Text nicht nocheinmal auf deutsch schreiben, ich denke die Bilder sprechen für sich. Geht raus und probiert es aus. Alle Fragen und Verbesserungsvorschläge gerne in die Kommentare.

Bye 😖