I was up in Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite a week ago to try and shooting the Perseids Meteor Shower. Because I knew the moon was rising pretty early at night (11pm) that my odds of actually capturing the meteor shower was slim, but I figured if nothing else I would be able to get some star shots along with my wanting to test out the brand new Sigma 14mm f1.8 lens I had just gotten 2 days earlier.
I didn't see but a few meteors, but I did get some nice star shots, a couple of cool Milky Way shots also. As I was heading back after the moon rise as it was washing out too many stars, I walked across one of the streams up in the meadow and came across what looked like a nice leading line, and took a series of photos. The result is a bit different, but I like the look of it.
A couple of quick thoughts on the Sigma 14mm f1.8.
It's nice to be able to shoot at lower ISO's because of shooting at f1.8
Its a very sharp lens, the corners soften only very slightly.
It didn't get any flaring from this image.
I didn't see any bothersome Coma.
Even at f1.8 it's depth of field is still really huge.
Thanks,
Jim
I didn't see but a few meteors, but I did get some nice star shots, a couple of cool Milky Way shots also. As I was heading back after the moon rise as it was washing out too many stars, I walked across one of the streams up in the meadow and came across what looked like a nice leading line, and took a series of photos. The result is a bit different, but I like the look of it.
A couple of quick thoughts on the Sigma 14mm f1.8.
It's nice to be able to shoot at lower ISO's because of shooting at f1.8
Its a very sharp lens, the corners soften only very slightly.
It didn't get any flaring from this image.
I didn't see any bothersome Coma.
Even at f1.8 it's depth of field is still really huge.
Thanks,
Jim
