Name: Astrophotography with the Pixel 6 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro, and a DSLR
Uploaded: 2022-04-30T23:56:38.000Z
Duration: 8 min 53 s
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- So as a photographer, I have this long running list

but of course the main focus of this photo

cutting straight through the center of the sky.

So I hit up the person who took all of those photos

So really regardless of what you're shooting with,

you have to know where to go and when to go

for the International Dark Sky Association

Basically you want to avoid light pollution

that can be caused by a number of things.

Skyglow is light scattered in the atmosphere

Glare is light that's entering your field of view

at shallow angles that causes visual discomfort.

Light trespass is light from another property

trespassing onto your property or into your home.

At the International Dark sky Association,

we work to protect the night from artificial light.

So a great place to go to start to look for a dark place

is our International Dark Sky Places program,

but there are a lot of other places around the world

that are still great to shoot. One of my favorite maps

to look at online is lightpollutionmap.info.

So when you've found your place to shoot,

you're gonna wanna take a look at the moon cycle

and figure out where the moon is in its phase

If you're looking for that really, really dark sky,

you're gonna wanna to go before the moon rises

or after the moon sets or during a new moon period.

It's also really great to use crescent moons

while not blocking out too much of the night sky,

and brighter moons are really good at brightening up

your foreground completely and it almost looks

You're also gonna want to check the weather.

You want a good clear night with no clouds

in order to see the most amount of stars.

which is right near Top of the Pines Recreation Area.

It happens to be the most recently designated

So I called in some filming friends and away we went.

- [Pilot] Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to be the first

to welcome you to Denver, where the local time is 1:34 PM.

- [Becca] And there was one more expert I enlisted

to help us take the perfect photo of the night sky.

to the San Juan Mountains outside of Ridgeway, Colorado.

and I'm the local dark sky point of contact

for Ridgeway, Colorado and Top of the Pines.

I'm a little concerned about how cold we're gonna be.

Both Val and Bettymaya stressed the importance

of scouting your location during the day,

and making sure you will have nighttime access.

So our local guide Val led us up to Top of the Pines

- [Bettymaya] This is our big break, Val.

- So I'm looking for just something intriguing

that will draw your eye into the foreground.

And you're also noticing kind of any leading lines

or any color blocks or different parts of the landscape

that are gonna draw your eye to a particular

- After a whole bunch of scouting and truthfully

And the Milky Way comes out of the west this time of year?

It's gonna be probably right over here like this.

is gonna to be below the horizon, actually.

- [Becca] We agreed upon a spot, did our last checks

of where the Milky Way and major constellation would be

Bettymaya brought along the Canon 5D mark IV