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The Landscape Photography Book
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The Landscape Photography Book

by Scott Kelby
March 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 46m
English
Rocky Nook
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When to Bump Up Your ISO

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Okay, so we know we’re going to be at around 15 seconds for our shutter speed, and generally when we’re on a tripod, we try to keep our ISO at its lowest number (usually 100), but this is one of those cases where, to bring out the dimension and detail of the Milky Way and stars, you’re going to need to crank the ISO. Start at 1600 ISO and see if the Milky Way and stars look bright enough to you. You might need to crank it up to 3200, which I know sounds high, but luckily, most of your sky will be very dark, so the small amount of noise that does appear will be just that—a small amount of noise. Take a test shot at 15 seconds ...

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ISBN: 9781681984346