You're so very kind Kendra, I'll keep doing my best.

Once again I really appreciate you taking the time to check out my videos Jessica. Always happy to help.

Thanks heaps Simon

Thanks again for watching

Thanks a lot Peter. It's really difficult from a technical viewpoint to record these night videos so a lot of planning has to go into them.

That's a lovely comment NotByIntent ... really appreciate you following my work.

Thanks again for watching and commenting Raymond

Really appreciate your comments Faris, thanks for watching

Zarcos Palma Thank you so much Zarcos.

Really appreciate your kind words Dale, please keep in touch

Thanks so much bassplayer60 I'm so glad you like the videos. Lots more to come soon.

Thanks heaps Rick really appreciate that

Thanks so much for watching Rexx. Really appreciate your support.

I think we've all done that Sunnysideup ...!!! Thanks for watching.

Thanks heaps for watching Sean. I have plenty more videos you may enjoy as well.

Thank you very much Reynaldo, appreciate you watching

You are very kind Franky ... much appreciated.

I'm pleased you liked it Atanas. Thanks for watching.

I'm so glad you liked it ausbettsee47

Thanks for your comments ... and the great story ...!!!

Thanks Rishikesh. I can assure you I have done a lot of practice with lighting.

Haha, yeah I've aged a bit over the past few years. It's probably all that mountain climbing ..!!! Thanks for looking mate.

Thanks for watching Brandon

Thank you ... really appreciate your comment.

Thanks so much for watching Andy, really appreciate it. Yes we do have dew issues and I use a lens warmer all the time.

Sorry for late response to your question Ralph. Yes the inbuilt long exposure noise reduction is pretty much the same as shooting a dark frame. I never use the inbuilt LENR but I will often shoot multiple images for stacking as this reduces noise remarkably well. Added to this I will sometimes shoot some dark frames. Hope that helps.

Hi Tech Savie, thanks for commenting. Typically I only light the scene for a much smaller duration than the actual shutter duration. It's really easy to overexpose when light painting at high iso's so you don't need much light. Also the distance of light to subject makes a difference as well.

brilliant thanks for your feedback and the superb work your doing keeping us all motivated ..

No problem at all Tech Savie

Thank you for watching. Yes I do use what is known as a "CTO (colour temperature orange) gel". The particular one I use is a 1/2 cto gel part number: 205. I use this to balance out the colour of the foreground in relation to the background when I have my in camera white balance adjusted down to about 3500k. Hope that helps.

Thanks for watching Russ. Just to clarify, the sensor in the EOS-R is the same size as your 6Dmk2. The EOS-R is a very capable camera for pretty much everything you'd want to do with it. I'd highly recommend it for nightscape photography. In my personal experience the faster shutter speed isn't a deal breaker at all. The only real world place where you'll be looking for 1/8000 sec is fast action sport etc on a sunny day.

Hey John. Depth of field and focusing depends on what focal length you're using. I shoot most often with a 20mm lens. If I'm focused to infinity and shoot the stars then want to light my foreground I'll first establish the distance to that foreground subject. I have mentioned this in many videos but when you stop the lens aperture down you increase the depth of field. So I know by using a depth of field scale that my 20mm lens at f2.8 has an infinity focus point from about 6mtrs onward. If I stop the kkenbs down to f5 i can stretch that focal range to about 4mtrs or so. This means that I dont have to re focus at all. To cut a long story short if your using a wide angle lens it's a lot more forgiving regarding focus especially if the foreground isn't too close to the camera, and even more so if you stop down the aperture for your foreground shots.

@@nightscapeimages.richard Thank you so much, Richard. You are amazing in that you not only produce wonderful videos, but you take the time and effort to respond to a viewer 20,000km away with a lengthy message. My hats off to you, mate.

@@jmfoty4280 Just common courtesy John

Thanks for watching Tony. Yes they are long shutter speeds but there isn't much ambient lighting. I add the lighting myself to whatever level is required.

Tony the subject sits in the dark most of the exposure.

Thanks a lot for watching. I do have a list of the gear I use but no Amazon links at present.

Hey Franky. I use a slider made by a guy in Melbourne. It is a simple variable speed constant moving type. It does not control any operations of the camera. I use a simple intervalometer to control the shutter intervals etc. psetimelapseslider.com/

Nightscape Images okey cool. Thnkz for the answer))

No worries at all.

No you need a proper color temperature gel. See here: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/44201-REG/Rosco_RS340811_3408_Filter_RoscoSun.html

@@nightscapeimages.richard ... thanks for taking the time and effort to read and respond to my query with the link to the color temperature gel. This is very much appreciated.

Thanks Nayan really appreciate the comment

Thanks for watching James. Yes that can certainly work. Check out this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebR_e9ul1Lvdenk.html

I’ll definitely be trying this because I just got a monolight and I was wanting to use it for Astrophotography to light up my foreground without having to bring so much back in post and that gives me such excitement to play with stars more and more thank you so so much for your information 🙏🏽🙏🏽

@@fruhfruh429 Any time James

Yes I do use a remote to trigger the camera and I do press the shutter before I start light painting.

@@nightscapeimages.richard thank you sir. One last question. If u set ur shutter speed to 20sec, does light painting also 20 sec? Or it depends on how much light do u want in the picture?

@@cocoboy5215 Yes that's correct. You really only need the exposure to be as long as the light painting .. but sometimes it's hard to judge. It's more art than science.

@@nightscapeimages.richard Its trial and error also. Hehe thank yuu so much sir. Ill apply this method on my night photography.

Yes absolutely

Hi Burkhold. I've never seen a snake in all of my travels. I'm usually spending time under the stars in the Australian winter so they are in hibernation.

Hey Tony, the timelapse near the end of this video used an LED panel on all the time to light the scene. That's usually what I do with timelapse videos.

Thanks so much for watching. When shooting the milky way I will always focus on the stars at infinity by zooming in on the live view screen, then switching to manual focus. I will never use auto focus for this. Then if I am shooting closer foreground objects I will re-focus on that subject. While doing this I am always very careful not to move the camera or tripod position.

Hello sir really your beautiful reply helps me learning a lot,I have an dream to become a successful nightscape photographer like you,you bring life and show the true beauty of night and its serenity.Sir your an mentor,teacher and you truly inspired me to become a good photographer.Sir someday I would really love to attend your workshop and learn and keep learning from you more and more Sir.Thank you thank you so very much always your an great inspiration.Cheers Buddha bless you and your sweet family always🙂❤❤❤❤

@@EnlightenedMusings Thanks again my friend.

@Nightscape Images Sir Richard Tatti thank you thank you sir,you help me in learning and following my passion.Your a Guru Sir,wish to meet you in person and take your courses more to learn amd improve Sir.Cheers Buddha bless you and your sweet family always dear Guruji🙂❤❤❤

Light reflections are difficult to avoid... especially when the surface is damp. What I'd suggest is making sure the angle of the flashlight isn't reflecting straight into the camera. Jyst mov e around and see the different results.

Hey Thomas. Sequator is windows only. For mac you need Starry Landscape Stacker. But its not free.

No problem Ciaran. I've answered the other question anyway. Glad you like the videos, really appreciate the comments.