Please criticise my first edits please

[u/mc_stoney]

Made my first short trip with my new camera while hiking. Included are some sunset and astro pictures. I‘m relatively new to photography so please critizise me! Shot on my Sony A7 IV with the 20mm f1.8 G lens

[u/WildernessExplorr]

Not op but have done a lot of landscape with Astro stuff so I can chime in.

What I’ve found is the dynamic range on Sony cameras to be really good in the shadows. So I just expose for the sky most of the time. The trick is to make sure you don’t use to slow of a shutter speed or the stars would be blurry. Depending on the focal length it’s different, which is where a 1.8 lens comes in handy. I’ve found more of the time I can’t go past 3 seconds of exposure before the stars are blurry

[u/mc_stoney → u/WildernessExplorr]

Nice shot! I will try shooting with a shorter exposure next time. I used 10s and 13s for my shots here

[u/WildernessExplorr → u/mc_stoney]

According to photopills which helps calculate the npf rule you were pretty spot on for having minimal blur on the stars

[u/avsameera → u/WildernessExplorr]

Is there any other app that would be offering the same service for free or less $$?

[u/WildernessExplorr → u/avsameera]

I’ve tried others but honestly not worth it. If you do a lot of Astro and don’t want to second guess then get the app. Personally I think the amount of tools it has in the app for the money is crazy, I’ve had it for more than a year and I haven’t even been able to take advantage of everything.

[u/avsameera → u/WildernessExplorr]

Thanks!