# 036 Milky Way during Perseids seen from Oeschinensee with water reflections Photo by Giles Laurent

- By: Giles Laurent
- Date: Taken on 1 August 2022, 02:18:47
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Own work, from gileslaurent.com
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Vertical panorama of the Milky Way during Perseids photographed from Oeschinensee with water reflections.

Here is a step by step guide to do astrophotography.

Equipment needed:

1) a tripod (mandatory to avoid camera shake);

2) a good camera;

3) a lense with a low f number such as f/1.4 in order to have as much light as possible reaching the camera sensor.

Weather and environment requirements:

1) new moon phase or moon not up at all because if the moon is illuminated it creates so much light pollution that almost no stars will be visible ;

2) a place with no light pollution (be far away from cities) ;

3) no clouds;

4) be late enough. In the summer in Europe it is preferable to wait after midnight because earlier the sky will still not be dark enough.

Photo execution:

1) place camera on tripod;

2) use manual focus because auto focus will not work. Do a few test shots and then zoom on the picture to verify that the stars are in good focus;

3) use the lowest f number available, like f/1.4;

4) find a good shutter speed of multiple seconds. For this picture a shutter speed of 8 seconds was used. A longer shutter speed would not have been possible for this 24 mm lense on…