Recent content by southernsteve

I use the Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary lens with a Nikon D500 and it's a great lens, a lot cheaper than the Sport, and a hell of a lot lighter. Remember, when doing bird photography you could be doing a lot of walking, so the lighter the gear the better. Depending on how steady you are and what...

Evening Shoot Going Out For A Shoot by Stephen Webb, on Flickr

Be careful on the South Bank, as already said don't look like a pro, and don't use a tripod, the security jobsworths will swoop as soon as you look like getting one out. I was doing some night shots around City Hall and I knew about the tripod ban. I had one on me because I'd been elsewhere, and...

So many dodgy retailers out there now, especially online. A few years back I ordered a camera and lens from SLR Hut online. The website looked fine, addresses in London, UK stock, any import duties paid, it was a Google Trusted site, reviews I found were good and the price, well was really good...

More London More London Place by Stephen Webb, on Flickr

London Eye London Eye by Stephen Webb, on Flickr

There is no reason why you can't shoot with a crop sensor, but you do need to consider the amount of light hitting it. The rule of 500 will give you a max shutter speed before light trails appear. I only shoot a single frame at the moment, haven't got into stacking yet, and my star tracker is...

didn't bother in the end, a glad I left it at home. The only night I've had where there was long enough between sunset and moon rise to make it worthwhile was tonight, and it was cloudy :(

That was in London trying a long exposure of the London Eye

no, not with the filter, that was just general night sky/milky way to try and cut out moon light. I've tried a pollution cutter and that seem to work ok

I think you lose about one and a half to two stops with the polariser on. I have had problems in the past when taking photos at night when there is bright lights, and the full moon can give off loads of light. I was shooting at ISO 100, but to get a long exposure I had to close the aperture to...

Thanks Lee, I usually use one frame, though not keen on using high ISO, but that's more because I am very new to a lot of what's involved with night photography and it's difficult for me to get to any really dark skies. I'd never thought about reversing the star tracker, mind I've only had it a...

Hi all I am on a trip up to North Norfolk next week and the weather is looking great for some moonscapes and possible night photography. Downside is it will be a full moon, so I was wondering if it's worth taking my star tracker with me, or should I just concentrate on using a fixed tripod and...

Thanks Martin, downloaded and looks good :D

Hi all I use MS Photos in Windows to go through my photos to delete unwanted images prior to editing. It was quick and easy as I was able to delete blocks of photos where needed or jut go back to the folder and move wanted photos then move on to the next. Since a recent update, Photos has...