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Originally Posted by equality72521

I've been putting it off for a long time but I finally decided to go for it. I've always wanted to get into some amateur photography. Now to take some classes.

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There's a lot of stuff to learn. In the mean time, practice using Av and Tv modes. Try changing the Aperture to see what it does to the depth of field and change the shutter when shooting stuff that might normally need a flash or that is moving. THere's also tons of really good info on the basics on the net.

Originally Posted by ODDJOB UNO

I'm SOOOO jealous of your AZ night sky. If I tried the same thing here in Houston, it wouldn't be nearly as pretty. (actually, I have done something similar).

Nice, I see Canis Major (the big dog) and Sirius (the dog star) and Lepus. I was wondering what the heck the glow was on the top right because there are no nebula or anything in that area, but then I realized that it's lens flare from the light in the lower left. If you had the camera pointed a bit more skyward, you'd have gotten Orion and the Orion Nebula. That would have been cool.