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A few inches?! Are you that blind?!
When I borrow my Mums, I hold it around 2-3 feet away.
An iphone you hold much closer, to the retina display is more 'relevant'.
Nice shot Scott! Shame about the dark bit on the right.
By the way, do you work out where Polaris is first, then frame the shot around that? As, correct me if I'm wrong, the stars rotate about Polaris?
A proper wide-angle lens might be a good shout, instead of a fisheye lens.
Apart from that, the 18-105mm is a decent range, so you've got that covered.
One of the reason Lee filters are more $$$ is because they have very little colour cast. I notice more when I use my cheaper Hitech filters.
I don't normally, but as it was so sunny, I had to use my Hoya screw in filter, then screw my Lee holder into that (and use the 10 stop as well).
lol...
Equipment spec you say.....ok.
Nikon D3
24-70mm f/2.8
or
16-35mm f/4
Lee Big Stopper
Lee 0.6 GND Hard
Hitech 0.9 GND Hard
Hoya ND8 (for another 3 stops)
So 13 stops of ND filter, and one of those GND filters for the sky.
Total exposure times varied from 60-200 seconds.