The stars as seen from Singapore
On a particularly clear night some time last year, I discovered that the stars seen from Pasir Ris were surprisingly bright for a heavily light-polluted city like Singapore. So some time in May on a new moon, I got out my flimsy tripod that I had received for free (and which died in Wales by freezing) and put my camera on it. This was my second time shooting stars, after trying it out in Taiwan and ending up with some terrible pictures. I've made some improvements since, I think. I used a 50 mm prime and I know that's not a good choice for astrophotography but the widest aperture on my kit lens was and still is too small: f/1.8, 15 s, ISO 800, 50 mm, Nikon D610 Two months later, I accidentally caught the milky way! But I didn't (and still don't) quite know how to make it pop out: f/3.5, 25 s, ISO 500, 24-85@24 mm, Nikon D610 In November, I decided to make a personal commemoration of Armistice Day which falls on 11 November. It's not celebrat...