Post up some shots of your T@B set-up at the camp site! #3

ClayC

Pedernales Falls State Park, Texas

6:00 pm, in August, in Texas… nice and toasty 100+ degrees. :)

Name sake falls…

spent a few hours sitting in the river trying to stay cool…

sunday sunrise

pan seared pinwheel stuffed with feta, olives, and feta cheese, fresh roasted squash with a honey and basalmic glaze, baguette topped with goat cheese and fig jam, greek salad and cold unsweet iced tea!

FriendsofMario

Sadlers Creek State Park, Anderson, SC

Sunset on Lake Hartwell, Sadlers Creek SP

Tishomingo State Park, Natchez Trace, MS

Yoshi_TAB

Yoho National Park, British Columbia Canada.

dlb

Beautiful spot!

Binghi

Sunrise at Desert View campground in Grand Canyon NP

Voyager

Horseneck Beach State Park campground, MA

EPOD1

Near Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire

Binghi

Sunset at Desert View campground, Grand Canyon NP

Gomers2

Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

AndreaPalumbo

That shot under the stars is awesome!

May I ask what camera you used to capture that? I have a Nikon DSLR, but I don't think I ever managed to have to skill to pull something like that off.

EDIT: I just realized this thread is 29 pages long. My question may be a little dated lol.

Voyager

@AndreaPalumbo if you name the owner of the post like I just did with you, he may receive a notification and answer.
I presume he used a tripod and a long exposure. That image caught my attention too!

BillCB

Lake Superior, Neys.

MountainMade

Uinta Mountains, Utah

October 2023

T@B 320s Boondock Edge 2020

Strawberry Lake, Utah

August 2026

T@B 400 Boondock 2020

Same awning but I repurposed it to fit into keder rail.

pthomas745

@AndreaPalumbo the Tab with the Milky Way shot from back in May is mine. I always enjoy taking Milky Way photos, and some locations are better than others. But, it is always fun to do. Long story, but I went back and cleaned up that photo from last May. Always fun to play with.

There are many great photographers in the Forum groups and the various FB groups. I have not reached the same level of skill that I see in many of the Milky Way photos many others post. I am happy with a few of them, though.

This owner has exceptional camera skills, and obviously better "processing skills" than I have. All Milky Way photos "need" a bit of tweaking. But, in many cases, what you can get from practically any camera is a fun and interesting thing to work on.

Look at this owners shots: Trip Report With Milky Way pictures

The photo I took is with a Canon R6, a Tokina 11-16MM lens at 13MM, 20 seconds at F2.8 and 6400 ISO. And a tripod, etc. I've done these sorts of pictures with a lot of different cameras, and as long as you have some manual control over shutter speed and ISO, you can make Milky Way photos with practically any camera. I've done pictures with the camera sitting on the picnic table, on top of the car, etc. Keeping the camera still and getting the focus right is the hardest part, but it just takes a bit of practice. I found the web page below, called the Lonely Speck, and this basic tutorial helped me immensely to get started. Don't get too hung up on "gear", try to keep it simple and fun to start out, and get the basics down. And, I haven't looked at this page in a long time, I think I need to go back and brush up a bit!

The Lonely Speck: How to take amazing photos of the Milky Way

Voyager

@MountainMade did you saw the keder piping yourself or did you have somebody do it?

FriendsofMario

Open Skies Project/Calumet Air Force Radar Station, Mohawk, MI

The Original Soo Locks Boat Tour (Harvest Host), Sault Ste. Marie, MI

BillCB

Boondocking in Northern Ontario.