andrewpmorse
Shadow of a Million Suns
Well hello there Milky Way! So kind of you to return to us! I'm always amazed at what you can see when you look up at the right time in the right place.
Looking over the clear sky reports, and recognizing that moonless nights are upon us, I decided that it was time to return to long point and try my hand at a photo I'd been contemplating for a while now. I've always loved night shooting, but with my main focus being the aurora as of late, I felt it time to look to the milky way as a compositional element once again. I tried to use a little bit of city light and a silhouette to create ambiance.
This photo was created by stitching 20 images together to create a high-detail image which was cropped down to this final view. The photo(s) were shot with a Canon 5D mark IV, and a Canon 50mm f/1.8 (yes, the good ol' nifty fifty/aka plastic fantastic/aka dollar for dollar one of the best value lenses you can buy). The images were stitched in two rows of 10 using PT Gui Pro, and edited in Camera Raw and Photoshop. The image isn't perfect, but boy do I like it... even if I did mess it up twice while shooting and nearly ran out of darkness to get the job done!
Shadow of a Million Suns
Well hello there Milky Way! So kind of you to return to us! I'm always amazed at what you can see when you look up at the right time in the right place.
Looking over the clear sky reports, and recognizing that moonless nights are upon us, I decided that it was time to return to long point and try my hand at a photo I'd been contemplating for a while now. I've always loved night shooting, but with my main focus being the aurora as of late, I felt it time to look to the milky way as a compositional element once again. I tried to use a little bit of city light and a silhouette to create ambiance.
This photo was created by stitching 20 images together to create a high-detail image which was cropped down to this final view. The photo(s) were shot with a Canon 5D mark IV, and a Canon 50mm f/1.8 (yes, the good ol' nifty fifty/aka plastic fantastic/aka dollar for dollar one of the best value lenses you can buy). The images were stitched in two rows of 10 using PT Gui Pro, and edited in Camera Raw and Photoshop. The image isn't perfect, but boy do I like it... even if I did mess it up twice while shooting and nearly ran out of darkness to get the job done!