Lake Alpine
[I'm re-visiting this milky way shot from 2018, running the star frames through Sequator this time, instead of manually stacking and fitting as was my pre-2020 process.]
Original Entry: From early this morning, hanging out with Clint at Lake Alpine, CA. We drove back and forth between various lakes so many times, I lost count. Finally ended up here just in time for the milky way to stand upright over the lake. Big old ants, and a few mosquitoes, but it definitely wasn't cold.
Part of the experience for me is to spend time contemplating how we all fit in to this vast universe. Seeing the center of our own galaxy like this is evocative and inspirational.
Lens is the DFA 55mm f/2.8 on the 645Z. I adhered to the "500 rule" and stacked about 17 frames (10s at ISO 5000) for some noise reduction. Foreground was 187s at ISO 2000.
Sky is classified Bortle-2.
Thanks for visiting!
Lake Alpine
[I'm re-visiting this milky way shot from 2018, running the star frames through Sequator this time, instead of manually stacking and fitting as was my pre-2020 process.]
Original Entry: From early this morning, hanging out with Clint at Lake Alpine, CA. We drove back and forth between various lakes so many times, I lost count. Finally ended up here just in time for the milky way to stand upright over the lake. Big old ants, and a few mosquitoes, but it definitely wasn't cold.
Part of the experience for me is to spend time contemplating how we all fit in to this vast universe. Seeing the center of our own galaxy like this is evocative and inspirational.
Lens is the DFA 55mm f/2.8 on the 645Z. I adhered to the "500 rule" and stacked about 17 frames (10s at ISO 5000) for some noise reduction. Foreground was 187s at ISO 2000.
Sky is classified Bortle-2.
Thanks for visiting!