Fortitude.
After shooting at Bethells for the first time this week and seeing what cool landscapes there are, made me want to explore this area more. I ventured up to this spot to find this composition I was looking for, with a clear view of 'The Gap' and O'Neill Bay and no rogue waves to interrupt my shooting.
Once setup, I waited. I arrived for sunset, got a timelapse for the stars running then had a nap while the Milky Way slowly turned down towards the West. I took the first pano at 9:30, the Milky Way still quite high. After the second pano the clouds started to roll in. So I waited. Had some Whitakers Peanut Butter chocolate, and waited some more.
The clouds were in a continuous stream, right where the Milky Way was! Just my luck. After a while, the clouds gave way to stars, so I attempted another panorama, clouds came again. My goal was to shoot several panoramas of the same composition, but with the Milky Way at varied heights in the sky. I think I got about 3 out of 8 panos with enough stars.
At 11:58pm, I could finally see the Milky Way, most of it anyway, and captured this panorama. This would have to be the most technical panorama I've edited so far, it stitched perfectly, but bringing out all the details without it looking too rubbish took a bit of time and experimenting.
I hope you like the result :)
Cropped from a 30 image stitch. Canon 6D + SY 24mm.
20 sec, ƒ3.5, 10,000 ISO.
Fortitude.
After shooting at Bethells for the first time this week and seeing what cool landscapes there are, made me want to explore this area more. I ventured up to this spot to find this composition I was looking for, with a clear view of 'The Gap' and O'Neill Bay and no rogue waves to interrupt my shooting.
Once setup, I waited. I arrived for sunset, got a timelapse for the stars running then had a nap while the Milky Way slowly turned down towards the West. I took the first pano at 9:30, the Milky Way still quite high. After the second pano the clouds started to roll in. So I waited. Had some Whitakers Peanut Butter chocolate, and waited some more.
The clouds were in a continuous stream, right where the Milky Way was! Just my luck. After a while, the clouds gave way to stars, so I attempted another panorama, clouds came again. My goal was to shoot several panoramas of the same composition, but with the Milky Way at varied heights in the sky. I think I got about 3 out of 8 panos with enough stars.
At 11:58pm, I could finally see the Milky Way, most of it anyway, and captured this panorama. This would have to be the most technical panorama I've edited so far, it stitched perfectly, but bringing out all the details without it looking too rubbish took a bit of time and experimenting.
I hope you like the result :)
Cropped from a 30 image stitch. Canon 6D + SY 24mm.
20 sec, ƒ3.5, 10,000 ISO.