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Wyoming road with car lights making for a celestial experience with the Milky shinning bright in the night sky. For more please fav, follow and share. Very much appreciated!
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Milky Way Over Ballybrannigan Beach during the Perseid Meteor Shower. Ballybrannigan Beach, East Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland
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This is another view of the Richelieu River,
which flows in Quebec, Canada.
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Customarily used to summon worshippers to Mass or witnesses to weddings, I can imagine this church bell also being sounded to let people know of the majesty, wonder and glory on display in the sky overhead at night. The bell tower is out of sight from the two roads that intersect as they pass the St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church at Gerringong, Australia, but I'm sure the clanging of the lone bell can be heard in all directions.
Reaching upwards between the tower and the tree is a bright and dense stretch of stars marking out our Milky Way galaxy's central band. I caught the two "pointer" stars, Alpha and Beta Centauri, nudging the viewer's line of sight towards the Coal Sack Nebula and the Southern Cross. Higher in the sky to the right of the tower's top are the dwarf galaxies known as the Magellanic Clouds.
My photo for today is a single-frame image that I shot using my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Samyang 14mm f/2.4 lens @ f/3.2, exposed for 20 seconds @ ISO 3200.
I always tell our landscape photography workshop clients “ you don’t need bright colours to make compelling photos”, I almost prefer these muted, moody less complicated colour palettes. This was taken recently during winter in New Zealand.
Image take during a two-week canoeing trip in Ontario and Manitoba. You can read more about this trip, which presented so many fantastic photographic opportunities, on my blog here: paulkirtley.co.uk/2014/six-men-three-boats-and-the-bloodv...
In early May, I explored the rugged coastline of Northern California with Peter Ensrud During a daylight scout, we discovered a striking sea stack crowned by a natural rock arch. Later that night, we returned to witness the scene transformed. Beneath a breathtaking canvas of stars, the waves were shimmering in the light of a setting moon, while the Milky Way rose above the arch, revealing the shadowy outline of the Dark Horse Nebula and the radiant hues of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, painting the night sky with cosmic brilliance.
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Canon EOS-R, astro-modified by EOS 4Astro
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L ll @ 70mm
IDAS NBZ filter
iOptron SkyTracker
Sunwayfoto T2840CK tripod
Sky:
Stack of 10x 90s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 5x 180s @ ISO6400, filtered
Foreground:
Focus stack of 10x 10s @ ISO100
Celestial Hierarchy - Art By China Alicia Rivera
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Apsaras at Angkor Wat.
Apsara, celestial dancing girls, are beautiful, supernatural female beings. They are youthful and elegant: some stories tells that they were often used by the gods as agents to persuade or seduce mythological demons, heroes and ascetics.
I love the elegance in the movements, so feminine and powerful at the same time.
Glendale, CA - Museum of Neon Art
Combined multiple images andf significant photo manipulation on this one.
These intricate and whimsical tools are not just pretty, but interactive! The orrery (model solar system) moves in speeds relative to their real orbiting speeds. It also has many rotating gears inside, and is a music box!
The telescope lets you click it to glimpse the night sky.
Both pieces come in gold or silver options.
Out now at Collabor88:
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When approaching this majestic auditorium, I was immediately captivated by the purity of its lines. My intention was to transcend mere architectural documentation to reveal the poetic essence of this structure. By isolating this particular curve and working in black and white, I sought to create a tension between the immensity of the structure and the delicacy of its form. The deliberately minimalist composition allows the eye to focus on the dialogue between shadow and light, transforming this architectural feat into an almost celestial abstraction. I waited for the moment when natural light would perfectly sculpt this bright line on the building's surface, creating a dramatic contrast that elevates the sensuality of the curve.
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Kings Canyon National Park, Ca.
While backpacking in the Eastern Sierra this summer I tried my hand at some night photography which I usually do because of the dark skies. The Kearsarge Pinnacles made for a perfect foreground to watch the Milkyway rise. And wouldn't you know it, being the tale end of the Perseid meteor shower, I managed to capture a meteor too (perfectly placed I might add!)!
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A celestial tango with the Whirlpool Galaxy M51
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One of the most beautiful galaxy visible in the spring. It is actually 2 galaxies fighting it off or doing a celestial tango.
M51 was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy and is about 23 million light-years from the Milky Way.
Although it was discovered in 1773 by Messier, it is not until 1929 that it was identified as a galaxy in it's own right by Hubble.
The very pronounced spiral structure of the Whirlpool Galaxy is believed to be the result of the close interaction between it and its companion galaxy NGC 5195. NGC 5195 is believed to have passed through the main disk of M51 about 500 to 600 million years ago. In the process, billions of stars have been catapulted out into space and are probably slowly getting back into the "new" galaxy being pulled back in by gravity. NGC 5195 (the small galaxy) will probably come back for another pass through in 100's of million of years. Fascinating, isn't it?
This spectacle was imaged from my balcony :-)
The sky cleared late in the evening and i rushed to install my equipment. Needless to say I went to bed late (or early) this morning.
Tech stuff: SCT 8inch, ZWO 1600MM and LRGB imaging. 2 minutes subs for as long as I could go without falling asleep at the wheel :-)
Just a mere 24 hours after the historic convergence of Jupiter and Saturn on the Winter Solstace, the gap between the two planets were further apart. Despite the greater distance, it was still a beautiful sight to witness. Here, under my favorite Cypress atop Bodega Head, Jupiter and Saturn still dance together as they approach the western horizon.
Trying out a lens I found in my stash that had been forgotten, Rokinon 2.0/16mm.
With it's fairly wide capability and fast F2.0, I was hoping for happy results, but I'm a bit disappointed.😫
After researching this lens, I found it is an EF-S lens and I had gotten it for an older APS-C camera that I no longer have. Not for full frame camera. Also not nearly as sharp focus as other lenses I normally use for night shots, but that could be my fault, as it is manual focus.
Since I now use full frame cameras and no longer even have an APS-C camera, I will be getting rid of this lens. Too bad, I had high hopes. You can never have too many lenses for astrophotography! 😉
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
The pier in Frutillar stretches out towards the milky way.
This was a single exposure taken with a Panasonic GF1 and a Samyang 7.5mm fisheye.
Marking the start of the New Year, fireworks over the castle, a lucky single exposure with so many bursts.
I particularly like the one on the left that resembles a planet with rings around it.
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
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