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Muud Village - Pin Valley (Spiti)
Taken with Canon 5D Mark IV mounted on ioptron sky tracker with Samyang 24mm T1.5 @ 1.5.
Shot has been tracked & stacked.
Orion rising on December 28, 2019 with yellow-red Betelgeuse at centre dimmer than usual as it drops by nearly a magnitude from its normal brightness, during one of its occasional dim episodes as a long-period variable star. It is a red supergiant that varies between 0.0 and +1.3 magnitude. Here it definitely looks dimmer than yellow Aldebaran at top in Taurus, and blue-white Rigel at bottom in Orion. Betelgeuse loolks similar in brightness to blue Bellatrix to the right of Betelgeuse, with both stars forming the shoulders of Orion.
This is a stack of 4 x 1-minute tracked exposures plus a single exposure through the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows. All on the iOptron Sky Guider Pro and with the Canon EOS Ra and 35mm lens at f/2.5. Taken from home in Alberta.
St. Martinskapelle bei Reulbach in der Rhön.
Vordergrund wurde über ein Live-Composite aus 28 Bildern (je 30sek belichtet bei ISO800) mit Lightpainting als Einzelbild erstellt. Himmel ist am gleichen Ort und Tag ca. 1 Stunde später per Astronachführung (iOptron Skytracker Pro) mit 150 Sekunden und ISO800 als Einzelbild belichtet (Objektiv Laowa 7.5mm bei F2.8 ). Beide Bilder dann in Photoshop übereinandergelegt.
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark 2
Lens: Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS @ f/2.8
Exposure: 2x120s @ ISO 3200, 1x1s @ ISO3200
Tracking: iOptron SkyTracker
A rather challanging shot, as is was taken at a site that was far from dark. The main road to the western entrance to Zion NP passed right next to me and, to complicate th situation even more, the foreground was immensly lit be a sign announcing the RV park we stayed in.
Combination of 3 exposures:
- 1 tracked for the sky and
- 2 untracked for the foreground:
- 1x120s
- 1x1s for the overexposed area around lighted road sign
(reprocessed 07.JAN.2016)
This photo was created using 62 x 4-minute exposures at ISO 1600.
The mount used was a POCKET SIZED iOptron SkyGuider Pro - with a little help from the new iPolar electronic polar scope.
Review: astrobackyard.com/ioptron-ipolar-skyguider-pro/
As you know, accurate polar alignment can be the difference between a 30-second shot, and a 4-minute one. The iPolar helped me really dial-in the polar alignment of the might SkyGuider Pro.
Needless to say, an impressive upgrade to consider - if you don't mind losing the ability to manually polar align through the built-in polarscope!
Canon EOS 60Da
Optolong L-eNhance Filter
William Optics RedCat 51
iOptron SkyGuider Pro with iPolar
From last night, M22 & M28
WO RedCat 51mm 250mm FL 5x3 FOV
Zwo 071MC Pro cooled color camera
Ioptron i45 Pro EQ mount, w/PHD2
91 frames total, 1 minute each
Darks flats and bias frames
Astro Pixel Processor and PS
Via Lattea nel Cigno
15 Luglio 2023
Località: San Romano (FC)
Ioptron IEQ30 - Obiettivo Canon 85mm chiuso a f/5.6
Canon R8 non modificata - 60 pose da 2 minuti - Iso 1600
Elaborazione: Astroart8 e Paint Shop Pro 2023.
Cuando no tienes la montura y el telescopio a mano... pues tripode con Ioptron y cámara con el 105 macro
When you do not have the mount and the telescope at hand ... then tripod with Ioptron and camera with the 105 macro
100 photos of 20 sec iso 2500 + 50 Darks
M42 great Orion nebula
NGC 1977 Man Nebula running
NGC 2024 Flame Nebula
Barnard 33 Horse Head
And the stars of Orion's belt (from bottom to top): Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka; As main objects of this photo.
100 fotos de 20 seg iso 2500 + 50 Darks
Great indeed!
35 / 15 second subs @ 1250 ISO
5 Darks
iOptron CEM 26
iOptron 6" RC
Canon 7DMKII (unmodified)
Heavy light pollution
No filters
Processed with GIMP and Lightroom
FILTRES SHO CHROMA
FSQ885 TAKAHASHI
CEM60 IOPTRON
CAMERA ZWO 2600MM
Pilotage NINA observatoire personnel
ciel 5
Optics : TEC140 Apo + TeleVue Barlow 1 1/4" 5 X
Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;
Equivalent Focal lenght : 4900 mm.
Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;
Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop
Casalecchio di Reno - Italia
44° 29’ 29” N
11° 14’ 58” E
blend of HA and DSLR
AT65EDQ
ZWO ASI183MM non cooled
iOptron iEQ45 w 8604 HC
5 @ 300 seconds gain 111 (unity)
guided with QHY5Lii M
Software: ASCOM POTH, SharpCap Pro 3.1, Photoshop CC 2017, Google remote desktop, CdC, APT - Astro Photography Tool, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley PixInsight, ProDigital Software Astronomy Tools Actions Set
Accessories:Arduino Focuser DIY FocuserPro2 arduino focus motor ( Robert Brown)
Data source: Backyard
About the location: This image is of an engine house for a Cornish pumping engine at Burrow Farm on Exmoor. It is the last remaining example of a 'Cornish' type engine house in Somerset. Burrow Farm Mine was one of a number of mines built in the Brendon Hills iron field, and first sunk about 1860. The engine house was probably built in 1880 and housed a rotary beam engine serving the dual purpose of pumping and winding. A short branch railway joined it to the West Somerset Mineral Railway. The engine house was only operational for a short time as the mine finally closed in 1883.
About the image: This is a blended image of separate photos taken of the foreground and sky using an astro modified Sony A7IV. The foreground photo was taken with a 24mm lens at f/4.0 ISO640 for 3'26". Two Z96 LED lights were used for illumination inside the engine house. 20 x 2' photos of the sky were taken with a 35mm lens at f/2.8 ISO800 mounted on an Ioptron Sky Guider Pro star tracker. The 20 sky photos were then stacked in Sequator to create a single image of the sky. The sky and foreground images were then blended in PS with final adjustments in LR and Topaz.
Telescopio o obiettivo di acquisizione: TS Optics APO102 triplet fpl53
Camera di acquisizione: Moravian G2-8300FW
Montatura: iOptron iEQ45-pro
Telescopio o obiettivio di guida: Orion Short Tube 80/400
Camera di guida: QHYCCD Q5L-II-M
Riduttore di focale: TS Optics 0,79x Reducer 4-element
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto S.L. PixInsight V1.8
Filtri: Baader O3 36mm 8.5nm, Baader S2 36 mm 8 nm, Baader Ha 36mm 7nm
Risoluzione: 3076x2368
Date: 22 agosto 2017
Pose:
Baader Ha 36mm 7nm: 20x600" -15C bin 1x1
Baader O3 36mm 8.5nm: 18x600" -15C bin 1x1
Baader S2 36 mm 8 nm: 20x600" -15C bin 1x1
Integrazione: 9.7 ore
Dark: ~15
Flat: ~15
Bias: ~31
Optics : Takahashi FSQ106 + ZWO EAF + TeleVue Barlow 1,25" 3x
+ TeleVue Barlow 1,25" 2x
Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;
Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;
Equivalent Focal lenght : 3480 mm.
Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop
Casalecchio di Reno - Italia
44° 29’ 29” N
11° 14’ 58” E
Telescopio: APM 140 mm f 7 APO
Montatura: Ioptron CEM60
Barlow Zeiss Abbe 2X Focale:di ripresa: 1960 m
Camera di acquisizione:ZWO ASI 174 CMOS mono Cooled
Filtro:Meade Red 31,8 mm
Software:SharpCap 3.1 Pro, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Astra Image 4 SI, Avistack 2.0
250 frames 34 fotogrammi al secondo
A couple of star-forming gas clouds in our Galaxy, IC 405 aka The Flaming Star Nebula on the left and IC 417 on the right. The greenish fuzz between them is Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) photobombing the scene. The comet is elongated because it moved relative to the stars during the hour or so of total exposure time.
Tech: Nikon D800 (converted to record the light of hydrogen), 200-500mm f/5.6 @500mm, 53 frames each 90 sec., f/8, ISO 5000, iOptron CEM25P mount, stacked in Astro Pixel Processor and post-processed in Lightroom.
Camera: Canon 6D
Lens: Tamron 150-600mm @ 273mm
Filter: ICE 82mm Light Pollution Reduction Filter
Tracker: iOptron SkyGuiderPro
Stacked: Sequator
Process: Camera Raw, Photoshop
Capture Time: 30 Minutes
NGC 6914 est une nébuleuse par réflexion et IC 1318, également appelée la nébuleuse du Papillon (en anglais Butterfly Nebula) est une nébuleuse en émission. Elles sont situées dans la constellation du Cygne.
NGC 6914 is a reflection nebula and IC 1318 is an emission nebula. They are located in Cygnus constellation.
(source: wikipedia)
= Acquisition info =
William Optics Zenithstar 73ii (FL 430mm)
Risingcam IMX571 color
iOptron CEM26 + iPolar
ZWO ASI224MC + WO Uniguide 32/120
NINA & PHD2
= Séances photos =
18 et 25 juin 2024 : Filtre NBZ -- 135 x 180sec
= Traitement/processing =
Siril, StarNet++ & Gimp
Exposition après traitement : 5h10min
@Astrobox 2.0
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec
Bortle 9
AstroM1
(rsi2x.2b)
Orion 80mm ED refractor 600mm f 7.5 and Zwo 071MC Pro cooled color camera, Ioptron i45 EQ mount, laptop for capture, Sharpcap Pro, 18ah battery pack
Orion's belt and Sword - The data that makes up this image was captured at the recent Astrophotography camp held in Foxton by the Horowhenua Astronomical Society, the image shows the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, the Orion complex is a large group of bright nebulae, dark clouds, and young stars in the Orion constellation. The cloud is between 1 500 and 1 600 light-years away, and hundreds of light-years across. Several parts of the nebula can be observed through binoculars and small telescopes, and some parts (such as the Orion Nebula) are visible to the naked eye.
The nebula is important because of its sheer size, as it spreads several degrees from Orion's Belt to his sword. It is also one of the most active regions of stellar formation visible in the night sky, and is home to both protoplanetary discs and very young stars. The complex also contains dark nebulae (such as the Horsehead Nebula), emission nebulae, reflection nebulae, and H II regions.
This image is the result of a collaboration between Astrophotographers Jonathan Green and Amit Kamble, Jonathan captured the image data and Amit processed the image in PixInsight, the image is made up from 101 x 1 minute exposures captured with a Canon 60da at ISO1250 through a Canon 200 mm lens set at f/2.8, 21 dark frames were subtracted for calibration and the stars were tracked using a iOptron sky Guider mount. Image Credit: Jonathan Green & Amit Kamble
This site, in the Mojave Desert is more than 100 miles north of my home near LAX. iOptron Sky Tracker, modified Canon T6, with Samyang 14mm lens.
Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) in a tracked close-up on July 20, 2020, showing the straight blue ion tail and the curving whitish-yellow dust tail. Even the ion tail was visible in binoculars and traceable out for 12° or so, or two 10x binocular fields. Here in the processed image it extends up into and beyond the Bowl of the Big Dipper, a distance of 20°. The curving dust tail extends about 15°.
A bit of cyan colour is visible around the head of the comet. The bright galaxies M81 and M82, very tiny here, are at upper right. The two pairs of stars either side of the comet head are Tania (left) and Talitha (right), in pairs with the two stars each labeled Borealis and Australis. They form the feet of Ursa Major, but are also part of the asterism known as the Three Leaps of the Gazelle along with another pair to the west off frame at left.
This is a median stack of six 1.5-minute successive exposures with the Canon EOS Ra at ISO 800 and Sigma 50mm lens at f/2.8, on the iOptron SkyGuider Pro tracker but unguided. Stacked and aligned automatically in Photoshop with the Scripts>Statistics function.
Applications of Curves brings out the fainter tails without blowing out the bright head. I applied extensive sets of gradient masks to help remove the sky gradients toward the bottom (horizon). However, inevtiably some sky gradient colours remain. An application of ON1 Dynamic Contrast and a high pass filter helped bring out the ion tail details and subtle banding structure in the dust tail. Other than that I did not apply any local adjustments to the ion tail to accentuate its brightness relative to the dust tail. But as always, the long exposure of a camera reveals more than the eye can see.
I shot this from Crawling Lake in southern Alberta on a near perfect night, though some light cloud or possible airglow still discolours the sky.
I've long wanted to delve into the realm of "pseudo-surreal" astrophotography, one of the techniques I thought was cool was using a longer focal length lens to do long exposure stacking, then swapping the lens for a wide angle lens to take a foreground exposure, then merging the two shots.
So on the last morning I was too exhausted to hike back up the swell for more imaging, instead I decided I'd try this, I setup my camera and a 50mm lens and took roughly 1 hour worth of 3 minute exposures aimed at the Milky Way core. Then after that I took the 50mm lens off and put the 24mm lens on and took a foreground shot. It was a little cool (~40 degrees) and I still had a bunch of firewood left so I got a fire going while the camera was imaging the core and I was sitting around doing nothing, so that became my foreground. I thought it was kind of a nice context that I was reading Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" over the weekend and during this morning shot.
All shots taken with my Nikon D600 and Nikon 50mm f1.8 or Rokinon 24mm f1.4 lens on my iOptron Skytracker mount. The sky shot is a stack of 17 exposures, each 3 minutes, ISO 800, f4, 50mm (Skytracker on). Foreground shot is a single exposure @24mm, 1 minute, ISO 400, f4 (Skytracker off). All stacking, editing, merging, and final edits done in Photoshop/Lightroom.
The Rho Ophiuchi and Antares dark cloud region is located in the constellation Ophiuchus just north of Antares and is one of the closest star-forming regions to our solar system. This image was produced using nine 30-second exposures and a Canon 6D with a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM lens, both mounted on an iOptron Skytracker mount. The lens was left wide open at f/2.8 and set at 70mm, images were stacked in DeepSkyStacker. The image was heavily processed to coax out the nebula areas with the short exposure time. It also shows the planets Saturn (brightest point in the upper left) and Mars (the brightest point) as of April 14, 2016.
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A few meteors from the Perseid shower last night. This is a composite of several frames from a time-lapse tracking the shower radiant (in the constellation Perseus) running all night. The sky from Yellowwood State Forest in Brown County Indiana was clear (after around 11:00) and fairly dark, with no moon, and the weather warm though muggy and buggy, but there were surprisingly few meteors. Note the Milky Way running through the frame, and the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) at lower right.
Nikon D850, 20mm f/1.8, 60 second exposures, f/2.8, ISO 800, iOptron SkyGuider Pro tracker. Processed in Starry Sky Stacker, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)
Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm
Beloptik Telecentric 5x
Filter H alfa : Coronado PST
Filter H alfa : Solar Spectrum S.O. 1.5 0.5A
Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;
Equivalent Focal lenght : 4900 mm.
Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;
Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, ImPPG, Adobe Photoshop
Casalecchio di Reno - Italia
44° 29’ 29” N
11° 14’ 58” E
The core region of our home galaxy, shot with a Nikon D600 and Nikon 50mm f1.8g lens. This is two panel sets stitched, each panel is 5 exposures (1 minute, 2 minute, 3 minute, 4 minute, and 5 minutes) @ISO 800 and f3.5. Exposures were registered, stacked, and initially edited in PixInsight with the stitching and final edits done in Photoshop and Lightroom. Shot from a Bortle 2/3 zone out at the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah.
Got the h-alpha portion of this nebula done, planning a HOO combine and am going to need a whole lot of Oiii. Shot with an ASI183mm Pro and Astrodon 6nm H-alpha filter, William Optics GT81 scope with Flat6Aii reducer on an iOptron GEM45 mount. 56 x 7' exposures at gain 111/offset 11.
Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)
Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm
Beloptik Telecentric 5x
Filter H alfa : Coronado PST
Filter H alfa : Solar Spectrum S.O. 1.5 0.5A
Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;
Equivalent Focal lenght : 4900 mm.
Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;
Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, ImPPG, Adobe Photoshop
Casalecchio di Reno - Italia
44° 29’ 29” N
11° 14’ 58” E
20x180 sec, Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 @500mm, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, iOptron CEM25P, Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom.
Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 2000
f/1.8
Foreground: 4 x 30 seconds
Sky: 16 x 25 seconds
This is a 20 shot panorama of the Milky Way rising above Bluff Knoll, the tallest peak in south Western Australia (1100m or 3600ft) and about 4 hours south of Perth. It is one of the few spots where it semi regularly snows in the entire state.
Re-edit of a previous shot taken at the Redfish Lake Lodge in Idaho.
Taken with a Nikon D600 and Rokinon 24mm f1.4 lens on an iOptron Skytracker mount, one shot for the sky and one for the foreground, both were 3 minute exposures at ISO 400 and f2.5.
Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)
Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm
Beloptik Telecentric 5x
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Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;
Equivalent Focal lenght : 4900 mm.
Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;
Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, ImPPG, Adobe Photoshop
2 Images mosaic
Casalecchio di Reno - Italia
44° 29’ 29” N
11° 14’ 58” E
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Telescopio: Celestron C11 XLT Fastar
CCD: Lumenera Skynyx 2.2 mono
Montatura: iOptron CEM60
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Astra Image 4 SI, Avistack 2.0, Lucam Recorder
Filtro Baader Planetarium IR-Pass 685nm
Moonlite CF 2,5" focuser with high resolution stepper DRO, Barlow Zeiss Abbe 2X
Pose: 1000 FPS: 12,00000
Lunghezza focale: 5600 mm
Seeing: 3
Trasparenza: 7
Total Lunar Eclipse
This is a montage of the phases of the eclipse which were actually visible. The rest of the eclipse was obstructed by clouds Well, I'm glad I was able to see anything at all... 😊
Images captured with my William Optics ZS61 and a ZWO ASI 178MC, all on an iOptron iEQ45pro. Video sequences with 200-1000 images, best 50-100 frames stacked with AutoStakkert.
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On August 20, 2023, Death Valley NP was in the path of Hurricane Hilary's remnants. Some regions received more than double the average annual amount of rainfall.
The unprecedented amount of rain caused widespread flash flooding, damaging roads, and forming a shallow lake in Badwater Basin's salt flats.
After the partial reopening of the park, I desperately wanted to capture a nightscape with the stars reflecting in the temporary lake.
During November New Moon, I had a Los Angeles flight. The weather forecast was pretty dire for the single night I was able to go to Death Valley, but I decided to take the risk.
When I arrived at Badwater Basin, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and while scouting, I felt a slight drizzle. After nightfall, heavy rain started falling for more than an hour. My hopes for a successful shooting sank very low, but I nevertheless set my alarm to check the sky conditions every hour. At 1 a.m. a few stars became visible, and half an hour later, I decided that it was time to dress and head out into the dark.
At 2:30 a.m. the sky in the south had all but cleared. Now, I had high hopes that the clouds would completely disappear, allowing me to shoot the desired Milky Way arc. It soon became apparent, though, that the clouds were rolling back in and at 3:30 a.m. the sky was again fully covered.
The resulting image is not exactly what I hoped for, but I like its mood a lot.
EXIF
Sky:
Canon EOS-R, astro-modified
Tamron 15-30mm, f/2.8 @ 15mm
IDAS NBZ filter
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
4 panel panorama in portrait orientation, each a stack of 6x 60s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 3x 180s @ ISO6400, filtered
Foreground:
Canon EOS-Ra
Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART @ f/2
2 row / 8 panel panorama in landscape orientation, each a stack of 6x 30s @ ISO6400
Star reflection: single exposures from the lower row
Selfie: Single exposure 15s @ ISO12800
Distancia: 5200 años luz
Constelación: Monoceros
Información sobre esta nebulosa: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulosa_Roseta
Telescope: Celestron C9.25 Edge HD Hyperstar
Camera: ZWO ASI071 Pro
Focal ratio: f2.3
Focuser: MicroTouch Focuser
Exposure: 4hr 50 min in total at unity gain
2hr 00 min (24 x 5 min) Ha
1h 15 min (15 x 5 min) OIII
1hr 35 min (19 x 5 min) SII
Capturing software: N.I.N.A.
Mount: iOptron CEM60
Guiding: Orion StarShoot Autoguider with PHD and Stellarvue F60M3
Dithering: Yes
Calibration: 30 flats, 75 darks, 100 bias
Processing: PixInsight
Date: 15-ene-2020, 18-ene-2020
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Emission nebulae in Cassiopeia
Camera: CCD Moravian G2 8300
Optic: 135mm Samyang lens f/2 @f/2.8
Frames: Ha 7nm 15X600sec - RGB 5X600sec each - Bin1 -30°
Mount: Ioptron CEM60 HP
Processing: Pixinsight, PS
Optics : TEC140 Apo + TeleVue Barlow 2" 4 X
Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;
Equivalent Focal lenght : 3920 mm.
Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;
Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop
Casalecchio di Reno - Italia
44° 29’ 29” N
11° 14’ 58” E
Open clusters of stars can be near or far, young or old, and diffuse or compact. Found near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, they contain from 100 to 10,000 stars, all of which formed at nearly the same time. Bright blue stars frequently distinguish younger open clusters. M35, (Bottom ) is relatively nearby at 2800 light years distant, relatively young at 150 million years old, and relatively diffuse, with about 2500 stars spread out over a volume 30 light years across. An older and more compact open cluster, NGC 2158 ( Top right ) NGC 2158 is four times more distant than M35, over 10 times older, and much more compact with many more stars in roughly the same volume of space. NGC 2158's bright blue stars have self-destructed, leaving cluster light to be dominated by older and yellower stars. Both clusters are seen toward the constellation of Gemini.
Imaged April 9th, 2014, 77% moon.
Borg125SD on a iOptron CEM60.
2 hrs of stacked exposures guided with PHD2 (still very beta) @ ISO 400. It's been a long time since I've imaged this object, needs a couple more hours to pull out the dust cloud as the Iris eats up space.
While in mid northern lattitudes the Milky Way is arching along the horizon in spring and early summer, its starry band turns vertical and goes right through the zenith in late summer.
To capture the whole band means shooting a vertical panorama or "vertorama". Capturing a tracked vertorama is technically more difficult than a regular tracked panorama, but the real challenge is to publish such an image online:
One possibility is a small panning movie. For the vertorama it has to rotate by 180° in the middle. This solution is elegant, but it does not allow the viewer to enjoy and explore the different parts of the image longer than a few seconds.
I tried it with this vertorama taken on Grimsel Pass in Switzerland.
What do you think of it?
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Low Lewel Lighting
Sky:
4 panels, each a stack of 4 x 30s @ ISO3200, tracked
Foreground:
2 panels, each a stack of 6 x 30s @ ISO3200
Reflection:
Stack of 4 x 30s @ ISO3200, tracked
Soundtrack: "Riding on a Sunbeam" by Alexander Eichler