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A shot from last nights trip to Thatcher rock , Torquay to capture the Milky Way. I've seen shots from here before so was keen to give this a go though the light pollution was a challenge.
This is a stack of 7 exposures stacked in sequator to reduce noise.
A Lyrid and some space junk are crossing tracks high in the sky, while the spring Milky Way is arching over a foggy pond in Switzerland.
This was my third night out with Benjamin Barakat. I started the drive to this pond in the middle of a downpour, as the weather report predicted that it would by clear by 11 p.m. The forecast was spot on, but soon after we arrived, fog started to form. The fog was not completely solid, but in combination with the light pollution from nearby towns, it almost drowned the Milky Way. Despite rather low hopes, I am quite happy with image I was able to capture.
While photographing the middle section, two bright spots appeared high in the sky. They moved on parallel tracks, quickly reached extreme brightness and then slowly faded, until we lost sight of them after about a minute. During this eerie sighting, a much faster Lyrid crossed the tracks of what most probably was space junk dying a firey death while plunging back into our atmosphere.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D, astro modified
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
5 panels, each a stack of 6 x 45s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground and reflection:
5 panels, each a stack of 6 x 45s @ ISO1600, untracked
The reflection was stacked with Sequator.
Spent the morning under the stars at Lake Phelps. I rented a Nikkor Z 20mm f/1.8 S lens, it surely beats hands down my 14mm Rokinon and my 24-70 kit lens. Sky – 7 shots tracked and stacked in Sequator. Foreground – Single shot.
Camera: Nikon Z6
Lens: Nikkor Z 20mm f/1.8 S
Sky:
7 x (20mm @ f/2.2, 210 sec, ISO 800)
Foreground:
(20mm @ f/5, 25 sec, ISO 1000)
Cielo:
24mm
10X90seg a f-2.8,iso-1600
iOptron Skyguider pro
Suelo:
48mm
120 s a f-5.6, iso-2500
Apilado de imágenes del cielo con Sequator 1.60
Procesado suelo y cielo con Capture One 21
Blending con Photoshop 21.0.3
This is the view 180 degrees in the opposite direction to my last post. This is a stitched pano using 2 images for each of the 6 positions run through Sequator and two dark frames. Plus one extra frame for the foreground which was focus stacked. Not looking too bad for iso 2000 I suppose.
I think I need to have a go at this when there is far less moonlight and light pollution. Lots of faffing about and far from perfect but it's a start.
The galactic core of the milky way passes behind an ancient Bristlecone Pine tree, high in the White Mountains of California. The inhabitants of this section of forest are up to 5,000 years old, silent witnesses to an ever evolving planet.
Yes, that is Jupiter on the left frame edge and Antares on the right. Sky is classified Bortle-2.
This was a whirlwind trip, i drove 7 hours out, met and shot pictures with Miguel for a couple of hours, then drove back home, all in less than 24 hours. Sleep? Nope. Miguel stayed on to complete the adventure. The original plan was to spend the following evening in Death Valley, but I had a very serious issue with my DFA25/4; the rear plate ripped off, sending loose parts to rattle around inside the lens housing. I thought best to cut bait so as not to add further damage, limiting my chances of repairing the lens.
I used my DFA 35mm f/3.5 on the 645Z. Stack of 20, 10sec exposures, median blended using Sequator. I light painted the tree using my LED panel on a stick.
Hope you enjoy this one!
A tighter crop than the original post.
Geminid meteor with Orion. Penobscot Valley Country Club, Orono, Maine.
11, 8-second exposures stacked in Sequator for noise reduction, meteor added back in Photoshop.
Single press of the shutter release, several adjacent images moderately post-processed (about a minute to capture and a couple of minutes to adjust). Done.
No compositing/time-shifting.
No tracking mount.
No noise images, no long exposure foreground images.
No special lighting, or added light.
No new camera or back-lit sensor.
No multiple focal lengths, no focus stacking.
No Photoshop, no layers, no sky or foreground substitution (just Lightroom and a shareware app or two).
Night photography doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming, or involve special gear beyond camera, lens, tripod. Many cameras produced in the last 13 years and probably all in the last 4-8 years can capture shots like this. I've re-processed images and produced great results from my 2009 Canon 5D Mark II and crop sensor 70D. Join our workshops to find out how!
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The galactic core of the milky way drifts slowly overhead, as the rhythmic pulse of the Pacific surf batters dozens of ancient boulders.
"Technically called concretions, these hard spheres are composed of materials far more resilient than the Cenozoic mudstone that once surrounded them. Over millions of years, this has eroded away under the constant onslaught of the Pacific Ocean, forming the cliffs that line the shore behind the beach and leaving the tougher ‘bowling balls’ behind."
Lens is the DFA 35mm f/3.5 lens on the 645Z. I stacked several short star exposures (11sec) using Sequator, then manually blended a single long exposure from the beach during twilight. The very blue white balance is intentional.
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A perfectly clear night on Skye, a true Christmas miracle! Conditions 'demanded' I head out on a cold Christmas Eve for a wee bit of astrophotography - still on the steep part of the learning curve due to so few opportunities to practise. Had previously checked out this place thinking the lone tree in a cemetery would be a useful location for starry shots, hoping the Milky Way would cooperate. Kept my eye out for Santa flying in from the North...
This was done using nine 10-second shots at ISO 3200, then stacked in Sequator. If anyone has any helpful suggesions I would really appreciate them.
Explored (Number 36) December 27, 2021.
It was a clear, but windy night. I walked out on the porch and saw it was a clear night, and back here in the woods, it was pretty calm. So, I took a quick ride down to the boat ramp, and when I got there, it was pretty windy. I figured I would try my best. The Milky Way was aligned with the boat ramp. So, I set up and took photos when the streetlight right next to me would go out. I had about 30 – 45 seconds to get two shots, then would have to wait for 45 seconds for it to go out again. The wind was bad enough that I lost a little over half my photos. This is a 12-shot stack, the sky was blended in Sequator, then I stacked and blended for the foreground in Photoshop. I then took the two resulting photos and blended in Photoshop.
Camera: Nikon Z6
Lens: Nikkor Z 20mm f/1.8 S
Sky:
12 x (20mm @ f/2.8, 13 sec, ISO 6400)
Foreground:
12 x (20mm @ f/2.8, 13 sec, ISO 6400)
I am looking forward to shooting the Milkyway again starting in late February and early March.
Deep into the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness there are many unworldly landscapes to be captured. This location is 2.5 miles from the parking lot. If you are not careful you will get lost out there so using a good handheld GPS is vital.
Milkyway:
16 images stacked in Sequator
Foreground:
I used two z-96 lights - one for the high lights and one for the soft fill. I made the mistake of using a higher ISO for the foreground and that resulted in more noise.
I combined the two sets of images in PhotoShop and edited in Lightroom
De izquierda a derecha: Motril, Salobreña, Velilla Taramay, Almuñecar y la Herradura, forman un cordón continuo de contaminación luminosa sobre la costa, reflejada hacia el cielo por el mar mediterráneo varios kilómetros.
Panorámica realizada desde la Sierra de Cázulas, una noche de luna creciente, pero recién puesta por el oeste sobre las 23:30, hora en la que el centro de la Vía Láctea tiene una altitud sobre el horizonte que sobrepasa la franja de contaminación luminosa, pasando a una zona de cielo bastante limpia, pues tierra adentro nos encontramos con zonas muy montañosas y despobladas, sitio en el que me encontraba, para mi disfrute y deleite con este cielo en una tranquila y fresca noche de finales de julio en la montaña granadina.
Datos de la imagen:
Cámara: D850
Tomas de cielo: Rokinon 14 f-2.4 XP, f-2.4
2X10X2 minutos, iso-560
iOptron Skyguider pro
Tomas de suelo: Sigma 24-35 f-2.0 art. a 28mm, f-4.8
2X3 minutos. iso-2200
Apilado tomas de cielo: Sequator 1.60
Cosidos tomas cielo y suelo: Ptgui 10.0.7 Pro
Blending final: Photoshop 21.0.3
Una noche en la que las nubes dieron un poco de tregua al menos en el tramo horario de máxima visibilidad y esplendor del centro de la Vía Láctea, lo cual se agradece.
Datos de la imagen final:
Suelo: ( pano dos imágenes)
2X30 seg a f-5.6.iso-1250
Cielo: ( pano dos imágenes)
2X8X40 seg a f-2.0. iso-800
Apilado tomas de cielo con Sequator 1.60
Procesado de imágenes con Capure One 21
Cosido de imágenes con PTgui 10.70 ( Pano de suelo y de cielo)
Blending final con Photoshop 21.0.3
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Planned using Photopills and Clear Outside apps and with a clear 'window' forecast for the night of 18/08 I went with a socially distanced friend www.flickr.com/photos/peripateticsnaps - travelling separately - to where I thought light pollution wouldn't be too bad. Unfortunately as the Milky Way core was due to appear the clouds on the horizon suddenly grew to encompass the whole sky. I was however fairly pleased to come away with this image.
Just above the clouds and just to the viewer's left of the Milky Way is Jupiter and slightly further left is Saturn.
It comprises 12 exposures (f2.8 13 secs ISO 2500) combined in Sequator plus 9 separately light-painted exposures (f4 13secs ISO 400). All then combined/focus stacked in Photoshop with some work too to better bring out the faint milky way.
Shiprock at night; was hoping to get a (clear) shot with the Milky Way but the weather wasn't cooperating.
Por fin este fin de semana pude salir a hacer unas fotos nocturnas. Ya había probado hace dos o tres años pero el par de fotos que hice no me acababan de convencer. No se si habré acertado con los colores. Son bienvenidos los comentarios y sugerencias de cualquiera con más experiencia que yo.
Nikon D750
Objetivo Nikon 35 mm f1.8 para cámaras DX (sin casi recortar se puede aprovechar bastante bien)
Cielo: 10 fotos de 10s f1.8 ISO2500 apiladas en Sequator.
Suelo: 4 fotos de 30s f1.8 ISO2500 apiladas en Photoshop.
This was a "bonus shot" that I managed to get on the way home from shooting the abandoned Midway Drive In. Just happened to see this tractor in the field and knew that it would make for a great composition.
Still trying to hone my astrophotography. This image was made by combining 10 x 11 sec (total 110 sec) all shot at ISO 3200, f3.5 without a star tracker. The 10 images were stacked (Sequator) and then post processed in Photoshop. The large object to the left of the Milky Way is Saturn and to the left of Saturn, Jupiter can be seen.
11 vertical images stacked in Sequator, f3.5, 15 sec, iso 5000
Shot with Nikon d750 and Tamron 15-30 mm, f2.8
Memory of last summer during a beautiful night in the Alps ✨
Looking forward to going back hiking or running in the mountains!
Nikon D7500
Tokina 11-20 f2.8
ISO3600 / 15s / 14 exposures stacked in Sequator
The world-famous Wave is deluged under a flood of stars.
It took me over 5 years to win a permit to visit the Wave and I made the most of it. In order to shoot the Milky Way, I had to start hiking at midnight but it was worth every single dark step.
The foreground was focus-stacked to keep everything sharp.
Each of these exposures took nearly 8 minutes because I shot at f/16 with a low ISO.
The Milky Way is 10 exposures stacked in Sequator taken at f/2.8, ISO 6400 for 10 seconds each.
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Lalu, Sa Kaeo, Thailand
Foreground - 16mm, ISO 100, f/16.0, SS 15 sec (light painting and focus stacking)
Stars - 16mm, ISO 3200, f/2.8, SS 15 sec (stacking 12 photos by Sequator)
My first galaxy!
Shot taken in December 2019 with the Pentax K1, using the Astrotracer-mode, 300mm lens, f4, ISO3200, total over 90 shots with each 23s, stacked with sequator
Circumpolar tomada en la lobera del Salto del Nervión, compuesta de 150 tomas. Apilado con Sequator.
Nikon D7000
Tokina Af 11-16mm F2.8 At-X Pro Dx II
f/2.8 - ISO800 - 30s x145 - 11mm
[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.
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From our last Bodie night photography workshop in July. We had three classroom sessions to cover various techniques and post-processing tools.
We've tested a lot of lights and color temperatures over the years. This uses a new light we tested on one of two nights in Bodie in 2021. We have to go with workflow that is proven for us over time, from capture through post-processing, but technologies do evolve, so it's good to do a reality check from time to time and adjust the workflow if warranted. In 2021 we did start to use some new shooting processes, new lighting. and new post-processing techniques to see if we could improve results. The main lighting here is actually light pollution from a nearby resident's porch light. We're not allowed to disturb residents and ask them to turn excessively bright lights off, so I set up a secondary light source to fill in the shadows.
While added light does reduce noise where the light strikes (there is a higher signal to noise ratio), it produces a "light polluted" look; the lighting itself risks starting to distract from the subject and composition.
The 14% lit waxing crescent moon finally appears dimmer low at the horizon for the comet Neowise to brighter up in the night sky at The Rock Church.
Cranfills Gap, TX
20 photos stack and process via Sequator
ISO 1600, F1.6, 8s
Nikon 50mm/F1.4G
A new location for me last night was Burrow Mump in Somerset, reading up about this location is that the church was never completed hence it's dilapidated appearance.
I had to capture this before the rising moon blew out the sky but it's a lovely location that I'll look forward to going back to in the future.
Sky: 5x 60s tracked exposures stacked in Sequator
Foreground: 4s F/4, ISO 64
Taken Sunday morning 6/9/2019; 1st of 3 locations (that night) and just one of many that I've scouted.
Después de algunos intentos anteriores en las lunas nuevas de junio y julio, en los que el cielo no permitió que la Vía Láctea fuera visible, por nubes, brumas, etc..
Esta noche de agosto, que también presentaba nubosidad.., al final abrió de manera milagrosa, dejando ver la Vía, un poco tarde ya, en una posición muy vertical y con el núcleo galáctico casi oculto en el horizonte, pero aún así algo que merece la pena presenciar..
Datos de la imagen:
Suelo:
90 segundos a f-5.6 , 30 mm
iso - 2500
Cielo:
6X120 segundos a f-3.5, 30 mm
iso -2500
Apilado de imágenes de cielo con Sequator 1.60
Procesado de imágenes de suelo y cielo con Capture One 21
Blending final suelo-cielo con Photoshop.
Wasn't sure I was going to publish this one, not my best work by far, but I kind of like it. Maybe my last composition in the Bodie Island Lighthouse series, I promise (Fingers crossed). I wanted a different perspective than normal. Captured with the 35mm, it consists of 5 exposures for the foreground, stacked in Photoshop. The sky was 10 exposures stacked in Sequator. The resulting photos were then blended in Photoshop.
Camera: Nikon Z6.
Lens: Nikkor Z 35mm f/1.8 S
Sky:
10 x (35mm @ f/2.5, 8 sec, ISO 5000)
Foreground:
5 x (35mm @ f/2.5, 8 sec, ISO 5000)
Made 12x120s photographs using an iOptron star tracker pro, stacked them with sequator (Sky region: partial, Auto brightness on, Reduce distortion effects: Auto, Reduce light pollution: Uneven level 2, Enhance star lights: On, everything else off) which sums up to an exposure time of 1320s.
The super bright light at the right hand side is Jupiter.
The Milky Way shot at 50mm. This was a 6 shot vertical panorama. Each row was 10 6 second shots that were stacked in Sequator, then the panorama was stitched in Photoshop. The foreground was two 20mm shots with a little light thrown in. The results were blended in Photoshop. The sky was taken at the end of August and the foreground was taken on September 2nd from roughly the same location and direction.
Camera: Nikon Z6.
Sky Lens: Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S
Foreground Lens: Nikkor Z 20mm f/1.8 S
Sky 10 shots, 6 rows (60 Frames) (50mm @ f/2.5, 6 sec, ISO 4000)
Foreground: 2 x (20mm @ f/2.5, 10 sec, ISO 4000)
The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Here are16 x 60 sec shots stacked in Sequator. Canon 60D with optolong L Enhance filter on a Skywatcher Quattro 250P F4 Scope.
Learned some new techniques to bring out the gasses in my stacked images from 2018. The Running Man nebula is much more visible now. I am happy! 10 30 second 500mm images stacked with Sequator and run through Photoshop and On1 Photo Raw.
early hours of the 3rd of may 2019. beautiful peaceful evening admiring the sky above us . 15 images stacked using sequator
When things don't go exactly as planned! I had hoped to use a star tracker for this shot, but, as I hadn't tried it before I wanted to use it i realised that i had left a vital part at home. So it was old school for this shot, lots of short exposures stacked in sequator. And I got a parking ticket at 1am in the morning