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Capture taken 2 years ago, during a weekendtrip to Amsterdam. Great city with plenty of great opportunities to get some nice captures done. Have a great weekend ahead, stay safe and healthy! Cheers, Udo.
A little sky glow and silhouette, hopefully to brighten your day....Taken in Santa Monica at the end of a long day...........
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One Tree Hill in South Gippsland, near the town of Toora in Victoria, Australia, is named after this Cypress tree. This view is looking to the north east and this Cypress tree stands out against the background glow of the lights of the town of Yarram.
Whilst the clouds rolled in very quickly and obscured some of the starry sky, they have however added another element to this photo as has the foreground interest revealed by the light of the torch held by my lighting assistant (yours truly)
“There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one” - Frances Elliott Clark
Remnant storm clouds gather sunset colours above Gulaga (Mt Dromedary), while seagulls watch for morsels in stormwater runoff at Horseshoe Bay, Bermagui, NSW Far South Coast.
Looking west toward the sunset and Harrisonburg from Shenandoah National Park.
6Nov2015
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A Perseid meteor streaks over Joshua Trees as Blue Hour approaches at Joshua Tree National Park.
14Aug2016
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June 9, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US
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A Sultry Evening...
One my favorite things to do... Watch a ominous lighting intense storm come over the horizon. With continuous cloud to cloud lightning & a few cloud to ground strikes. This was one of those perfect photogenic Nebraska storms.
Severe warned right after sunset. Found an open spot to shoot just some incredible June storm photography for 2022!
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June 9, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US
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Storm Chasing Video from night on Flickr Click Here
A Sultry Evening...
One my favorite things to do... Watch a ominous lighting intense storm come over the horizon. With continuous cloud to cloud lightning & a few cloud to ground strikes. This was one of those perfect photogenic Nebraska storms.
Severe warned right after sunset. Found an open spot to shoot just some incredible June storm photography for 2022!
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Dale Kaminski @ NebraskaSC Photography
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This image may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder.
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Milky Way over the Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park.
14Aug2016
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10-image panorama in LR.
The scene was and came out rather dark and hence a bit noisy. Topaz DeNoise fixes that quite well, but overall I would have liked it sharper.
Dempster Highway 2017
This spot has been on my list for a while, but somehow I always gave other places the preference. Maybe it is because of the rather strong light pollution there or maybe it is just too close to my home.
When a fellow flight captain and top notch photographer asked me if I would join him at this spot, the decision was an easy one.
A unique landscape, a rare celestial sight and excellent company are the perfect ingradients for a diverting and productive night.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ f/4 - 50mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of 10 x 20s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Stack of 10 x 60s @ ISO3200
Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the larger Virgo Custer in the constellation of Virgo. The two bright galaxies on the lower section of the chain are M84 and M86 discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. In this field of view approximately 30 identified galaxies are visible making it a spectacular target to image.
A combination of 10 nights imaging in January and February 2022 and May 2023 using two different cameras. 2022 images were taken using a mono camera and 4 filters, 2023 images were taken using a colour camera and a single filter.
Imaging and processing details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/full/zy1fpo/0/
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Technical summary:
Captured: 7,8,29,30,31 Jan 2022, 1,2,3 Feb 2022 and 13,14 May 2023
Imaging Sessions: 10
Location: Gérgal, Andalucía, Spain 2022 and Gorafe, Granada, Spain 2023
Bortle Class: 4 Gergal, 3 Gorafe
Total Integration: 23 hours 10 minutes
Blue 116x 120s 3hr 52m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Blue 4x 300s 20m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Green 123x 120s 4hr 6m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Green 11x 300s 55m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Red 149x 120s 4hr 58m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Red 8x 300s 40m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
UV/IR 142x 120s 4hr 44m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
UV/IR 3x 300s 15m BIN1 Gain 100 -5C
Moon & Skyglow: 40x 300s 3hr 20m BIN 1 -5C
Pixel Scale: 2 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: William Optics GT 81 385mm
Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro and ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Guiding: ZWO UniGuide 50mm - ZWO ASI120MM-S
Filters: ZWO R, G, B, UV/IR and Baader Moon & Skyglow
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
Capture Computer: Eagle 4
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Editing software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom
Sunset Arch in Grand Staircase - Escalante NM certainly looks like a dragon.
In this panorama the dragon seems to be watching the rising Milky Way arch, while the sky is exploding with green and red skyglow.
I lit the foreground with 4 LED lights using Low Level Lighting.
- Astro Modified Canon EOS 6D
- Samyang 24mm f/1.4
- Shot from a fixed tripod
- 12 panels, each consisting of 3 images of 12s @ ISO 6400
- Individually stacked:
- for the foreground: with PS
- for the sky: with fitswork4
- panos for foreground and sky inividually stiched with PTGui and recombined and processed with PS
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Through my 10" Meade SCT, 32mm eyepiece coupled to a Nikon D7000. No Moon filter, but an Orion Skyglow is on the OTA.
As a kick-off for the Advent Season, it is time for another image with a spiritual touch...
For me, there is hardly a more metaphoric subject than a lone chapel under a starry sky and the wooden bridge over the small ravine at this remote spot in the Swiss Alps packs the image with even more symbolism.
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EXIF
3 panel vertical panorama
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Low Level Lighting
Sky:
2 panels in landscape orientation, each is a stack of 6 x 30s @ISO1600 f/2
Foreground:
Stacked single panel of 3 x 60s @ISO1600 f/2
Last Quarter with 53% illumination, This is a composite image of 3 images blended in photoshop. Two images are composed of stacking 80% of 5000 frame acquired @20 FPS, 2 x 2 Bin, Gain 100. One over exposed image to show the glowing shine of the Moon. Gear setup: Celestron edge HD 800with F/R @f/7, iOptron GEM45, ZWO EFW 2”, Baader Moon & Skyglow filter, ZWO 2600MC @ 0, Captured by Sharpcap pro, Stacked by Autostakkart!, wavelets by Registax, Processed by PS.
This is the famous glacial erratic near Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic NP.
In late August MW is positioned perfectly behind this interesting boulder and I therefore could not resit to capture it during my roadtrip following the August solar eclipse.
While Lassens skies are mostly very dark, the southwesterly direction is plagued be severe light pollution from the Sacramento area, producing the yellow glow on the horizon that completely eats up the stars.
EXIF
- Canon EOS 6D, Hutech astromodified
- Samyang 24mm f/2.4
- iOptron SkyTracker
- Low Level Lighting with 2 LED panels
Foreground:
3 x 50s @ISO 1600
untracked, stacked with PS
Sky:
3 x 50s @ ISO 1600
tracked, stacked with fitswork4
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A mixture of stars, Sky Glow, and Airglow fill the late night sky over this country lake.
"Sky glow" is another term for "light pollution". It's the diffuse luminance in the night sky caused by earth-based lighting from cities and towns, mostly yellow in color.
"Airglow" is the proper name for the faint auroral like glow. It's mostly green but can be red, purple and yellow and usually not seen by the naked eye. Airglow is a faint emission that occurs when atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere, excited by sunlight, emit light to shed their excess energy at night. This phenomenon causes the night sky to never be completely dark.
I had this image in mind for a long time before I was able to capture it. It's a remote place, it's generally too hot during Milky Way season, it requires a hike on sand carrying camera gear, and sensor noise can be particularly high in the heat.
On my first visit, by the time the sky was as dark as it was going to get, the temperature was still 93 degrees! Not conducive to a hike on sand, and at that temperature digital sensors perform poorly. I definitely missed the coolness of higher altitudes!
I returned for the same Milky Way position the following year, and the temperatures were much more comfortable for me and for the sensor.
I spent the only clear night of the last new moon period in my beloved Alpstein mountains. This is a spot I had never visited before and where I had to rely on offsite planning. My calculations predicted the Milky Way arch to be positioned over some prominent peaks, while the core would be framed by a conveniently located gap.
Of course, there is always an element of uncertainty with such plannings. In this case, the trees on the far right were a bit higher than expected, which resulted in a rather tight time window between core rise and the colorful Rho Ophichui region getting blocked by those trees.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
11 panels, each a stack of 5 x 50s @ISO1600, f/2.4
Foreground:
9 panels, each a stack of 3 x 60s @ISO1600, f/2.0
This is the final image of my Moulton Barn Milky Way series. It is a 8 panel panorama showing the whole arch of Milky Way.
I addition to Milky Way, there are several deep sky objects visible. Examples are:
- North America Nebula (NGC 7000) on the upper left in the Milky Way arch
- Andromeda Galaxy (M31) on the left side, above the horizon, between the tree and Milky Way
As well visible are the green and red skyglow and, on the far right, light pollution from the nearby town of Jackson.
The barn was illuminated with low level lighting using two LED panels. As one of these panals was in the field of view when taking the left side of the image, it was removed for the second halve of the shots.
Astro-Modified Canon EOS 6D
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm
8 images of 25s @ ISO6400
Stiched with PtGui
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Technically it was 10:35 pm in August, but this composition will be available for our Sept 8, 2018 workshop.
a real fun evening with the lightpainting guru www.flickr.com/photos/hobsonish and some good mates! The skyglow was a ruddy colour naturally, thick cloud yet at a time of high aurora activity, I'd not seen it like that before. Big thanks too to Allan ! It was a bitter cold night but so much fun we couldn't leave till fingers actually couldn't press shutters any more.
Check out these guys,..amazing....:
www.flickr.com/photos/dbrightwell/
www.flickr.com/photos/allanengland/
www.flickr.com/photos/taipan1986/
www.flickr.com/photos/edbookless
www.flickr.com/photos/rivendale/
The blue ion tail of Comet NEOWISE goes off the frame, even at a wide 20mm, at Mono Lake, California.
Light pollution from the town of Lee Vining illuminates the Sierra Nevada and the tufa rock formation in the foreground, as well as light pollution from Reno/Carson City competing with the comet itself on the horizon.
The light from Lee Vining may soon increase exponentially, as the Mono County Board of Supervisors consider approving the Tioga Inn housing development, to be located on a ridge overlooking Mono Lake. The town of Lee Vining is currently hidden from direct view of much of the lake, but the new development could roughly double the population of the town, in a much more intrusive location. The landscape, lightscape and ecology of the Mono Basin would be severely altered.
It has been a jarring experience to witness the Mono County Board of Supervisor meetings, with hundreds of spoken and written comments in opposition to the project, yet the project continues to move forward. Lee Vining residents are concerned that the Board may rush to vote to approve the project in 2020, before a newly elected supervisor takes office and may place more emphasis on considering the near 100% opposition of the community.
Hundreds of Lee Vining residents may have their living standards impacted, thousands of Mono County residents may consider their lives to have been negatively impacted, millions of visitors could have their visitation experience degraded. So one rich developer can benefit.
The politics of greed is mind-boggling to behold.
Milky Way rising above the Tschuggen Observatory in Arosa, Switzerland.
Capturing the rising core section of our galaxy in February from Switzerland is no easy task. The time window at 47°N is just 30 minutes before astronomic dawn and due to the omnipresent light pollution, you have to shoot from the mountains. Of course, the weather has to play along as well and if the skies are clear for once, it tends to be freezing cold at night.
Around New Moon, I was snowshoeing to Tschuggen Hill twice, only to witness how the weather can suddenly change in the alpine environment and finding me completely engulfed in freezing fog. During my third attempt, it finally stayed clear, causing the temperature to drop to -20°C (-5°F). I am not sure who suffered more, my toes or my equipment....
Despite a frozen ball head, a frozen aperture ring and severely cold toes and fingers I was able to finally work with my new light pollution filter and capture this panorama of the early season Milky Way over one of my favorite spots in Switzerland.
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As the year draws to an end, it is time to look back.
In 2016, I have been able to visit and photograph some unforgettable places. One of the best experiences certainly was my overnight trip to White Pocket with David Swindler from actionphototours.com. David not only brought me to one of the most incredible landscapes I have ever seen, but he also made me a much better photographer in just two days...
Furthermore, I was lucky enough to be able to expand my possibilities with some new equipment. My astro-modified Canon EOS 6D, together with two new lenses, a Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 and a Samyang 24mm f/1.4 have quickly become my workhorses. They have enabled me to take images I would not have thought to be within reach of my skills just one year ago.
So the choice for my final post for this year was an obvious one: It had to be White Pocket at night taken with the equipment I bought this year.
- Astro modified Canon EOS 6D
- Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
- Sky: 4 x 20s @ ISO6400 stacked with fitswork
- Reflection: 2 x 40s @ ISO6400 stacked with fitswork
- Foreground: 1 x 180s @ ISO1600 & 5 x 40s @ ISO6400 stacked in PS
Thanks to all my followers and visitors for your support.
A Happy New Year to all!
This 360° Panorama was taken at Lost Lake in the Uintas Mountains in Utah.
Being out in the wilderness, alone and in the middle of the night, can be quite scary. Sounds that you normally would hardly notice during daytime, appear much louder and can cause goose bumps at night.
During setup and while actually shooting, I am normally too busy to worry. In between, when waiting for astronomical dusk, without anything to do, it can be very peaceful, but also rather creepy.
While taking this panorama, I was extremely concentrated and not very aware of my surroundings, when I suddenly heard loud splashes behind me. While adrenaline shot through my veins, I whirled around and shone my flashlight in the direction of the sound.
To my great relieve, I saw a deer a mere 5 yards from my position, drinking water from the lake. The animal was at least as startled as I was and stood there for a few seconds staring back at me with blazing eyes from my flashlight. Then, to my surprise, instead of running away, it started drinking again. It had obviously decided that I was no threat.
- Astro modified Canon EOS 6D
- Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
- 17 images of 25s @ ISO6400
- Stiched with PTGui
Thanks for all your faves and comments!
You may have seen some of my images from the Kreuzberge in the Alpstein Mountains. After capturing my planned compositions, the Milky Way core had set and I was ready to call it a night.
Before hittig the mat in my tent, I looked at the scene around and glorious sky above me. It was too dark to actually see more than a few peaks of my homeland, but my eyes followed the luminous band with millions of stars that forms our galactic home. The summer triangle was riding high above me and Cygnus was hugging the zenith. King Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia were ruling the northern sky, while I was just barely able to see her beautiful daughter Andromeda high in the east. Lowering my eyes to the eastern horizon, I saw the Pleiades rising, a clear sign that summer was ending soon.
Looking at the marvel above and around me, I felt totally at home me and I decided that the tent had to wait. Determined to capture the moment, I started shooting this huge panorama. In the end, it cost me almost 3 hours of sleep, but it was worth every minute.
The real ordeal started in post processing. I was able to stitch the sky, as a 360° spherical panorama, but how on earth can you project that over a foreground without squashing the uppermost stars into unrecognizable streaks? I was finally able to get a decent result by applying all my tricks and inventing a few new ones. The price I had to pay, was loosing about 20° along the edge of the image, making this 'only' a 340° panorama.
I hope you like it as much as I do.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
20 panels, each a stack of 6 x 45s @ ISO1600
Foreground:
12 panels, each a stack of 6 x 45s @ ISO1600
I've been anticipating this shot in my mind for a number of years, but needed to navigate access challenges, weather, Milky Way position, and so on to arrive at just the right time.
This result is a sequence of 20 images stacked in Sequator, to test the program on a Milky Way shot with light pollution.
Captured just north of Nada, Texas, this golden sunrise washes across a dew-covered rice field on a misty morning. Birds soar in the warm light, and the flat Gulf Coast landscape stretches quietly into the horizon—showcasing the serene rhythm of life in Texas rice country.
I have done quite a few images with Milky Way reflections lately, but this one beats them all.
It was taken at Pass Lake in the beautiful Uintas Mountains in Utah.
I stopped at this spot to take a picknick for lunch and immediately knew that I had to come here for a night shooting. Therefore, I drove back into the Uintas the same evening.
The night turned out to be perfectly clear and calm during the first hours after astronomical dusk, so that I was able to capture this perfect reflection.
I lit the trees on the other side of the lake with two LED lights using the Low Level Lighting method.
Astro modified Canon EOS 6D
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
Foreground:
4 x 40s @ ISO 6400
Sky:
5 x 20s @ ISO 6400
Individually stacked with fitswork for the sky and the reflection.