Milky Way at The Pinnacles Desert, Western Australia
Nikon d810a
35mm
ISO 2000
f/1.8
Foreground: 10 x 30 seconds
Sky: 43 x 30 seconds
iOptron Skytracker
This is a 53 shot panorama of the Milky Way rising above The Pinnacles Desert, 2 hours north of Perth in Western Australia.
It's one of the first panos I have taken with a new Tamron Di USD 35mm lens, reported to be one of the best 35mm prime lenses available. So far it
has proven to do a great job of minimising edge distortion, which is always a plus for astrophotography. At f/1.4 it's also super fast. A bonus is that
the hydrogen alpha filter I bought for my 85mm lens also fits this one which I used to incorporate Ha data into this image. I tried something different with my process on this panorama, stopping down the ISO to minimise noise while compensating by having the aperture almost wide open.
Prominent in this image is the Seagull Nebula on the far right, just above the horizon. Above that is the huge red Gum Nebula and a little to the left is the pink Carina Nebula. Near the centre of the image is the Large Magellanic Cloud while the Small Magellanic Cloud can be seen peaking inbetween the two large pinnacles. To the far left is the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex just above the core. Some dark clouds can be seen just above the horizon which slowly moved their way towards the area throughout the night, completely clouding over the sky by about 3am.
Milky Way at The Pinnacles Desert, Western Australia
Nikon d810a
35mm
ISO 2000
f/1.8
Foreground: 10 x 30 seconds
Sky: 43 x 30 seconds
iOptron Skytracker
This is a 53 shot panorama of the Milky Way rising above The Pinnacles Desert, 2 hours north of Perth in Western Australia.
It's one of the first panos I have taken with a new Tamron Di USD 35mm lens, reported to be one of the best 35mm prime lenses available. So far it
has proven to do a great job of minimising edge distortion, which is always a plus for astrophotography. At f/1.4 it's also super fast. A bonus is that
the hydrogen alpha filter I bought for my 85mm lens also fits this one which I used to incorporate Ha data into this image. I tried something different with my process on this panorama, stopping down the ISO to minimise noise while compensating by having the aperture almost wide open.
Prominent in this image is the Seagull Nebula on the far right, just above the horizon. Above that is the huge red Gum Nebula and a little to the left is the pink Carina Nebula. Near the centre of the image is the Large Magellanic Cloud while the Small Magellanic Cloud can be seen peaking inbetween the two large pinnacles. To the far left is the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex just above the core. Some dark clouds can be seen just above the horizon which slowly moved their way towards the area throughout the night, completely clouding over the sky by about 3am.