Night 2017 - IMG_7466
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"Guarding a Reef of Stars"
The Milkyway Core is descending over Gilderton Lighthouse, Western Australia. Rather than a sweeping pano, I used a longer focal length 85mm and a vantage point more distant to the subject in order to create a more 'dramatic' affect of a small lighthouse against the large backdrop of the core. Antares and Rho Ophicuhi can be seen just to the left of the lighthouse, and to the right a cloud front is approaching (which unfortunately cut my session short - I was hoping to get the galaxy when it was lower to the horizon).
This is a 2 x 8 panel mosiac, with a tracking mount for the sky and turned off for the foreground, all camera settings were kept the same for all panels. Stitching in PTGui, colour calibration with Pixinsight, levels, saturation and contrast in Photoshop.
| 2017-08-24 | Gilderton Lighthouse, Western Australia | EOS6D modified | 85mm | f/3.2 | UV/IR cut-filter | iOptron mount | ISO3200 | 57sec | 8 x panels |
The Milkyway Core is descending over Gilderton Lighthouse, Western Australia. Rather than a sweeping pano, I used a longer focal length 85mm and a vantage point more distant to the subject in order to create a more 'dramatic' affect of a small lighthouse against the large backdrop of the core. Antares and Rho Ophicuhi can be seen just to the left of the lighthouse, and to the right a cloud front is approaching (which unfortunately cut my session short - I was hoping to get the galaxy when it was lower to the horizon).
This is a 2 x 8 panel mosiac, with a tracking mount for the sky and turned off for the foreground, all camera settings were kept the same for all panels. Stitching in PTGui, colour calibration with Pixinsight, levels, saturation and contrast in Photoshop.
| 2017-08-24 | Gilderton Lighthouse, Western Australia | EOS6D modified | 85mm | f/3.2 | UV/IR cut-filter | iOptron mount | ISO3200 | 57sec | 8 x panels |
