Night 2016 - IMG_7763
SKU:
"Between Fire and Water"
The Milkyway galaxy (seemingly large in this shot as I used a 50mm rather than the more popular ultra wide angle lenses) sets over Lake Dumbleyung, Western Australia. On one part of the lake is a rock island which is walking distance to the shoreline. So, why not, I waded out there with my flash and used it to light up the island a bit.
One might ask why the reflections of stars in the water are blurred...well the effect of me walking through the water disturbed the water' surface, causing uneven blurring in the reflections. Worse, as this was a mosaic, the degree of blurring varied between shots - so this image is a bit flawed. The bottom right had to be patched up a bit - apologies to purists.
For those unfamiliar with the galaxy, the core is roughly where the constellation Sagittarius resides. The pink blob in the middle is the Lagoon nebula, and the big reddish "star" next to it is actually the planet Mars. Slightly to the right and down from the Lagoon nebula is the Trifid nebula. And then further to the right are two more dim red blobs, the Omega and Eagle nebula.
This image is a mosaic of 15 shots taken through my Canon 50mm f/1.2 prime lens using a standard Canon EOS6D DSLR. All shots were at ISO3200 for 30sec each. I took 5 shots of the foreground with a static mount, and then the rest on a tracking mount for the night sky. Stitching of the shots was done using PTGui Pro, and processed in Adobe Photoshop.
| 2016-09-25 | Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia | EOS6D | 50mm | f/2.8 | iOptron mount | ISO3200 | 30sec | 15 x panels |
The Milkyway galaxy (seemingly large in this shot as I used a 50mm rather than the more popular ultra wide angle lenses) sets over Lake Dumbleyung, Western Australia. On one part of the lake is a rock island which is walking distance to the shoreline. So, why not, I waded out there with my flash and used it to light up the island a bit.
One might ask why the reflections of stars in the water are blurred...well the effect of me walking through the water disturbed the water' surface, causing uneven blurring in the reflections. Worse, as this was a mosaic, the degree of blurring varied between shots - so this image is a bit flawed. The bottom right had to be patched up a bit - apologies to purists.
For those unfamiliar with the galaxy, the core is roughly where the constellation Sagittarius resides. The pink blob in the middle is the Lagoon nebula, and the big reddish "star" next to it is actually the planet Mars. Slightly to the right and down from the Lagoon nebula is the Trifid nebula. And then further to the right are two more dim red blobs, the Omega and Eagle nebula.
This image is a mosaic of 15 shots taken through my Canon 50mm f/1.2 prime lens using a standard Canon EOS6D DSLR. All shots were at ISO3200 for 30sec each. I took 5 shots of the foreground with a static mount, and then the rest on a tracking mount for the night sky. Stitching of the shots was done using PTGui Pro, and processed in Adobe Photoshop.
| 2016-09-25 | Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia | EOS6D | 50mm | f/2.8 | iOptron mount | ISO3200 | 30sec | 15 x panels |
