The Stars and The Moon

[FineTuned]

Got it but it's of a different format..TQ..will figure it out later

Yep, RAW, not the normal jpeg. Photoshop should have no problem opening it. Good Luck! Maybe you can cure the severe vignetting at the same time?

[mick123]

after 5 minutes in Lightroom, do you see what i see?

[FineTuned]

after 5 minutes in Lightroom, do you see what i see?

OMG, is it really you, Milky Way?

Mmm...unfortunately the dust lanes don't match up, mick.

That shot wasn't correctly exposed with the Milky Way in mind. I'll try shots with the ETTR method this weekend if the skies improve. After seeing your results, I'm beginning to think that Milky Way from USJ is within our grasp.

[Naka]

I am not sure what I am doing, just mucking around by bringing up the stars & whatever beyond:-

Cyanotype style



Mucked until stars at brightest.

[mick123]

OMG, is it really you, Milky Way?

Mmm...unfortunately the dust lanes don't match up, mick.

That shot wasn't correctly exposed with the Milky Way in mind. I'll try shots with the ETTR method this weekend if the skies improve. After seeing your results, I'm beginning to think that Milky Way from USJ is within our grasp.

the dust is hidden behind that small patch of cloud

[FineTuned]

I've roughly merged the two pics you retouched to see if there's any trace of the milky way. Both at roughly the same scale and rotation using Antares and Tau Sagitarii as alignment stars. Nothing like the milky way is evident in my shot. All clouds.....

[lady-o-leisure]

Luv the way you put it, brah!

Back on topic. Yeah, what a glorious pic!

LMAO>. you guys are nuts!

[lady-o-leisure]

Guys, I'm pretty sure l-o-l knows what gems were hidden in her pic. But I think she was trying to show what one would see with the naked eyes.

BTW, anyone managed to pull the Milky Way out of my shot? I'll really salute you.



Isn't technology wonderful? And I still rely on a simple 20 year old planisphere and my God given eyes, so primitive!

Exactly right, FT. It is always beautiful to look at those well produced milky way shots but to those who find it hard to look for it or for those who have no idea where to look for it, the Teapot constellation is one way of being sure. My OH told me a couple of neighbors once asked him why were there clouds every night when they looked up, and it turned out to the the milky way. They had never seen it before with their own eyes as they lived for a long time in an urban setting so being out in the quiet suburbs, they never expected to see the Milky way and had no idea what it truly looked like in normal conditions. Don't need to compare to some desert area or out in nowhere , with zero light pollution lah.. that one another story.

[lady-o-leisure]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tvagro...7668644424233/

[mick123]

it's always fascinating to see the milky stretch from horizon to horizon.

[FineTuned]

Wah, both of you leave me gasping for breath in the dust (lanes) of the Milky Way.......

[FineTuned]

I'm seriously considering getting a Samyang 12mm F2.0 soon, but hesitating a bit on whether the 8mm F2.8 could be a better bet for Milky way pics. Any advice?

[lady-o-leisure]

i have no idea about using anything wider than a 16mm as the lens i use for my shots is only a canon 16-35mm f2/8. Mick is the pro at lenses.
How about just getting a 12mm and use it, review it, and let us know what you think hehhehehe

[mick123]

My shot was taken with the Samyang 12mmf2.8. Cheap and good it's the widest fisheye in the market for full frame.

[FineTuned]

Your timely comments very appreciated!

Both of you are on Full Frames, you have so much wider angles in your shots. I'm on APS-C, so my shot, taken with the standard zoom at 16mm, is only effectively 24mm. The Samyang would take me to about 18mm, still not quite there yet. I did consider the more expensive 12mm F2.8 Samyang like what you have, mick, but it's not likely I will go FF in the near future. Might as well pocket the difference, the F2.0's extra speed could be the tipping factor. I've now dropped the idea of getting the 8mm F2.8 even though it's the cheapest of the lot, as there's simply too much distortion to my liking.