Milky Way

[jroovers]

This is a composite of 6 images.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordanroovers/9518489587/" title="Lake Cecebe Milky Way by UpOnTheRoof, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2831/9518489587_1573c9d885_b.jpg" width="446" height="1024" alt="Lake Cecebe Milky Way"></a>

 

[_Aaron_]

Wow, that's pretty cool. Very nice.

 

[frankyrivera]

So u already take incredible reef pics and most people would say that the sky's the limit but really u go and take an awesome picture of the sky too lol ur a beast man great shot

 

[plantastic]

Very nice Jordan!...is the glow at the bottom from light pollution? What ISO were you shooting at? What was the shutter speed of the shots?

 

[ifringe]

Very nice shot... I really like the reflection of the stars, as that adds quite a bit to the photograph.

 

[jroovers]

Thanks for the compliments!

Very nice Jordan!...is the glow at the bottom from light pollution? What ISO were you shooting at? What was the shutter speed of the shots?

The glow at the bottom I would guess is from light pollution. I was shooting straight south pretty much around 10:45 p.m. though so there could have been a contribution from the sun still, it is amazing what the sensor picks up that you don't see. There isn't a major centre for about 45 minutes though, but my guess is that its light pollution from Huntsville Ontario the closest city.

The shots were taken with my 30 mm sigma... all 6 shots were 10 seconds, f2, ISO 1250. It isn't as tack sharp as I'd like and there is some noise - I'd like to give a FF camera a shot with this type of exposure over my 7D.

 

[plantastic]

Thanks Jordan...was curious on your settings, because my wife has a 7D, and the noise from her Milky Way shots at ISO 1600 makes the image unusable, printed at 16 X 20...on my 5DII, at ISO 1600, the noise is almost unnoticeable...

 

[Allmost]

beautiful.

 

[jroovers]

Thanks Allmost.

Thanks Jordan...was curious on your settings, because my wife has a 7D, and the noise from her Milky Way shots at ISO 1600 makes the image unusable, printed at 16 X 20...on my 5DII, at ISO 1600, the noise is almost unnoticeable...

Funny you say that, I just got this printed on 16x20 and it is not sharp enough or noise free in my opinion to hang. The reason I took six shots was to underexpose a bit to reduce noise, but to then stack the images and bring out the stars. It works better than a single exposure with the 7D. Your wife should just use your 5DII... I wish I had that option!

 

[COReefermadness]

Is your lat high enough to get circumpolar stars up there? amazing pic, im jealous. I'm getting a telescope soon, ive heard there's attachments for cameras.

 

[alf1096]

Very nice what did you use to merge the photos

 

[jroovers]

Is your lat high enough to get circumpolar stars up there? amazing pic, im jealous. I'm getting a telescope soon, ive heard there's attachments for cameras.

Sorry for the late response, just saw this now. We do get the north star (polaris) of course up here... is that what you are referring to?

Very nice what did you use to merge the photos

I used CS5 to automate a stack for three photos each (3 at the top, and 3 at the bottom), then I merged them using photomerge (also in CS5).

 

[NTP66]

I feel like I've been cheated, as I expected this:

Very cool photo, nonetheless.

 

[thabizness]

Before I got into this I was into astrophotography pretty heavy. One expensive hobby at a time.

Nice Shot!

 

[worm5406]

LOL.. I know.. right...

 

[COReefermadness]

Sorry for the late response, just saw this now. We do get the north star (polaris) of course up here... is that what you are referring to?

Ive heard if your far north you see the same stars all the time, if you were to take a time lapse pic the stars would all make circles. Still a great pic, it inspired me to get a scope sooner than expected, im going to post my first pics now!

 

[jroovers]

Ive heard if your far north you see the same stars all the time, if you were to take a time lapse pic the stars would all make circles. Still a great pic, it inspired me to get a scope sooner than expected, im going to post my first pics now!

Well, depending on the time of year you will see different stars given the angle of tilt of the earth's wobble.

We do have polaris up here, or the north star, which stays relatively "fixed" in the night sky as it is in line with the earth's axis more or less (and hence always points north). If you fix your camera at this star and take time lapses, you will get star trails that appear to move in circles around this point. Something like this:

http://www.elmsphotography.ca/site/#/wildlife-&-nature/landscapes/

 

[COReefermadness]

yup thats what I was thinking of, thats awesome.

 

[jroovers]

Milky way shot from Pinery PP on the summer solstice, 4 shots stitched together.

 

[Misled]

Very nice. Love the colors.