Milkyway nightscapes

I sent two days (and nights) at Milford Sound / Milford Road. What an incredible place! It definitely exceeded my expectations. The second night, I got out of the van and tried to shoot some night shots, just before the moon appeared on the other side. Gosh, it was freaking cold but totally worth it!

mat vanella wrote in post #18854163
can i ask what you use as a pano head? I'm using a ball head and struggling.

Same here. I should definitely invest in a pano head...

virginie24jb wrote in post #18855257
I sent two days (and nights) at Milford Sound / Milford Road. What an incredible place! It definitely exceeded my expectations. The second night, I got out of the van and tried to shoot some night shots, just before the moon appeared on the other side. Gosh, it was freaking cold but totally worth it!

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Not my van but looks nice anyway.

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Excellent work!

Another 8 shot stack of the milky way just outside of Auckland. Its great that we get so many opportunities to get these shots only 40 minutes from the countries largest city CBD.

I'm playing a lot with stacking in Sequator at the moment. The amount of detail is fantastic and noise reduction is great.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2eBL​4f5

gaabnz wrote in post #18857699
Another 8 shot stack of the milky way just outside of Auckland. Its great that we get so many opportunities to get these shots only 40 minutes from the countries largest city CBD.

I'm playing a lot with stacking in Sequator at the moment. The amount of detail is fantastic and noise reduction is great.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2eBL​4f5 Magazine Bay tree by Gary Ashton, on Flickr

That looks excellent mate. Can i ask how you get that beautiful colour in the milky way, filters? Also, if you're stacking these images, do you mount your camera on a tracking mount to counteract rotation?

mat vanella wrote in post #18857708
That looks excellent mate. Can i ask how you get that beautiful colour in the milky way, filters? Also, if you're stacking these images, do you mount your camera on a tracking mount to counteract rotation?

No problem at all.

These were just 8 images stacked with no tracking. Just on my ball head that I didn't move for these shots, just took the shots immediately after each other. We are really blessed with such dark skies so close to a major city. I've added a little bit of saturation to the stacked image, but not too much.

I'm liking the results I'm getting from the Zeisss 25mm f/2

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2cruise wrote in post #18858062
I'm liking the results I'm getting from the Zeisss 25mm f/2

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/TFEj​X9 Showing Off by Whisle (Clyde Cornett)

good to see you out shooting again...

gaabnz wrote in post #18854117
I tried to shoot a pano with the Sony 85mm f1.8 last night. I didn't take my pano head as I wasn't planning to shoot with this lens, but gave it a go. I'm pretty happy with the result. There is a little bit of star movement that I think a faster shutter speed will fix, but I'll certainly be trying again with the pano head and different settings.

Sony A7iii and Sony 85mm f1.8

2 rows of 4 shots

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2fKe​o1e Tree Pano test by Gary Ashton, on Flickr

Truly outstanding Gaab.

2cruise wrote in post #18858062
I'm liking the results I'm getting from the Zeisss 25mm f/2

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/TFEj​X9 Showing Off by Whisle (Clyde Cornett)

10 times awesome !!

Kawah Ijen, East Java, Indonesia

Just to let everyone know I'm enjoying the Milky Way through your lenses.
I've been trying since mid-April but clouds, clouds, and more clouds.
So keep them coming!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18858249
Just to let everyone know I'm enjoying the Milky Way through your lenses.
I've been trying since mid-April but clouds, clouds, and more clouds.
So keep them coming!

And then when I come up there to shoot the Rhodies it will end up being clear skies...but near full moon...

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18858126
10 times awesome !!

Thank you!

TRhoads wrote in post #18858110
good to see you out shooting again...

Thanks but I never stopped.