Milky way

Shot from my front yard in Southern Utah, around 11:00pm last night(8-4-2010)

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single shot? Pretty nice if so

Yes, single shot.

ISO 1600
13mm
F2.8
30sec.

ah, no light pollution must be a wonderful thing great shot!

Thanks Flores
My biggest object of light pollution is a street light about 600' away. I can usually block it out behind a tree or shrub, depending on where in the sky I'm looking.

Nice for a single image.
Exposure was probably too long as the stars near the corners have trails and the milky way section is a little blurry. Noise is there too not sure how it will hold on a big print.
But as a start its really good!

luigis wrote in post #10668437
Nice for a single image.
Exposure was probably too long as the stars near the corners have trails and the milky way section is a little blurry. Noise is there too not sure how it will hold on a big print.
But as a start its really good!

Very good input, thanks Luigis

Forgive this stupid question, but to the naked eye, what does it look like?

Wow!!

kezug wrote in post #10668518
Forgive this stupid question, but to the naked eye, what does it look like?

It looks somewhat like a cloud, all the colors come out in post processing.
On dark nights you can see the outlines of the formation quite well.
Thanks for asking.

Tovicand wrote in post #10676697
Wow!!

Thank You

nice capture!!! I love the way the sky looks in your neck of the woods...can't wait to see it again in a month!!!!

This is very nice but looks like you softened it too much with the Noise tool . Can you post an unedited image for comparison ?

Original--Zero processing other than internet sizing

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IMHO i think the #2 image looks best to me . detail much better and no burnouts .