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Unread postby shime » 15 Jul 12, 11:49 am

The next few nights are a great time to get some Milky Way photos, this was taken last night in my drive way.

Time 8.30pm
30 seconds @ f/2.8
14-24mm lens @ 24mm
800 iso

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Unread postby Mekon » 15 Jul 12, 12:06 pm

Very nice! :)
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby Disco LT » 15 Jul 12, 12:08 pm

That is an amazing picture.. :o
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby nudge » 15 Jul 12, 12:17 pm

Sadly, while I am really interested in this I live to close to industry now... all I see when I look up is a red haze, a reflection from the Port Kembla steelworks.

EDIT: Took the time to actually look at your picture. Seems you have picked up the doppler shift of stars with a clarity that text book examples only dream of.
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby Disco LT » 15 Jul 12, 12:27 pm

I never cease to be amazed every time we go hunting at how amazing the sky looks when you aren't in town or a city, beautiful.
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby Cozi » 15 Jul 12, 10:42 pm

wow....

More please!
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby Ashigaru » 24 Jul 12, 10:33 pm

Amazing stuff dude.
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby Artful-dodgeR » 25 Jul 12, 7:08 am

Ok, please tell me I'm not the only one that sees a giant bergina.
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby figuresofstick » 25 Jul 12, 7:27 am

Now that you've mentioned it yes I do.

Also, is it possible to obtain an original of this photo that I may use as my desktop background? I do not mind if it is watermarked somewhere on the edges.
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby shime » 25 Jul 12, 5:36 pm

Thanks for the comments,
I am a total newby at this type of photography so other than aiming my camera straight up for 30 seconds I have no idea what I am doing.

Here is another one we shot a few nights after the one above at the local beach,
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and a 1920px version if you want it for a desktop. figuresofstick, this might be better as a desktop due to its orientation. If you would still like the other file I am happy to send it to you, it is quite large though (33mb)
http://primalmanagement.com.au/node_1920.jpg

This last one had way to much light damage to be useful but it still looks ok I guess.
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby Chucky » 25 Jul 12, 5:42 pm

shime wrote:This last one had way to much light damage to be useful but it still looks ok I guess.


Either you are on drugs ( :P ) or I can't tell a good photo if it bit me in the a** as that looks fantastic!!
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Re: The Milky Way

Unread postby figuresofstick » 25 Jul 12, 6:07 pm

That second one is perfect :) thank you very much :D. Also that last one looks amazing, the extra light just makes it look all the more impressive. :D
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