Arkaroola Skies

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

G'day

I captured this image a few weeks ago while staying a couple nights a Arkaroola down in South Australia, love to hear your thoughts on it!

I am quite impressed with how it came out considering it was only captured with the little Fuji X100

It is a 26 image panorama of 30 second exposures at ISO 4000

Full size Here.

Cheers and thanks for looking!

Jo

[AstroJason (Jason)]

That's a fantastic pano Jo. Especially considering the little camera you used to capture it, nicely done.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's an excellent panorama Jo...you have balanced the foreground and sky very well and the foreground doesn't look over stretched or worked, still looks like natural nighttime (could darken the foreground just a tad perhaps..? but just a thought) - very well done.

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

+1 amazing pano. Love the colors and light.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Wow Jo, that's a corker

[PeterEde (Peter)]

just stunning
Highlights the fact I don't head north enough

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Awesome work Jo. One of the best I have seen on here. My only critique if I may is that the blending of the foreground and the sky could have a smoother transition. The mask is clearly evident in parts. But I'm nitpicking- great job!

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by AstroJason

That's a fantastic pano Jo. Especially considering the little camera you used to capture it, nicely done.

Thanks Jason, the X100 is quite a surprising camera! I wonder if the manufacturers ever thought it would be used for these kind of images.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

That's an excellent panorama Jo...you have balanced the foreground and sky very well and the foreground doesn't look over stretched or worked, still looks like natural nighttime (could darken the foreground just a tad perhaps..? but just a thought) - very well done.

Mike

Thanks Mike, really glad you like the foreground/sky balance, I spent a bit of time trying to get that right. I'm not sure if it's any good composition wise though, I was just walking along the road and plonked the camera down and started shooting

Originally Posted by multiweb

+1 amazing pano. Love the colors and light.

Thanks Marc.

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Wow Jo, that's a corker

And Dunk.

Originally Posted by PeterEde

just stunning
Highlights the fact I don't head north enough

Yeah, the Flinders Ranges are amazing! It was well worth the trip for us.

Originally Posted by CapturingTheNight

Awesome work Jo. One of the best I have seen on here. My only critique if I may is that the blending of the foreground and the sky could have a smoother transition. The mask is clearly evident in parts. But I'm nitpicking- great job!

Thank you very much Greg. Am really glad you like it.
I used a brush to add contrast to the sky to darken it and I did a pretty sloppy job on keeping it off the ground. I'll do it again and try and make it cleaner.

Cheers
Jo

[matt34 (Matt)]

Very nice work Jo, impressive patience with a 26 image pano

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Jo.

Love the lighting and colours.

Nice composition.

Ross.

[Craige]

Magic place Arkaroola! Great photo.

Craige

[gregbradley]

What a great photo. Expertly framed and composed.

Greg.

[dutch2 (Ingrid)]

Super shot, Jo.
Fantastic location. Well done.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by matt34

Very nice work Jo, impressive patience with a 26 image pano

Thanks Matt.

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful photo Jo.

Love the lighting and colours.

Nice composition.

Ross.

Thanks a lot Ross.

Originally Posted by Craige

Magic place Arkaroola! Great photo.

Craige

Yes, and awesome place alright. Can't wait to go back one day.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

What a great photo. Expertly framed and composed.

Greg.

Thank you very much Greg

Originally Posted by dutch2

Super shot, Jo.
Fantastic location. Well done.

Glad you liked it!

Cheers
Jo

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Superb work Jo!

Glad to see you enjoying South Australia's vista's.

Cheers,

Justin.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Superb work Jo!

Glad to see you enjoying South Australia's vista's.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thank you Justin, I enjoyed SA very much.

Cheers
Jo

[jakob]

A stunning image! Love the bright Magelenic Clouds and Milky way.
Thanks for sharing.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by jakob

A stunning image! Love the bright Magelenic Clouds and Milky way.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, glad you liked it

Jo

[SkyWatch (Dean)]

Looks great Jo. The Magellanics and Milky Way came out beautifully.

Have you sent a link to Doug Sprigg at Arkaroola? It would look great in their dining room or the conference centre. Maybe you could do a deal for some accommodation and/or free observatory/star chair time for your next trip?

Keep up the good work!

- Dean

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by SkyWatch

Looks great Jo. The Magellanics and Milky Way came out beautifully.

Have you sent a link to Doug Sprigg at Arkaroola? It would look great in their dining room or the conference centre. Maybe you could do a deal for some accommodation and/or free observatory/star chair time for your next trip?

Keep up the good work!

- Dean

Thanks a lot Dean. Yeah I think my Dad sent the pic to Doug, haven't heard what he thought about it.

During my visit Doug very generously gave me free use of one of the C14's in the dome and a 12" dob along with the star chairs! I had a ball
Very thankful.

Cheers
Jo