SPSP Nightscape

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Took this early on the Saturday evening at SPSP whilst waiting for my laptop to charge. Even caught a hint of zodiacal light which can be seen on the right of the picture.
Last time I tried a nightscape it wouldn't stitch properly due to lack of overlap between the frames. I made sure that this didn't happen by taking a total of 28 frames (which was definitely overkill)

Each frame was 20 seconds at ISO 3200 using an un-modded Pentax K-5 with a Samyang 14mm f2.8. Stitched in Microsoft ICE & post-processed in photoshop.

Larger version: here.

*Note - I updated the image and the link as the last version was too purple.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Looks good Pete. Great spsp hey?

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Looks good Pete. Great spsp hey?

Thanks Marc - yep great SPSP this year - good weather and not too cold for the time of year.

I'm still a little confused as to the correct colour balance for these wide-field milky-way/nightscape shots.
I feel the latest revision is an improvement but there are so many different ways of presenting them. Open to any suggestions...

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

An excellent StarParty vista Pete, captures the general feeling of the event nicely ....made me reminisce .....

[PeterM]

A beauty! Thanks for sharing.

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

An excellent StarParty vista Pete, captures the general feeling of the event nicely ....made me reminisce .....

Thanks Mike.....Only 10 months to go till the next one

Originally Posted by PeterM

A beauty! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks very much Peter