Taurus to Crux

zenith (Tim) · #1 15-12-2016, 10:42 PM

I took this during the last new moon at Toolangi State Forest. An 8 image pano, 20sec, ISO 1600, f4, Sigma 24-105mm @ 24mm, Canon 6D. I am pretty happy with the composition having Crux low in the trees and a sneaky Pleiades almost hidden at the other end. I think I should have gone for ISO 3200 being an f4 lens though.
Cheers.

JA · #2 15-12-2016, 10:48 PM

Very other-worldly .... Well done

Best
JA

Rigel003 (Graeme) · #3 18-12-2016, 10:23 AM

Beautiful, moody atmosphere. Very nice. Reminds me of the problem I have in my back yard with the neighbours trees.

multiweb (Marc) · #4 23-12-2016, 06:01 PM

That's a very cool widefield. I just love the framing.

skysurfer · #5 24-12-2016, 12:28 AM

Did you use Hugin ?

zenith (Tim) · #6 24-12-2016, 04:31 PM

Thanks guys,
Usually I try both Microsoft Image Composite Editor, and Photoshop. In the past I've found that Photoshop blends colours really well, but Microsoft ICE does a better job at stitching.
Photoshop's stitching was pretty good with this one, so I ran with that and cloned out some wonky bits near Orion, then punched up brightness, levels and curves.