Beautiful Sky

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

G'day everyone,

I haven't contributed anything for a while but have still been trying my hand at capturing a few nightscapes. These two have been my best of late, hope you enjoy them!

Links to larger images here;

Stilled

Sky Quality


If you have any thoughts of improvements for future images, I would be keen to hear.

EDIT: First shot was with my Sony A5100 and Samyang 12mm. Second shot was with my brothers Fuji X100 with 35mm lens.

Cheers
Jo

[John W (John Wilkinson)]

Hi Jo, Both images look really good to me. Nice locations. You could mention what gear etc. you used. Cheers, John W.

[LewisM]

They are better than some Pro shots I have seen Jo! Magnificent mate!

[gregbradley]

Both are great but the 2nd one I really like. Its the composition and landscape and the lovely green airglow. Some lovely shades of blue and some reds and browns. A great gamut of colours.

My conclusion on these nightscapes is the Milky Way is not in fact the subject of the image but rather the landscape and the MW forms a nice backdrop or secondary subject. I think that is one of the keys to composition of these shots. The best ones always have interesting landscapes and the MW simply enhances them and makes the image more interesting.

Greg.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by John W

Hi Jo, Both images look really good to me. Nice locations. You could mention what gear etc. you used. Cheers, John W.

Thanks John! Have added the gear in the original post.

Cheers

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Both are great but the 2nd one I really like. Its the composition and landscape and the lovely green airglow. Some lovely shades of blue and some reds and browns. A great gamut of colours.

My conclusion on these nightscapes is the Milky Way is not in fact the subject of the image but rather the landscape and the MW forms a nice backdrop or secondary subject. I think that is one of the keys to composition of these shots. The best ones always have interesting landscapes and the MW simply enhances them and makes the image more interesting.

Greg.

Thanks very much for your thoughts Greg, will be sure to have that in mind when I go shooting again.

Originally Posted by LewisM

They are better than some Pro shots I have seen Jo! Magnificent mate!

Thanks Lewis!

[RobF (Rob)]

Beautiful shots Jo. Love that 2nd one.
What are the mountains out of interest?

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Beautiful shots Jo. Love that 2nd one.
What are the mountains out of interest?

Thanks Rob, glad you like it. The mountains are the outer edge of Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

[RobF (Rob)]

Originally Posted by nebulosity.

Thanks Rob, glad you like it. The mountains are the outer edge of Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

Aha! Was surprised Cecil Plains/Millmerran had such photogenic hills nearby - that explains it

[Derek Klepp]

Very nice I actually like the first one more.Don,t get many dead trees here I guess all Camphor Laurels

[LewisM]

Jo, the TV was still on kids ABC this morning after dropping Miss 7 at school, and Behind the News was on...with your segment piece! VERY impressive mate!

No telling you are a QLD country kid with that drawl I am worse, being thrown up in the NT

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Jo, the TV was still on kids ABC this morning after dropping Miss 7 at school, and Behind the News was on...with your segment piece! VERY impressive mate!

No telling you are a QLD country kid with that drawl I am worse, being thrown up in the NT

Oh really! That's cool. Good old ABC eh, never know what you might see

I tried to talk like a normal person as best as I could

Cheers
Jo

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Jo. These are stunning. The second I have as wallpaper on my work computer.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by rcheshire

Jo. These are stunning. The second I have as wallpaper on my work computer.

Thank you Rowland! Glad you were able to put it to good use.

Cheers
Jo

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Really nice Jo. And I notice you managed to get some Zodiacal light in there as well!!


Malcolm