Milky Way Challenge

PKay (Peter) · #1 18-02-2021, 10:19 AM

It seems everyone has gone to ground...or bed.

Must be something to do with 'Land of the really really long cloud'.

Anyway attached is an image taken with the 50mm Canon about 3 years ago.

Post your attempts in this thread just for fun!

multiweb (Marc) · #2 18-02-2021, 10:58 AM

Nice catch. I used to do a lot of that a fair while back. Here are a couple of shots at various bandpass.

I was inspired by JJJ (Jeanette) who used to do a lot of fantastic widefields at the time. I had an old Pentax lens and shot very dark fields even tracked at 15min exposures for a while not understanding that the lens I was using had a camera controlled aperture so the iris was almost closed when the lens was separated from the DSLR.

Bit of plastic shim to keep it open eventually sorted that out.

N1 (Mirko) · #3 18-02-2021, 12:11 PM

Great subject and photos in here already. Was that the Nifty Fifty Peter?
Mate and I did this a few years ago

Mosc_007 (Charles) · #4 18-02-2021, 08:15 PM

Here is one I did a few years ago. Taken with a QHY10 using a Sigma 10mm Lense.

The lower part of the image has some light bleed from street lights. This was a bit low to the ground. You can just see the tops of some trees in it.

PKay (Peter) · #5 20-02-2021, 03:00 PM

Marc: You have always been very busy and some great M'Ways.
JJJ was always a great inspiration, busy doing other things now I suppose.

Mirko: Wow! Never seen it done that way before.
Turning it into a rectangle might be tricky.

Have heard the term 'nifty fifty'. It was a Canon 50D so you may well be right.
I gave it away to a church so they could do the 'remote sermon' thing via skype or similar (during covid).

CHarles: Trees are good. They connect us to the ground.

Next idea for us is doing a collage with the MWay as the backdrop.

That would be interesting!

Saturnine (Jeff) · #6 20-02-2021, 05:08 PM

Good little thread to help raise some enthusiasm during these cloudy and rainy times.
Not quite full Milky Way images but close enough, maybe.

Taken from Cunjurong Pt, on the NSW South Coast in August 2018.

Canon 450d ( modded ) 28mm Zuiko f2.8 lens, homemade camera tracker. Can't remember all the details but approx 50 X 30 sec. for each final image.

mynameiscd (Andy) · #7 21-02-2021, 10:32 AM

Hey all,
Long time since i've posted but got inspired by the Milky Way images.
A selection of mine over the years so details are available but a bit of searching required!!
I was all set up to do some Milky Way images last night. Its been a few years so I was pretty excited.
I set my alarm for 4am so that the core was well into the sky and guess what???? Cloudy!!!
Anyway here's a few oldies

Cheers
Andy

PKay (Peter) · #8 21-02-2021, 11:52 AM

Jeff:
Good ole 450D, trusty and tough.
2 good widefield shots. Time for another trip down south?

Andy:
Amazing shots! Love the light wash effect.
Yeh mate get back into it, you have great skill.

mynameiscd (Andy) · #9 21-02-2021, 12:18 PM

Thanks Peter,
I use a good old trusty 450D (modded) as well, for all my astro. I've now got a Samyang 14 mm lens to try out.
Tonight might be better maybe
Cheers
Andy

Hemi · #10 09-03-2021, 01:03 PM

I haven't stacked many Milky Way photos

Here are 3 versions of the same shoot.

8x15s iso6400 24mm f2.8: 2 flavours of PP
8x8s iso6400 24mm f2.8

Used Starry Sky Stacker and Lightroom.
Comments very much needed!

Muzfox (Murray) · #11 09-03-2021, 01:33 PM

Actually took a lot of images to do this. This is a vertical panorama, 5 positions from ground to sky. Super wide 14mm lens on full frame Sony A7 camera. Each position had long exposures for ground followed by 5 stacked shots for stars. Then each position was merged to one final pano.

PKay (Peter) · #12 09-03-2021, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hemi

I haven't stacked many Milky Way photos

Here are 3 versions of the same shoot.

8x15s iso6400 24mm f2.8: 2 flavours of PP
8x8s iso6400 24mm f2.8

Used Starry Sky Stacker and Lightroom.
Comments very much needed!

Hemi, the only comments that you very much need are:

Very well done and very excellent!

PKay (Peter) · #13 09-03-2021, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muzfox

Actually took a lot of images to do this. This is a vertical panorama, 5 positions from ground to sky. Super wide 14mm lens on full frame Sony A7 camera. Each position had long exposures for ground followed by 5 stacked shots for stars. Then each position was merged to one final pano.

Now that is an extraordinary result Murray.

Sort of image that would inspire others to give it a go.

Very well done

RB (Andrew) · #14 09-03-2021, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muzfox

This is a vertical panorama, 5 positions from ground to sky.....

Beautiful image Murray, well done indeed.

RB

ChrisV (Chris) · #15 09-03-2021, 04:35 PM

Lovely shots everyone!!

As for me. I got a tripod. I got a DSLR. But I ain't got no Milky Way shots ...

Hemi · #16 09-03-2021, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muzfox

Actually took a lot of images to do this. This is a vertical panorama, 5 positions from ground to sky. Super wide 14mm lens on full frame Sony A7 camera. Each position had long exposures for ground followed by 5 stacked shots for stars. Then each position was merged to one final pano.

Wonderful composition