50mm nightscapes @ ISO12800

[iceman]

Pushing the 6D to its limits, and it performs very well! Certainly there's some noise at ISO12800 but it cleans up nicely and is very usable!

These nightscapes were taken at ISO12800 with the Canon 6D and 50mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.2, 10 second exposures, no tracking.

The first is a pano of 4 images, the second is a single image.
The second is of my favourite stump at IISAC, though it's only half the stump it used to be. Part of it has fallen away and it's very precarious now. A drunk cow will certainly knock it over if it's not careful.
The stump itself is a bit out of focus because I was too close to it with the 50mm lens. I was trying to get the stump up in the bulge of the Milky Way.

- Large 1 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/393)
- Large 2 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/392)

Comments/feedback welcome!

[lacad01]

Pushing the boundaries alright, that's pretty amazing at 10sec - nice :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

That's impressive Mike. I want a 6D!!!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Larryp]

Really nice!

[RB]

Beautifully done Mike.
LOL @ the drunk cow scenario.

:lol:

[Irish stargazer]

:jawdrop:

I knew I should have waited a few more months and got the 6D

[Deeno]

Very spectacular

Powerlines...powerlines...powerline s...powerlines...

[RB]

LOL Deeno, you sound like Steve Ballmer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE)

:lol:

[Dennis]

Hi Mike

The 1st one is my favourite as the overall balance is skewed more towards the skies and Milky Way, with the foreground acting as support, whereas in #2, the foreground is too dominant.

Cheers

Dennis

[peterl]

I agree with Dennis.
No.1 has it. balance is good.
We can fix those powerlines in photoshop. :)

[iceman]

Thanks guys :)
Yeh I could probably clone out the power lines but they weren't overly distracting so I left them in :)

[ourkind]

Beautiful photos Mike, your Milky Ways are awesome. I too prefer the 1st image mainly because it's in focus. How far were you from the tree stump?

I downloaded an app to calculate FOV for my photos, really handy. In this instance at 50mm the closest you could get with infinity focus would be approx 4m at f/16.

[iceman]

Thanks Carlos. The app sounds handy. I was probably about 2m from it, but I wasn't using f/16, I was using f/2.2.

[Deeno]

Ha! That's funny (Elara quote)
Its just that power lines make me a bit....crazy:P

[mbaddah]

Very nice images Mike, especially at iso12800!

[trek1701]

Make that four votes for the first one :thumbsup:

Cheers Mark

[Phil Hart]

I've been pretty slack with my 6D.. can see I'm going to have to pull my finger out. Great images.. amazing capabilities in DSLRs.

And great that IISAC worked out so well for all!

Phil

[multiweb]

Like the first one. That tree's on fire! :thumbsup: