North west nightscapes

[Rod771]

Hi everyone

Here's two more shots from my trip up to Gunnedah last month.

The first image was taken just north of town on the 23/8 about 15 minutes before Moon rise. The bright orange light is a rail coal loading site which I tried to use to light up the trees and silhouette the tank stand . The second image was taken along a walking track on Gunnedah's porcupine lookout about 45 minutes later with the Moon lighting up the foreground.

Canon 6D with Samyang 14mm F2.8 Lens

Image one : ISO 6400 25 sec exposure
Image two : ISO 1600 20 sec exposure

Processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop.

Tank trees Large (https://www.dropbox.com/s/kb5k426wiqtffg4/Tank%20trees_1200px.jpg)

South Track Large (https://www.dropbox.com/s/1guuqso2dnu51po/South-track_1200px-2.jpg)

Thanks for looking :)

[Larryp]

Nice shots, Rod

[ourkind]

Wow really nice shots Rod, the 1st one with the tank is great!!

[iceman]

Very nice work Rod!

[Rod771]

Thanks Laurie :)



Thanks Carlos I was quite please with that one.



Cheers Mike, I'm starting to get the hang of the processing, particularly in PS.

[stardust steve]

awesome Rod. Good to see you got to get the 14mm on the 6D :)
With images like that i bet you can't wait to get out again.
Such a fine combo.
Was good to view the comparisons side by side with the ISO.

[gregbradley]

Lovely work Rod. I like the first one a lot.

Greg.

[Rod771]

Thanks Steve :) The camera is actually my dads and he was nice enough to let me borrow it for awhile, yay! Its a lot of fun and I'm keen get out in the field again.



Thanks Greg , I'm happy with my progress so far and the journey's been made a lot easier with all the support here on IIS. I appreciate your's, Mike's and everyone's efforts in regards to informative posts. It makes it a great deal easier for beginners to get going . :thanx:

Cheers

Rod

[rogerg]

I like the first shot very much ... nice use of the light :)

[RobF]

Yes, the first one is quite special. Love the way the light comes out in rays from the source across the ground too :)

[Rod771]

Thanks Roger and Rob:)

It was a very seldom time when I didn't mind a bit of light pollution. Definitely not a spot for the scope ;)

Cheers

Rod

[norm]

Great shots Rod,

Really impressive.....:thumbsup:

Getting tempted now to go down the DSLR path now.

Norm :)

[Rod771]

Thanks Norm :thumbsup:

Go for it mate its heaps of fun. The only negative with these nightscape shenanigans is it cuts into the deep sky budget :P