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cazza132
25-12-2013, 04:11 AM
A full 360 degree star trails / 'Milky Way bow' panorama taken at Granite Bay, Noosa. The clear water and the clear skies were awesome on the Sunshine Coast a few months ago.

The settings: Star trails - 100x60s, f3.5, ISO1600 (Samyang fisheye). Star heads - 180s, f2.0, ISO1600 (35mm lens, tracked). Foreground ISO400, f8.0, 90s (17mm lens). The foreground was taken earlier that evening at twilight to provide some better foreground lighting - it was a dark night. Total number of individual shots is about 600. Finished resolution: 50 megapixels.

A lot of work went into this. About 5 hours on site and about 20 hours just to get convergence with pano stitching software (PT Gui) because I used different lenses during the shoot (and some self inflicted errors that took lots of time to weed out). Definitely the most challenging pano I have ever done.

Antu
25-12-2013, 11:41 AM
What a composition ! :thumbsup: Truly magnificent result. I can see how much work has been put in, but the final image is totally worth it. Full respect !

Larryp
25-12-2013, 02:14 PM
Spectacular!

glenc
25-12-2013, 06:08 PM
Troy, Wow :thumbsup:

bloodhound31
26-12-2013, 01:05 PM
Every time a new flavour of photography rears it's head, someone comes along who takes it all the way.

Stunning work.

WingnutR32
27-12-2013, 10:47 AM
Well worth the man hours, cazza. Amazing photo!

dutch2
27-12-2013, 11:35 AM
Stunning shot, gorgeous colours.
Well worth the effort.
Don't think I have the patience for that.:D
Well done.:thumbsup:

gregbradley
27-12-2013, 07:04 PM
That's a huge effort. Great work.

Greg.

Paul Haese
30-12-2013, 10:56 PM
Cracking image!

Helo
30-12-2013, 11:52 PM
Truly breathtaking!

BruceG
06-01-2014, 09:13 AM
Truly stunning image, art at the highest level! Bravo.

allan gould
06-01-2014, 10:37 PM
Extraordinary talent has gone into making a spectacular image.
So well done.
Allan