Orion the Hunter

[ourkind]

Living in the Southern Hemisphere poor Orion is always upside down, so when I went to Europe for my summer holidays I was very excited to see Orion the Hunter as the ancients once saw him, including his bow and arrow.

Taken high on the Pyrenees on a cold windy night.

Canon 5D 3 - 15mm 2.8 Zeiss - 7 frames - 20 seconds


For better resolution see the photo in my flickr feed (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourkind/12437178555/)

[Antu]

Beautiful alignment of the clouds and simply gorgeous view of Orion ! :thumbsup: Very nice work.

[alistairsam]

That's just beautiful and puts Orion in a new light so to speak.
Superb framing.

Cheers
Alistair

[FlashDrive]

WOW...that's soooo nice...Pleiades ( M45 ) off to the right also...nice work.:thumbsup:

Col....

[Phoenix]

What a great capture Carlos - star colours and composition very nice.

Cheers
Steve

[traveller]

excellent composition and exposure.
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[colinmlegg]

Very nice view Carlos. Love the natural enhancement of Orion. :)

[Rod771]

That's very nice Carlos :thumbsup:

Well done!

[iceman]

Wonderful image, Carlos!

[gregbradley]

A fantastic image.
Was that good advice I gave you about getting the Zeiss or what?

Great, now its on my wishlist!

Greg.

[Larryp]

Lovely shot, Carlos :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Nice work Carlos.

It's interesting to see Orion the other way around.

[ourkind]

Thank you Antu!



Thank you Alistair!



Thank you Col!



Thank you Steve!



Thank you Bo!



Thank you Colin!



Thank you Rod!



Thank you Mike!



hahaha I kept that PM and went back to it because I remembered you wrote,

'If money is no problem then the new Zeiss 15mm F2.8 is the best prime widefield lens you can get.'

and it stuck with me ever since.

Took some patience, saving up, some more research and finally when I was ready I sold the Canon 16-35mm L 2.8

Thank you Greg some of the best advice I've had thus far!




Thank you Laurie!



Thank you Ric!


Cheers guys :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[CapturingTheNight]

Great shot Carlos :thumbsup: Nice to see a different perspective

[strongmanmike]

A beautiful scene Carlos

... a definite contender for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 :thumbsup:

Mike

[Irish stargazer]

So nice to see everything the right way around ;). Heading to Europe myself in a few weeks time. Hopefully the clouds will be gone by then.

[ourkind]

Thanks Greg!



Thanks Mike! It hadn't occured to me but I've submitted it now :D



Thanks John, awesome hopefully you can find some dark skies, light pollution is terrible, guess it depends where you're staying. Where abouts are you heading?

[StephenM]

Great image Carlos!

Cheers,
Stephen

[ourkind]

Thanks Stephen!