Jimna Fire Tower

[jjjnettie]

After experiencing some quite heavy rain late in the afternoon I was surprised to see the sky clear very quickly. It inspired me to take an impromptu drive up to Jimna State Forest and do a photo shoot I've been thinking of doing for a while, capturing some night scapes featuring the Heritage Listed Jimna Fire Tower. :)
And oh boy it was worth it. I experienced the best seeing in years!! The rain had scrubbed that sky so clean and the air so still. :)
Anyway, here's the best shots of the night/morning.
Cameras - Canon 1100D and Canon 550D
Lenses - Tamron 18 - 200mm Samyang 8mm

The close up of the tower with star trails was one single 32 minute sub.
The wider star trails is built from 222 one minute subs.

[MrB]

Nice shots J, must've been cold out there, the noise in the 1/2 hour shot doesn't look too bad!

[jjjnettie]

Aye, it was a bit chilly.
The 32 min sub was shot at ISO 200, so that helped. :)
It was so still and quiet up there on top of the range, I could hear my heart beating. Nothing like being on your own in the bush, with only possums for company. :D

[StephenM]

Nice set Jeanette! #3 looks great. I'm thinking of taking the family camping at Jimna in the school holidays next week... will see how the forecast looks in a few days.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Astro_Bot]

Really? There wasn't a drop down my way - just cloudless sky.

Nice shots. :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Lovely shots, JJJ!

[geoffw89]

It was down below 4 deg here this morning. with the wind it was supposed to feel like 0.8 deg. Must have felt frosty up there. Great subject though and nice results.

[blink138]

they are ace nettie!
pat

[gregbradley]

Good work Nettie. I partcularly like the star trails one.

Greg.

[Derek Klepp]

Great result I particularly like the second last one.

[dutch2]

Beautiful set of images, Jeanette, well done.:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

a great set of images JJJ, i like the second one especially