Milkyway rising

[astronobob]

Howdy
Whilst camping 10 nights 'NENSW' at Pottesville, twas darker upstream Mooball crk than the campsite.
Im not real confident posting this as my main PC is deaded, so was stacked & processed all in CS3 on the 'wittle-astro-capturing-lappy' Lol,
image is 7 x 40secs, 600d, ICNR, ISO3200, Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm F4
Am liking the hints of Rho Ophiuchus tho ?

[Eden]

Top notch image, Bob! Very nicely done indeed. The shrubbery in the foreground adds a nice touch also, in my opinion. :thumbsup:

[Camelopardalis]

Great shot Bob :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Bob.

Love the colours and composition.

.........."Stairway from Heaven!"...

Ross.

[astronobob]

Hey thanx Eden, at 1st wasnt sure about the shrub encroaching into the shot, but wanted to grab the stair landing, became used to it and minimized its presence just to the edge and went with it :thumbsup:


Thanx Dunk, quality might not be 'upto scratch' tho the resulting view is like from a window, in a sense.


Cheers for the feedback Ross, and yeah, Lol - from heaven - I just came back , , wasnt good enough, didnt let me in :rolleyes: :rofl:

[Q.]

Very nice one, thanks !
Cheers
Quentin

[RugbyRene]

Very nice. A lttle bit of star trailing starting to appear but that is due to the exposure length. 30 sec is the maximum if you don't have an EQ mount.

[astronobob]

Thanx Quentin




Cheers - yes -, 6 of one 1/2 doz of the other Re: trailing, only had F4 lens aswell, but can fix this in PS which I need to do with the Tiffs as have had requests of some prints (y)

[RugbyRene]

Hey the important thing is, you're out there and experimenting. You can only improve.

[Atmos]

It's true most of the time. I know that with my Nikon D700 at 24mm I can only do 25-30 seconds. With a good wide angle of 12-14 mm however I know I should have no problems reaching the 40-45 seconds without any star trails. I don't have a wide angle so I have never tried it but it works mathematically.