Softly She Sets

[Octane]

All,

I wasn't sure where to post this -- in the terrestrial sub-forum or here. Figured I'd post it here as people do post star trails here, and, it may ellicit bit more of a response.

I went out to Booroomba Rocks with Barry Armstead (bloodhound31) on Tuesday night to try and image the peak of the Orionids.

Whilst waiting for Orion to rise, I thought I'd image the setting Milky Way.

The rest of the night was a bit of a fizzer as far as the meteor shower went (we saw a couple), but, it was great to finally meet Barry and have a chat.

Treat this as twilight fantasy with its roots based in reality.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM
964s f/8.0 at 50.0mm iso1600

Slightly higher resolution available here (http://users.tpg.com.au/octane2/sss.html).

Comments, critique, etc., welcome.

Regards,
Humayun

[dpastern]

Lovely pastel hues to this shot, another cracking shot tonight. Different to your usual star trails shot, works very well. :thumbsup::bowdown:

Dave

[jjjnettie]

You always manage to get a different perspective on things H.
That's what I like about your photography.
Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Miaplacidus]

Beautiful shot, Humayun. Great colours. Yet another one of your photos that I feel compelled to show the family. Keep it up.
Regards,
Brian.

[Lumen Miner]

Lost for words. :jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop:


Pity about the noise (?) on the road.

[Screwdriverone]

Simply beautiful Humayun,

Umm, that image just jumped onto my desktop.......is it supposed to do that? :)

Just spectacular!

Cheers

Chris

P.S. oh no, I hope you and Baz didn't get up to mischief impersonating YL's on his CB, he does that you know..... :lol:

[bloodhound31]

It was a nice night out wasn't it mate? I kept missing the meteors, but when I got home, I shut down the observatory, locked up, turned around and looked right at Orion. Right then I saw the HHHUUUUGGGEEEESSSSTTTT meteor I have ever seen! It slammed into the atmosphere traveling east, looked like it slowed down very quickly with the brakes on, leaving a massive sparkling trail behind it. I reckon it was in the sky for almost two full seconds before it disappeared.

It was fun having a look at the different lenses and their capacities on the 5D. I have been stuck with my 400D and 18-55 F/3.5 for such a long time now, it's good to gain some knowledge of other lenses in the field.

I'll post a similar 30 second pic from my lens at F/3.5 later for comparison.

Thanks for the invite mate. Last night was fun.

Baz.

[Bloodbean]

Absolutely beautiful! I love this, great job with composition Humayun.

Troy

[iceman]

Lovely pink and purple colours, H.

nice work.

[telecasterguru]

This is very pleasing to the eye.

Frank

[multiweb]

WoW! Purple rain! I can hear a prince sound track... ;) Very different and interesting. Top work. :thumbsup:

[jase]

Surreal and mystical. Would have been a magical moment to experience, similar to the golden hour. Thanks for sharing this adventure, H.

Cheers

[bmitchell82]

thats a keeper shot :D

[MrB]

Awesome colours, nice one H.

[Paul K]

Very good, the eerie shadowless glow of the foreground compliments the star trails nicely.....well done Humayun !!

[DavidU]

Very well balanced image H. Just super

[Hagar]

Magnificent H, love the pastel colours and your focus, well, TAK sharp.

Beautiful image.

[Octane]

Dave,

Cheers, dude. I want to do more of this kind of thing. It's quite abstract. I like it.



Jeanette,

Glad you enjoyed the image and my approach to photography. I want my images to resemble paintings. Well, my terrestrial ones, anyway. I'm getting there.



Brian,

Thank you for the humbling compliment. :)



Mitchell,

Well spotted. The noise was a result of the long exposure combined with a high ISO and not performing in-camera noise reduction. Lesson learned. :)



Chris,

Cheers! Glad to hear it made it to your desktop. Hope the noise isn't too bothersome. I'll re-do it as time allows and perhaps make it smoother.

LOL! Does YL stand for young lady? I have no clue when it comes to what you guys were discussing in that other thread other than you were trying to trick truckies!



Barry,

Yep, was a great night! Nice and dark in 3 out of 4 compass points. ;)

That sounds like an absolute corker. Pity we didn't get to image any like that. I went through my timelapse shots yesterday. Only 3 images contained a meteor. :(



Troy,

Thanks, mate. Glad you enjoyed it!



Mike,

Cheers. :D



Frank,

Thank you. I keep being drawn into the tree.



Marc,

Ah, yes, Purple Rain. Great song! Speaking of which, I saw him in Sydney in 2003. One of the best concerts I've ever been to. Man, can that guy sing, dance and play an instrument or two! Brilliant entertainer. Bit of a weirdo, though. ;)



Jase,

To receive praise from one so highly accomplished an imager is always humbling. Thank you!



Brendan,

Thanks, dude. :)



Simon,

The colours are soft and lulling. I am in love with the blue highlights through the brighter stars. They balance the image out somewhat.



Paul,

Thank you. :)



David,

Glad you enjoyed it.



Doug,

Thanks, matey!



Thanks, everyone. I'm really glad you got something out of it.

Hopefully more to come as time allows.

Regards,
Humayun

[alexch]

Excellent composition and those magnificent colours! Very well done.

[Lumen Miner]

I thought it was a single exposure, yet was almost certain it couldn't be.

To achieve this on a single exposure, is nothing short of amazing!! :eyepop:

Stacking is hard enough, but to judge blindly an exposure like that and apeture is very very hard.

Did you flash the tree or was that just from the length of exposure?

I know the last time I tried a single exposure trail, it ended in a whiteout.

[gregbradley]

Very aesthetic. That's art.

Greg.