Magellanic Clouds and southern part of Milky Way (ultra-wide)

[alexch]

Hi,

I shot some "traditional" images whilst doing 360 spherical panoramas (see my earlier thread (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=60032)) at Phillip Island and this one is my favourite. The Magellanic Clouds turned out nicely above the Pyramid Rock and a meteor added to the scene.

There are a few very nice spots at Phillip Island but unfortunately because of light domes from Melbourne, Mornington and Cowes limit the choice to southern objects. Anyway it was a very enjoyable weekend with great weather both day and night.

Cheers,
Alex

[iceman]

Nice again! Are these tracked images or on a tripod?

Exposures etc?

[alexch]

Thanks Mike!

I don't know how to track so I have to squeeze all I can from a fixed tripod. Good high ISO in D700 and large front element in 14-24mm f/2.8 lens help.

This one was done at 14mm, 30 sec @ ISO 3200. For panoramas I use 15 seconds to minimise sky shift when stitching.

Alex

[multiweb]

That's a very cool shot. Beautiful! :thumbsup:

[Garyh]

I like it Alex! Beaut foreground!

[rogerg]

very nice :)

[Waxing_Gibbous]

That's a "bute fote" if ever I saw one. Poster quality stuff. Thanks for sharing it.
Peter

[cruiser]

Beautiful image Alex.

[TrevorW]

Very noice great setting

[Hagar]

Love it, love it, love it. Very nice image. The general scene is lovely then add a great sky, a meteor and a couple of small nebulas and you have one hell of an image.

Well done.

[jjjnettie]

Very pleasing foreground!
Wonderful.

[CoolhandJo]

Nice shot

[DavidU]

Poster material right there ! Awesomeness.

[PeterM]

You have to be joking.
I just changed my desktop half an hour ago to Peter Wards Omega shot and now I will have to change it again, if I may save it, if it's ok with you Alex?

That's not an image, it is fine artwork, should be on public display. Just knocked me over.

PeterM.

[alexch]

Thanks for compliments, everyone! It is very much appreciated and keeps me motivated.



Sure Peter, please let me know the desired resolution and I will post it here.

Cheers,
Alex

[troypiggo]

That's stunning. Simple as that.