The Magellanic Clouds widefield

[gregbradley]

This is a single image taken out of my time lapse sequence.

Nikon D800E, Nikon 14-24mm at 14mm, 30 seconds, ISO6400.

Taken at my dark site observatory.

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http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/146202319/original large

Greg.

[multiweb]

Another great Pano Greg. I'm getting some serious dark skies withdrawal symptoms now thanks to you. :P

[RickS]

You're getting some great shots with that camera, Greg!

[silv]

Awe, I can hear the coyotes yelping in the distance... gorgeous!

[h0ughy]

its a nice wide shot, the LMC etc stand out like the proverbial, but just a wee bit too jays blue for me ;)

[Omaroo]

Great stuff Greg. Interesting at 14mm, that's for sure. I have a 7.5mm coming this week for the OM-D, which equates to 15mm @35mm, so I'm aching to se what it gives me. Certainly not as fast, at f/3.5, but we'll see what it's like on the Polarie.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Lovely image Greg!

[gregbradley]

Sorry Marc (well not really!). This one is a single frame.



Thanks Rick. Its a great camera. I am still learning how to master it really. Its quite a world in itself. I imagine 5D3 would be also.



Reminds me of driving through Louisiana and it looked very much like NSW but there were coyotes howling.



It is a tad blue. Very naughty of me!



Cheers David.

Greg.

[rogerg]

Nice shot. I like the colour. Bit noisy being only one 30s exposure, although it is low noise considering it is just one 30s exposure.

[gregbradley]

Its also quite downsampled being part of a jpeg time lapse. So I can reshoot this one next time in RAW. I should have my Polarie by then and do longer as well.

There is a sequence in the time lapse I posted in the Nightscapes forum of the magellanic Clouds spinning around the SCP. Its my favourite bit. I think I'll do another one of those. It may also help those who do polar aligning identify where the SCP is as its graphically shows where it is.

Greg.

[iceman]

Nice result Greg. Like houghy a tad blue but lovely bright field.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Mike. Yes I agree regarding the blues. I did a repro and reduced the blues and magentas.

Greg.

[marco]

Veeery beautiful and inspiring mate! These are the kind of shots that I like more and more, make me really miss the time spent under a real sky and the beauty of the night :thumbsup:

Clear skies
Marco

[FlashDrive]

Always nice Greg ..!!

I like it ..:thumbsup:

Flash ..!!

[Leonardo70]

Congratulations, it's a really beautiful picture, with content and beautiful colors.
Really exciting. Thank you for shared it.

All the best,
Leo

[atalas]

Nice work Greg.

[Ross G]

A beautiful wideangle photo Greg.

Your D800 is a superb machine.

Ross.

[Larryp]

Great photo!

[Tom Davis]

I love the composition! Beautiful, Greg!

-Tom