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Old 25-12-2013, 04:11 AM
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Granite Bay

A full 360 degree star trails / 'Milky Way bow' panorama taken at Granite Bay, Noosa. The clear water and the clear skies were awesome on the Sunshine Coast a few months ago.

The settings: Star trails - 100x60s, f3.5, ISO1600 (Samyang fisheye). Star heads - 180s, f2.0, ISO1600 (35mm lens, tracked). Foreground ISO400, f8.0, 90s (17mm lens). The foreground was taken earlier that evening at twilight to provide some better foreground lighting - it was a dark night. Total number of individual shots is about 600. Finished resolution: 50 megapixels.

A lot of work went into this. About 5 hours on site and about 20 hours just to get convergence with pano stitching software (PT Gui) because I used different lenses during the shoot (and some self inflicted errors that took lots of time to weed out). Definitely the most challenging pano I have ever done.
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