A Beach Nightscape

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Was down in Coffs Harbour last week and I thought I'd try and see if I could get a few images out to sea.

The sky was actually pretty dark, so I took this pano, 18 images in 3 rows with my little GX-1 and a 20mm 1.7 lens. 20 seconds each, ISO 1600.

The GX-1 is hardly an ideal nightscape camera but I'm pretty happy with how the image turned out.

What do you reckon?

Cheers
Jo

[owl (Win)]

Beautiful image Jo!! Looks superb!

I have the panny 20mm 1.7 as well and find its great for low light but find the focus ring just shifts at the slightest touch :-(. Unfortunately I haven't figured out the panaroma on my oly yet...but will give it a whirl as soon as the killer moon goes away.

Love the shot.

Win

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Wow, that's a really great result. Even caught a meteor trail on the right hand side of the image. Thanks for sharing.

[h0ughy (David)]

a great view for sure - i like it

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by owl

Beautiful image Jo!! Looks superb!

I have the panny 20mm 1.7 as well and find its great for low light but find the focus ring just shifts at the slightest touch :-(. Unfortunately I haven't figured out the panaroma on my oly yet...but will give it a whirl as soon as the killer moon goes away.

Love the shot.

Win

Thanks Win

The 20mm is a great lens, your right about focus, at lest it's quick to fix if there is a bright star or planet around.

Looking forward to some of your images, which camera have you got, the EM-5?

Jo

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

Wow, that's a really great result. Even caught a meteor trail on the right hand side of the image. Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

a great view for sure - i like it

Thanks a lot Rodney and David

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Well done Jo looks like a great location!

[CJ (Chris)]

Beautiful!

[Saturn%5 (Graeme)]

Very nice Jo, Great location.

[owl (Win)]

Hi Jo

I have an epl5 which is the model down from the omd. It was a bit easier on the wallet:-). I got the panny 20mm and thr samyang 7.5 fisheye which I love using but waiting for the samyang 10mm due out soon (apparently) sometimes I wish I had got the omd due to the view finder but the epl5 is quite impressive as well...
Win

[gregbradley]

That worked out very well. I like the colours in the sky on the right. Some nice airglow there.

Good to see some other cameras being used. Different brands can sometimes bring a slightly different look due to different jpeg and white balance engines.

Greg.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by ourkind

Well done Jo looks like a great location!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by CJ

Beautiful!

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Saturn%5

Very nice Jo, Great location.

Originally Posted by owl

Hi Jo

I have an epl5 which is the model down from the omd. It was a bit easier on the wallet:-). I got the panny 20mm and thr samyang 7.5 fisheye which I love using but waiting for the samyang 10mm due out soon (apparently) sometimes I wish I had got the omd due to the view finder but the epl5 is quite impressive as well...
Win

Yep, still a great camera, hope to see some pics from it
What is the f stop for the 7.5? I have used the 7-14mm which is good but a bit slow at f4.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That worked out very well. I like the colours in the sky on the right. Some nice airglow there.

Good to see some other cameras being used. Different brands can sometimes bring a slightly different look due to different jpeg and white balance engines.

Greg.

Thanks a lot Greg

It's the first time I have got noticeable amounts of airglow, has it got something to do with being further south?

[matt34 (Matt)]

Nice shot, I agree the little bit of colour in the sky on the right looks great, the small bit of cloud on the horizon looks great as well

[owl (Win)]

the samyang goes down to a 3.5 Jo which is pretty reasonable and still sharp as a tack even at that. I take mostly night shots so works well for me at longer exposures…I didn't really think the micro 4/3 would work well for night shots but I am amazed by what it can do so now its my main camera and so easy to lug around as I travel a fair bit …have posted a few in the iceinspace before and some others in instagram @wrangan.
Great to see a fellow Micro 4/3 nightscaper :-)

[dutch2 (Ingrid)]

Lovely scene, Jo. The sky looks great, as do the stars
Well done.

[MortonH]

That's an excellent result. You and the Panny have done well!

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

I appreciate your comments everyone, thanks