Southern Skies

[Irish stargazer (John)]

A nostalgic shot that I reprocessed. Taken from Wiruna during my last visit earlier this year. Canon 7D and a Tokina 11-16mm lens. There was a bit of murk around at the time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7703127@N07/15293036983/.

[Ric]

A lovely shot John.

I'll bet you are missing those views.

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Originally Posted by Ric

A lovely shot John.

I'll bet you are missing those views.

Thanks Ric

I would kill for a new moon weekend at Wiruna right about now

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Lovely shot John

How long was your exposure and what focal ratio did you use to keep the coma under control?

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Thanks Dunk

This was a 180 second exposure at F2.8 (fully open) at ISO 800.
The Tokina lens is pretty sharp. The little bit of coma at the edges can be softened by adding a bit of barrel distortion in PS to squash it back onto shape (only a little bit is required)

John

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Nice one John, thanks for the tip