North west nightscapes

Rod771 (Rod) · #1 05-09-2013, 10:38 PM

Hi everyone

Here's two more shots from my trip up to Gunnedah last month.

The first image was taken just north of town on the 23/8 about 15 minutes before Moon rise. The bright orange light is a rail coal loading site which I tried to use to light up the trees and silhouette the tank stand . The second image was taken along a walking track on Gunnedah's porcupine lookout about 45 minutes later with the Moon lighting up the foreground.

Canon 6D with Samyang 14mm F2.8 Lens

Image one : ISO 6400 25 sec exposure
Image two : ISO 1600 20 sec exposure

Processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop.

Tank trees Large

South Track Large

Thanks for looking

Larryp (Laurie) · #2 05-09-2013, 10:45 PM

Nice shots, Rod

ourkind (Carlos) · #3 06-09-2013, 03:43 AM

Wow really nice shots Rod, the 1st one with the tank is great!!

iceman (Mike) · #4 06-09-2013, 08:33 AM

Very nice work Rod!

Rod771 (Rod) · #5 06-09-2013, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Larryp

Nice shots, Rod

Thanks Laurie

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Originally Posted by ourkind

Wow really nice shots Rod, the 1st one with the tank is great!!

Thanks Carlos I was quite please with that one.

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Originally Posted by iceman

Very nice work Rod!

Cheers Mike, I'm starting to get the hang of the processing, particularly in PS.

stardust steve (Steve) · #6 06-09-2013, 03:13 PM

awesome Rod. Good to see you got to get the 14mm on the 6D

With images like that i bet you can't wait to get out again.
Such a fine combo.
Was good to view the comparisons side by side with the ISO.

gregbradley · #7 06-09-2013, 03:17 PM

Lovely work Rod. I like the first one a lot.

Greg.

Rod771 (Rod) · #8 06-09-2013, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by stardust steve

awesome Rod. Good to see you got to get the 14mm on the 6D

With images like that i bet you can't wait to get out again.
Such a fine combo.
Was good to view the comparisons side by side with the ISO.

Thanks Steve

The camera is actually my dads and he was nice enough to let me borrow it for awhile, yay! Its a lot of fun and I'm keen get out in the field again.

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Lovely work Rod. I like the first one a lot.

Greg.

Thanks Greg , I'm happy with my progress so far and the journey's been made a lot easier with all the support here on IIS. I appreciate your's, Mike's and everyone's efforts in regards to informative posts. It makes it a great deal easier for beginners to get going .

Cheers

Rod

rogerg (Roger) · #9 09-09-2013, 03:06 PM

I like the first shot very much ... nice use of the light

RobF (Rob) · #10 09-09-2013, 03:15 PM

Yes, the first one is quite special. Love the way the light comes out in rays from the source across the ground too

Rod771 (Rod) · #11 09-09-2013, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by rogerg

I like the first shot very much ... nice use of the light

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Originally Posted by RobF

Yes, the first one is quite special. Love the way the light comes out in rays from the source across the ground too

Thanks Roger and Rob

It was a very seldom time when I didn't mind a bit of light pollution. Definitely not a spot for the scope

Cheers

Rod

norm · #12 09-09-2013, 09:10 PM

Great shots Rod,

Really impressive.....

Getting tempted now to go down the DSLR path now.

Norm

Rod771 (Rod) · #13 10-09-2013, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by norm

Great shots Rod,

Really impressive.....

Getting tempted now to go down the DSLR path now.

Norm

Thanks Norm

Go for it mate its heaps of fun. The only negative with these nightscape shenanigans is it cuts into the deep sky budget