Widefield 35mm Mk2

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

A photo taken on a family holiday to Alpana in July this year.

Taken on an Astrotrac.
Nikon D810A, 35mm Sigma Art f/1.4@4.0
ISO 800, 300 seconds. 85mins integration.

Full resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/full/260495/0/

[Atmos (Colin)]

Very nice Jarrod, a lot nicer than my recent 35mm attempt

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Excellent Milky Way hub shot Jarrod, nice natural looking colour too, you have shown the variation in the red/magenta-ness of the various bright nebulae pock marked throughout too, nice job

Mike

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

Thank you so much Colin and Mike!

@ Mike - I was worried about the colours actually! (I have a tendency to overcook things!)

@ Colin - I think the modded camera really helps a lot.

[gregbradley]

A wonderful vista. A shame you didn't get another couple and stitch a panorama together.

The D810A seems to be the best astro nightscape camera around. Nice.
The Sigma Art lenses also are showing how good they are. Nicely handled.

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

Wow.

Anyone want to buy a full-spectrum modded Canon 5DMkII? ??

[Maurice]

That is a great shot.
FWIW I love how you've handled the colour data.
Congrats Jarrod.....

Cheers
Maurice

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

Thank you Greg, Peter and Maurice.

@ Greg - I'll definitely do a pano around the region. I've been land locked for the last 2 months and the clouds/shift work is driving me batty!
You're so correct about the Sigma Arts. They are one of the better lens I have seen around. The 50mm Art is still my best. The 35mm Art has some coma around the corners but is totally excellent! (I hope the 85/1.4 comes out soon!)

[multiweb (Marc)]

Gotta say I'm still flat on my a$$ looking at this shot. The colors and details are just unreal. Never seen something quite that beautiful at that FL. Keeping it as a colour reference when I'll process various DSO at longer FL. That'll help getting the background color right as it's good to see how different the golden starfields are in various areas. Top shelf.

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Fantastic work Jarrod. So many great objects in this field.
Love your other one of the Southern Cross region too

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

Thank you again so much for your comments Marc and Pete! I usually over cook my processing. Cheers

[RickS (Rick)]

That's a fantastic widefield, Jarrod!

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Looks like you might have captured Comet Panstarrs in that shot too Jarrod (just below and to the left of NGC 6188). Need to look at the hi-res version to see it properly.
I might be wrong of course but not sure what else it could possibly be.

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

Thank you Rick.

Great Spotting Pete. I am so new to Astrophotography I can only spot popular areas of the sky... So I will be having fun playing Where's Wally as I try to get to the neighbourhood of NGC 6188!! ... Things I can do on the toilet seat!

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

That's a cracker Jarrod

I tried a similar shot with my unmodded 6D and it's lacking a lot of the Ha you've picked up there, but it's a great lens when stopped down!