Infinity

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Hello all,

Spent the night back at one of my favorite locations to image from a couple of nights ago. There was still a bit of snow around from heavy falls earlier in the year.
With the central bulge of the Milky Way directly overhead and a crescent Moon setting in the west, I thought it was a good time to do another all sky panorama before setting up for a few timelapse sequences.

A lot of people on other sites have said I should have called this image "Dragons Eye" and I agree that that would be a great title for this, but "Infinity" more reflects what I was feeling on this night, as I spent a large part of it just lying on my back and staring up into night sky.

Mt Buffalo National Park, Australia, 29/08/14
23 image panorama.
Canon 6D, 14mm, F/2.8, ISO 6400, 30 seconds.



Cheers

Greg

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Fantastic result Greg! Great work.

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Amazing shot.
I love it.

[Peter Ward]

Delightful imagery.

[gregbradley]

Man you are good! Usually I don't like these circular fisheye style images but that one is great!

Greg.

[iceman (Mike)]

Just great Greg

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Very nice Greg!

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Thank you so much for all the nice feedback everyone. I really appreciate it.

[Draco (Draco)]

Greg, that is such an amazing photo. Love it love it love it.

Was that taken just with the camera with a fisheye lens? (sorry newbie question )

[Terry B]

Interesting image. How do you keep yourself out of the image?

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Originally Posted by Draco

Greg, that is such an amazing photo. Love it love it love it.

Was that taken just with the camera with a fisheye lens? (sorry newbie question )

Originally Posted by Terry B

Interesting image. How do you keep yourself out of the image?

Thank you so much Niv and Terry This isn't a single fisheye lens image Niv. It is a 23 image panorama using a 14mm lens. So I did about 14 images around the horizon (with the camera in portrait orrientation). I then moved the camera up at a 45 degree angle and did another 8 images in a circle and then one final image pointing straight up. These are then loaded into a panorama stitching program and this is the end result. So to answer your querry Terry about not getting myself in the shot, I just kept on moving behind the camera as I was taking the individual images.
Cheers

[PeterEde (Peter)]

Very cool image

[Terry B]

Originally Posted by CapturingTheNight

Thank you so much Niv and Terry This isn't a single fisheye lens image Niv. It is a 23 image panorama using a 14mm lens. So I did about 14 images around the horizon (with the camera in portrait orrientation). I then moved the camera up at a 45 degree angle and did another 8 images in a circle and then one final image pointing straight up. These are then loaded into a panorama stitching program and this is the end result. So to answer your querry Terry about not getting myself in the shot, I just kept on moving behind the camera as I was taking the individual images.
Cheers

Makes sense.

[Paul Haese]

Very nice Greg. Tones and colour are superb.

[Redshift13 (Rohan)]

Originally Posted by CapturingTheNight

It is a 23 image panorama using a 14mm lens. So I did about 14 images around the horizon (with the camera in portrait orrientation). I then moved the camera up at a 45 degree angle and did another 8 images in a circle and then one final image pointing straight up. These are then loaded into a panorama stitching program and this is the end result.

Thanks for the background about how you compiled the panorama. I'm not usually a fan of this type of image, but this is definietely an exception!
May I ask, which panorama stitching program you used to put the 23 images together?

Cheers,
Rohan

[AstroJason (Jason)]

Thats a great image Greg. I totally see the "Dragons Eye". Love the colours too. Great work

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Thank you very much everyone

Originally Posted by Redshift13

May I ask, which panorama stitching program you used to put the 23 images together?

PTGui Pro. Not cheap but works great everytime and gives you a lot more flexibility and control over your panos than other programs I have used in the past.

[Octane (Humayun)]

That's a beauty, Greg.

I love the dragon's eye.

H

[Redshift13 (Rohan)]

Originally Posted by CapturingTheNight

PTGui Pro. Not cheap but works great everytime and gives you a lot more flexibility and control over your panos than other programs I have used in the past.

Thanks Greg.

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Thank you very much H