First Attempt at a Milkyway long exposure.

[azagil (Aaron)]

http://flic.kr/p/d9dYXQ


I had seen many pictures of the milky way and central bulge and had always wanted to try and capture it, So one night I bit the bullet, set my camera up to what I thought would be the right settings to use.......including trying to work out how long I could have the exposure for before it would trail.......I'm pretty happy with the result. You can see the sign so its no secret where it was taken. Its about an hours drive from home.......... 2 hours total driving, 53 sec exposure, 5 mins to set up at location......the misses saids I was crazy. I aggreed.......should have taken the a scope with me and stayed longer....not what she meant I figured out later!!!

I posted a link to the photo in my flicker page above so you can see it full size. press "L" to get full effect. thanks for all the comments.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Looks mighty good for first effort

[azagil (Aaron)]

any idea what i did wrong in uploading, It only appears as a small picture in the corner when I click on it.........

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice photo!

[iceman (Mike)]

Great photo!

You can upload a larger photo but it has to be under 200kb or it'll get compressed.

Usually that can be around 700-800px wide for a milkyway image.

[naskies (Dave)]

That's a fantastic composition - great work!

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Well done very nice, looking forward to seeing a larger version!

And

[rolls05 (Roland)]

I loves my milkyways, Love to see a larger version.

[trek1701 (Mark)]

Nice shot.
The colour looks so natural, what were the settings on your camera?

Cheers Mark

[Scorpius51 (John)]

Nothing crazy about that! A photo like that is worth the time. Well done. I would like to see the high res version, though.

Cheers
John

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Nice composition, cool, silly size though "...............

[azagil (Aaron)]

http://flic.kr/p/d9dYXQ

[azagil (Aaron)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Nice composition, cool, silly size though "...............

Originally Posted by rolls05

I loves my milkyways, Love to see a larger version.

Originally Posted by ourkind

Well done very nice, looking forward to seeing a larger version!

And

Originally Posted by naskies

That's a fantastic composition - great work!

Originally Posted by iceman

Great photo!

You can upload a larger photo but it has to be under 200kb or it'll get compressed.

Usually that can be around 700-800px wide for a milkyway image.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Nice photo!

Originally Posted by lacad01

Looks mighty good for first effort

thanks all for the comments, I posted a link to my flicker feed so you can see it in a decent size.... Press L to get full effect. not sure why it only posted thumbnail size....

[azagil (Aaron)]

Originally Posted by trek1701

Nice shot.
The colour looks so natural, what were the settings on your camera?

Cheers Mark

thanks Mark,

Settings on my Nikon D7000:

Focal length: 10.5mm fisheye set to infinity.
ISO: 3200
WB: AUTO
Exposure: 53sec
apature: 2.8 (Wide open)

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Great work