On the Ridge

[iceman (Mike)]

A 12-frame panorama overlooking beautiful rolling mountains and dark skies over Lostock, NSW. The green air glow on the left (sadly not aurora) appeared in lots of nightscapes on the Friday and Saturday nights across most parts of the country.

Canon 6D, Samyang 14mm lens, 30s exposures @ F2.8 ISO6400, 12 frames.

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[RB (Andrew)]

Oh that's stunning !
Check out the detail in the foreground, wonderful.
You also got a big 'wow' from Sue and the kids, they loved it too.

[Astro_Bot]

I don't often use the word "fabulous", but it's well deserved here. Subject, colour, light and composition are all A+ in my opinion. This one really should end up an award-winner. Nailed it!

[Dennis]

Wow – that’s a stunner Mike. Looks like a poster for a Hollywood blockbuster about some enchanting, magical land - far, far away!

Cheers

Dennis

[sheeny (Al)]

That's a proper keeper!

Gorgeous!

Al.

[multiweb (Marc)]

The way the milkyway wraps around and the cloud patterns are pretty cool. Very nice colors too. All ties nicely together.

[Ross G]

A stunning photo Mike.

By far the best of all your Nightscapes.

I love the subtle tones and colours in the foreground and the exposure and colours in the sky is perfect.

Great composition.

Even the green skyglow blends in well.

I was in Coonabarabran that weekend and I think I can see the green skyglow in a lot of my photos as well.

Ross.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That is superb, Mike

[h0ughy (David)]

nice work Mike

[Deeno]

Oh yeah!
Just a superb nightscape...

[mexhunter (César)]

Mike:
That is beautiful and stunning !
Greetings!

[Paul Haese]

By far the best night scape you have produced Mike. Colour adjustment is very nice and not overdone. Natural looking with good saturation. Nice work.

[bloodhound31]

Pretty spesh Mike. yes, one of your better ones. Good work.

Baz.

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Beautiful Mike!
...a nicely captured "Emu"

[gregbradley]

Yeah Mike that is sensational. I agree its your best so far. Love the star colours. And the detail in the foreground. You were game showing that much foreground in the image but its paid off nicely.

A stunner.

Greg.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Stunning shot, well done

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Originally Posted by RB

Oh that's stunning !
Check out the detail in the foreground, wonderful.
You also got a big 'wow' from Sue and the kids, they loved it too.

Thanks mate, I've wanted to capture those hills in a nightscape every year at IISAC and I've finally got the right gear to do it well I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Originally Posted by Astro_Bot

I don't often use the word "fabulous", but it's well deserved here. Subject, colour, light and composition are all A+ in my opinion. This one really should end up an award-winner. Nailed it!

Thanks so much, I appreciate your kind words.

Originally Posted by Dennis

Wow – that’s a stunner Mike. Looks like a poster for a Hollywood blockbuster about some enchanting, magical land - far, far away!

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks Dennis! There's some amazingly beautiful scenery and rolling hills up there. I hoped to do it justice.

Originally Posted by sheeny

That's a proper keeper!

Gorgeous!

Al.

Thanks Al!

Originally Posted by multiweb

The way the milkyway wraps around and the cloud patterns are pretty cool. Very nice colors too. All ties nicely together.

Thanks Marc. I almost wished the pano was a bit further to the right to get a full rainbow effect but I didn't capture enough frames.

Originally Posted by Ross G

A stunning photo Mike.

By far the best of all your Nightscapes.

I love the subtle tones and colours in the foreground and the exposure and colours in the sky is perfect.

Great composition.

Even the green skyglow blends in well.

I was in Coonabarabran that weekend and I think I can see the green skyglow in a lot of my photos as well.

Ross.

Thanks so much, Ross. Appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by Larryp

That is superb, Mike

Originally Posted by h0ughy

nice work Mike

Thanks Larry and Dave!

Originally Posted by Deeno

Oh yeah!
Just a superb nightscape...

Thanks Deeno!

Originally Posted by mexhunter

Mike:
That is beautiful and stunning !
Greetings!

Many thanks Cesar!

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

By far the best night scape you have produced Mike. Colour adjustment is very nice and not overdone. Natural looking with good saturation. Nice work.

Thanks Paul. I held back with the processing on this one to suit the scene a bit more

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Pretty spesh Mike. yes, one of your better ones. Good work.

Baz.

Many thanks Baz!

Originally Posted by Allan_L

Beautiful Mike!
...a nicely captured "Emu"

The Emu makes such a grand entrance! Thanks Allan.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Yeah Mike that is sensational. I agree its your best so far. Love the star colours. And the detail in the foreground. You were game showing that much foreground in the image but its paid off nicely.

A stunner.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. As I said to RB above, it's a foreground I've seen every year while heading up there to get mobile reception during the day and I've wanted to capture it in a nightscape but just haven't had the right gear with the right sensitivity to capture it well.

It would be great with a thin moon in the West to illuminate the hills a bit more too. Maybe another time.

Originally Posted by lacad01

Stunning shot, well done

Thanks Adam!

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Excellent work Mike that's beautiful!

[mexhunter (César)]

Extraordinary southern Milky Way.
It is a very beautiful image. Congratulations Mike!