Wide field Milky Way

[Paul Haese]

Yep; I am now jumping on this band wagon.

As all types of photography it has its challenges. This is a stack of 6 images out of 12 shots taken.

Despite having used an N class lens there are seagulls in the corners of the original image and even in this cropped version you can see it too. At first I thought it was field rotation but on closer inspection of the the subs I found the cause of the problem. So I think I will have to use a 50mm next time to get a flatter image.

Click Here for image.

Feel free to comment or critique.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a great shot Paul. I really like the saturated colors. Nice.

[leon]

Top shot Mr Haese, there certainly are some stars in that lot.

Leon

[Shiraz (Ray)]

That is jaw-dropping beautiful. Thanks for posting it.

[gregbradley]

A gorgeous shot.

Greg.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very Very Nice.. Now can we please have one encompassing the entire milky way to use like a street directory. The nebula areas show up a treat.

[gbeal]

Ha, nice shot, good to see you trying your hand at this, it is a very nice shot.
I am doing the same sort of thing right now as it happens, using the Pentax 55mm f4, and the M25C. Great idea for a windy night like we have.
Gary

[suma126 (Shane)]

great looking shot Paul , one part of it i see a horse shape figure unless i need glasses .by the way that does a n class Len's mean.

[h0ughy (David)]

lovely part of the sky paul

[malp (Malcolm)]

Beautiful image.

[luigi]

Super beautiful view of downtown MW!!!

[Paul Haese]

Thanks all for the comments.

An N class lens is the top of the range lenses from Nikon.

[Phil Hart]

welcome to the bandwagon paul

and it'll be a rare day when you find a lens you're happy with from now on!

what aperture setting did you shoot at.. if that's wide open at f2.8 then it's a very good result (from a highly respected lens) and you can easily afford to stop down from there. if that's already f4 or f5.6 then hard to justify exposure time to stop down further.

don't know if you have seen this timelapse work before.. this guy also uses the same lens (at least for 'learning to fly') and does amazing things with it:

http://timescapes.org/

Phil

[alexch (Alex)]

Paul, that is a stunning shot with lovely colours and detail.

I have the same lens and I reckon elongated stars the corners could be just the result of mapping such a wide field onto a rectilinear image and stretching out the edges.

My 14-24mm has almost no coma even at f/2.8.

Alex

[Paul Haese]

Thanks all for the comments.

Phil this was taken at f2.8. It looks like I need to shoot at f4 or f5 to prevent the seagulls.

Alex you could be right about mapping the wider field of view. I will investigate further.

[Piers]

Simply beautiful. Good work Paul..and universe!

[jase (Jason)]

Geez Paul. You got a temperature and not feeling the norm? Wasn't expecting this sweet looking wide field. Overwhelmed by stars. Not sure if you've tried reducing the star sizes a little in attempt to display more nebulous features. Maybe worth a try. Well done.

[beren]

Fine image Paul, great to see something from this lens, I took the plunge with one as well but haven't had a go with any astro work, I'm sure you'll find a difference working at F/4