On 24/06/2009, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day Folks, > > Another night shot from my trip up north: > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3654473550/> > > Direct link (~170kb) > > <http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3654473550_3c5c587408_o.jpg> > > D700, AF-D 20mm f2.8, 31seconds @ f5.6, ISO 6400. 7 frame panorama, > stitched in PTGui, tided up in PS & finished off in LR. > > It's pretty cool to stand in a relatively isolated spot, listening to > the sound of bats & howling dingos, while watching the Milky Way > stretch from one horizon to another. It literally sent a shiver down > my spine. > > This is one of those occasions where doing a panorama was the only way > to capture the view. My widest lens at that time (20mm) wasn't wide > enough to fit it all in. > > I have been wanting to retry a night sky pano since an somewhat > unsuccessful attempt on my Kalgoorlie road trip in Feb. This one kinda > works.
Very very impressive Dave, you are making that new hardware work for you, that's just great to see. Could have done with your kit on the weekend myself, one day, maybe... -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC +10 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
