Impressive, Dave! "Artfully" done. Jack
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Savage <[email protected]> > Subject: OT PESO - Milky Way Rainbow > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 3:52 AM > 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. > > Enjoy. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > -- > 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. > -- 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.

