Kenneth Waller
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT PESO - Milky Way Rainbow
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 06:52:00PM +0800, David Savage 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>
That shot does not suck.
D700, AF-D 20mm f2.8, 31seconds @ f5.6, ISO 6400. 7 frame panorama,
Stop doing things like that. I want to take pictures that nice and
can't afford a D700. :)
Or the cost of transport to Australia.
I just noticed that that is a "D" lens. Are you getting vignetting on
your D700? Or do you clean that up when stitching together the pano?
stitched in PTGui, tided up in PS & finished off in LR.
Do you have problems with star alignment when stitching together night
shots like that?
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've got an idea, for the cost of a D700, I could get three K20s, and
set up a bracket and wiring to do simultaneous three camera
panos. It'd be a little unweildy, but I'd get more sensor area than
the D700, and wouldn't have to worry about movement between frames.
:)
I'm lucky that I have just barely enough sense to not try such a
stunt, but it could be a fun thing to set up at PDML gatherings. It
might be a fun GFM project, setting up an 8 camera pano, the only
trick would be to wire up a bunch of remote shutter releases in
parallel.
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
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