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Spent the night testing out some gear in west Texas.
C&C welcome!

http://pcdn.500px.net/7751150/71e5c94ebdf4d08f9d7dc8f736ad160295af2be3/4.jpg

One more can be seen here: http://500px.com/photo/7746967

May 21, 2012 at 10:50 AM

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p.1 #2 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Very nice.

Is your white balance correct though? I can't say what's right for sure, but my night shots I like with a black/dark blue color... It's so subjective...

May 21, 2012 at 10:52 AM

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p.1 #3 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

ckcarr wrote:
Very nice.

Is your white balance correct though? I can't say what's right for sure, but my night shots I like with a black/dark blue color... It's so subjective...

Thanks!

The white balance is warmer then normal. There was a bit of orange glow on the horizon that exaggerated it even more.

May 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM

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p.1 #4 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Looks great Jake. What new equipment are you referring to?

May 21, 2012 at 11:12 AM

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p.1 #5 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Oh and Tell Nagesh, I said "hi!"

May 21, 2012 at 11:18 AM

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p.1 #6 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

toddlambert wrote:
Looks great Jake. What new equipment are you referring to?

Thanks Todd! Nothing too fancy like someone I know.
Just a dolly extension (10footer now!) and a panning head. It was too windy to do any multi axis moves though.
And was playing with some loaner Nikon gear.

May 21, 2012 at 11:20 AM

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p.1 #7 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Excellent image, love the glow on the horizon.

May 21, 2012 at 11:44 AM

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p.1 #8 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Hey Jake,

Very cool! You have the ruins lit up just right I would say. And the angle of the shot with where you put the Milky Way in it works really well.

Jim

May 21, 2012 at 12:15 PM

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p.1 #9 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

I love this shot.

I think WB for these types of shots is personal choice, we never see this with the naked eye so we have no standard.

May 21, 2012 at 12:20 PM

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p.1 #10 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

stanparker wrote:
Excellent image, love the glow on the horizon.

Thanks Stan!

JimFox:
Hey Jake,

Very cool! You have the ruins lit up just right I would say. And the angle of the shot with where you put the Milky Way in it works really well.

Jim

Thanks Jim! The outer wall is lit with a really small LED lantern defused with a napkin attached with a rubber-band

ben egbert:
I love this shot.

I think WB for these types of shots is personal choice, we never see this with the naked eye so we have no standard.

Thanks Ben!

May 21, 2012 at 12:38 PM

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p.1 #11 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Awesome! What else is there to say.

Eric

May 22, 2012 at 09:33 AM

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p.1 #12 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

really nice.

are you using any specific sotware to determine "when" to take your shot....or just sitting up all night running the camera?

later,

Gene

May 22, 2012 at 12:43 PM

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p.1 #13 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Looks great. I like a warm tone on most of my shots, and this one shows it well

May 22, 2012 at 12:59 PM

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p.1 #14 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

astro-ep wrote:
Awesome! What else is there to say.

Eric

Thanks Eric!

Genes Home wrote:
really nice.

are you using any specific sotware to determine "when" to take your shot....or just sitting up all night running the camera?

later,

Gene

Thanks Gene!

For all these I just eyed it. You can see the milky way pretty well from this location.
Once I get the shot I want, I'll let the camera shoot away for a time-lapse to put together later.

Larry D wrote:
Looks great. I like a warm tone on most of my shots, and this one shows it well

Thanks Larry!

May 22, 2012 at 01:11 PM

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p.1 #15 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Very nice capture Jake, I like the WB, Kinda adds to the feel of isolation. Nice touch of the starfield.

May 22, 2012 at 02:19 PM

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p.1 #16 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Nice one Jake, great ruin as foreground

Jim

May 22, 2012 at 02:25 PM

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p.1 #17 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Davis B. wrote:
Very nice capture Jake, I like the WB, Kinda adds to the feel of isolation. Nice touch of the starfield.

Thanks Davis!

Jimmy D wrote:
Nice one Jake, great ruin as foreground

Jim

Thanks Jim!

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Here's an accidental shot where I was trying to shoot straight up and my tripod started slipping.
This is a single 30sec exposure on a loose tripod.
http://www.jakemckeephotography.com/TPF/DSC_1699-web.jpg
D3 - 14mm f/2.8 - ISO 4000 - 30 sec(same as first shot above)

Oh, and here is one from the same night, only earlier. You can see a shift in the WB from the left to right. That yellow'ish orange light pollution really is effecting it. Plus it was windy with a bunch of dust in the air.
I just embraced it in the first shot and warmed it up even more.
http://www.jakemckeephotography.com/TPF/IMG_8048-web.jpg
T2i - 15mm f/2.8 - ISO 3200 - 30 sec

May 22, 2012 at 05:29 PM

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p.1 #18 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Love the Milky Way image. Thanks for sharing.
Lonnie

May 23, 2012 at 07:39 AM

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p.1 #19 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

Nice work!

May 23, 2012 at 08:01 AM

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p.1 #20 · Milky Way at Fort Griffin

lgatlin wrote:
Love the Milky Way image. Thanks for sharing.
Lonnie

Thanks Lonnie!

helenica wrote:
Nice work!

Thanks Helenica!

May 23, 2012 at 09:11 AM

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