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harshaj1
Registered: Mar 13, 2004
Total Posts: 17095
Country: United States

This is my first attempt at photographing milky-way. I wish I had a wide angle F2.8 lens but I think 16-35 F/4 did ok.
Any tips on PP milky-way images are greatly appreciated.

Harsha

roguecoolman
Registered: Jul 07, 2005
Total Posts: 826
Country: United States

Harsha,

This is an excellent photo. The water even bends the saw way as the milkyway, excellent composition

Jason

dgdg
Registered: Jul 20, 2011
Total Posts: 736
Country: United States

You nailed it - wonderful.
It is a matter of taste, but I would try to adjust the color balance of the sky just a bit for some blue. Not sure what the d800 looks like for noise at 6400, would be interested in what Jim's experience is.

randysc
Registered: May 13, 2009
Total Posts: 2113
Country: United States

Wow Harsha, killed it buddy

Randy

JimFox
Registered: Jan 11, 2005
Total Posts: 33343
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Hey Harsha,

What a sweet shot! I took a similar shot 2 years ago, it's a fun shoot. What is your question about how to process this shot?

As to David's question, the D800 does great at ISO 6400, but the key, like with all star shots is to not to underexpose it too much. Its with the underexposing that noise comes in, so being sure to bump the iso up as needed, like in this case, will help give star shots with minimal noise. The other thing I do is I process the the star shots in ACR, I have found that ACR does a better job with eliminating color noise in dark star shots than Capture NX2 does.

Jim

Jred
Registered: Dec 14, 2009
Total Posts: 1465
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Nice shot. Love the curves.

John

treebeard
Registered: Sep 21, 2006
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Very cool.

Jet915
Registered: Feb 19, 2008
Total Posts: 267
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Very sweet shot.

Dirtyharry71
Registered: Dec 14, 2004
Total Posts: 1273
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cool :-)

tfoltz
Registered: Jul 08, 2008
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Harsha,
What a unique take on 2 very photographed subjects, very nice.

-Tim

Jude Perera
Registered: Jan 10, 2007
Total Posts: 8027
Country: Sri Lanka

Lovely capture Harsha.

Jude

Hikin Mike
Registered: Apr 30, 2009
Total Posts: 449
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Great job!

Charlie Shugart
Registered: Feb 06, 2007
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Oh, WOW!
Harsha, this is an outstanding image by any measure.
A real triumph.
Charlie

Scott Stoness
Registered: Sep 11, 2006
Total Posts: 8952
Country: Canada

Great job. This kind of shot requires lots of planning and execution and persistence to achieve luck. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing. Scott

John Richter
Registered: May 10, 2007
Total Posts: 4552
Country: United States

Wonderful shot here, Harsha. Makes me want to visit there again. Maybe go to the cooler side to put in a hint of blue to your great night sky. Very nicely done.

JBR

Wayne Willison
Registered: Mar 10, 2007
Total Posts: 1100
Country: United States

Wonderful imagte. Just the right amount of light on the ground as well.

Wayne

Rob Tillyer
Registered: Nov 17, 2007
Total Posts: 13624
Country: Canada

Super image Harsha.

Rob

Fred Miranda
Registered: Dec 31, 2001
Total Posts: 16120
Country: United States

The bright and intriguing foreground leads the eye to this incredible Milky Way image.
Just wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Fred

CosmicCruiser
Registered: Aug 20, 2008
Total Posts: 612
Country: United States

very cool!

pumaknight
Registered: Nov 30, 2005
Total Posts: 726
Country: United Kingdom

splendid...awesome even!!

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