That is great Fred. I was in the mountains (12,000 ft) of Peru last week, and saw some incredible skies at night. Sadly, I had no tripod, and I only had a 50/1.2L. I didn't get an opportunity to shoot the skies, but did spend a lot of time looking up
Those are pretty sweet images Fred. You're getting to see a part of the sky that I only wish that I could see, the southern hemisphere, the Southern Cross, coal sack nebula and Alpha and Beta Centauri. Not to mention the large and small Magellanic clouds. But I guess you didn't get a chance to image those. For not having the Astro track with you to image the sky better, these turned out really nice. Your subject framing is sweet. I will be going to the Texas star party on May 4 through May 12 and I hope to get some really good Milky Way shots from out there. I have done so in years past, but I have yet to get a really good Milky Way shot with my Nikon D800/E cameras. My plan is to do a mosaic of the Milky Way using my 85mm lens.
Anyway, I really like your images they turned out very nice. Hopefully you will have time to share more.
Jeff_Stapleton wrote:
That is great Fred. I was in the mountains (12,000 ft) of Peru last week, and saw some incredible skies at night. Sadly, I had no tripod, and I only had a 50/1.2L. I didn't get an opportunity to shoot the skies, but did spend a lot of time looking up
Same here. I spent a lot of time sky-gazing. It was really exciting to see the southern cross, orion nebula and the milky way with the naked eye.
Take care,
Fred
harshaj1 wrote:
Awesome shots Fred. Did you light paint the foreground or was it lit by moonlight?
Harsha
Thanks Harsha,
It was 'New Moon' so moon illumination was very close to zero. I used a dimmable flashlight and a warm color gel to lit the foreground at an angle for only a few seconds during the exposure.
Fred
