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DanielJStein
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Welp, it is the end of 2019 and I am finally wrapping up many of my Milky Way shots I took out on a road trip in Colorado this past June. While I can never consider any of my shots as "finalized" since I am constantly learning new methods and going back into post thanks great CC on places like this—I am happy with these shots as they stand.

All shots are tracked and exposure blends. Meaning, I would usually take 1 shot with the camera on my tracker in a tracking mode for the stars, then another shot right afterwards with the camera still mounted on the tracker in same position but not actually tracking for the foreground. If you were to eliminate the tracking and extended exposure times, all of these shots would be capable of getting in singles just with much less detail.

All shots were taken with my Nikon D850 or astro-modified Nikon Z6 with a Sigma ART f/1.4 prime (with the exception of the last image taken with my old Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8.

Z6, 50mm: 1 tracked image @ f/2.8, 2 minutes, ISO 800. 1 untracked @ f/1.8, 3 minutes, ISO 800.

Z6, 35mm: 2 tracked images stacked @ f/2.8, 2 minutes, ISO 800. 1 untracked @ f/1.8, 5 minutes, ISO 800.

Z6, 50mm: 1 tracked image @ f/2.8, 2 minutes, ISO 800. 1 untracked @ f/2, 4 minutes, ISO 800

Z6, 50mm: 2 tracked images stacked @ f/2.8, 2 minutes, ISO 800. 1 untracked @ f/2, 4 minutes, ISO 800

D850, 14mm: 1 tracked image @ f/2.8, 2 minutes, ISO 800. 10 untracked @ f/2.8, 30 seconds stacked for lake, ISO 800. 1 Untracked @ f/2.8, 4 minutes, ISO 800 for mountains.

Dec 17, 2019 at 04:37 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Daniel,
Simply fantastic work. Very very well captured photos.

Dec 17, 2019 at 05:06 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Outstanding, last one is my favorite.

Dec 17, 2019 at 05:41 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Overall very nice, but the last one is my favorite. Have you tried darkening the MW in the others? They look too bright to me (but what do I know).

Mr.G

Dec 17, 2019 at 06:31 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Excellent skies.

Dec 17, 2019 at 07:38 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Wow, that is some milky way action Daniel. Fantastic work.
I especially liked the last two photos.
Keep up the good work.

Dec 18, 2019 at 04:14 AM

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Sunny Sra wrote:
Daniel,
Simply fantastic work. Very very well captured photos.

Thanks Sunny!

castlk52 wrote:
Outstanding, last one is my favorite.

Thank you, I lucked out that night too! I arrived on site to a completely cloudy sky. I slept in the car for a few hours and woke up to a completely clear night... This was my last night of my trip too—I should have been packing!

Mr.Gale wrote:
Overall very nice, but the last one is my favorite. Have you tried darkening the MW in the others? They look too bright to me (but what do I know).

Mr.G

Thanks Mr. Gale! I have thought about making them darker, do you think making the MW darker would make them appear more "night like" or by making the foreground darker? I appreciate feedback like this.

KCollett wrote:
Excellent skies.

Thanks buddy, Colorado has played host to easily the darkest skies I have ever seen and captured.

twoflower wrote:
Wow, that is some milky way action Daniel. Fantastic work.
I especially liked the last two photos.
Keep up the good work.

Thank you Flower, I am so glad you like them!

Dec 18, 2019 at 06:49 AM

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Those are really good, great shooting!

Dec 18, 2019 at 09:10 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Love the natural colors. No fake blue.....

Dec 18, 2019 at 09:36 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Stunning and amazing!

Birdie

Dec 18, 2019 at 11:04 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

Wow and whoa. Very nice work. You’ve got this down - from the planning / hiking / lugging gear to the gear setup and execution and the processing. Lovely work.

Dec 18, 2019 at 01:39 PM

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Dave Good wrote:
Those are really good, great shooting!

Thank you Mr. Good, if you are saying they are good I know your judgement is right!

EGrav wrote:
Love the natural colors. No fake blue.....

Thanks buddy, I try to keep the Core natural even if I deviate from natural sky color for the surrounding stars. I think natural color in the Core really makes it pop.

birdied wrote:
Stunning and amazing!

Birdie

Thank you!

bmike-vt wrote:
Wow and whoa. Very nice work. You’ve got this down - from the planning / hiking / lugging gear to the gear setup and execution and the processing. Lovely work.

Thanks tiger, I am so glad you are a fan!

Dec 18, 2019 at 05:05 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Milky Way Madness in Colorado

What a beautiful set!

Dec 22, 2019 at 11:24 AM

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bobbytan wrote:
What a beautiful set!

Thank you!

Dec 23, 2019 at 05:43 AM


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