Archive 2024 · #242 Kata Tjuta
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Kata Tjuta (Mt. Olga) at sunset, with moon, first stars, and the ISS.
Canon EOS R5 RF10-20mm F4 L IS STM lens 10mm f/5.6 13s 2000 ISO +1.7 EV
Jun 30, 2024 at 04:14 PM
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Fascinating image! Can you tell us more about how it was captured? Is it a stack?
Jul 29, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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js47 wrote:
Fascinating image! Can you tell us more about how it was captured? Is it a stack?
Thanks for your comment. This is a single image with the EXIF as shown, captured on 6/14, after sunset. I was taking a 7-frame bracket when the ISS flew through one of the frames, so I picked that (the ISS was a coincidence, everything else was planned). The clouds were a welcome surprise.
The national park has a strict exit curfew and the entrance is about 30 minutes from this location, so I had to bail before stars were really visible. I could have waited another 5-7 minutes and still made the curfew, turns out - but I didn't want to push my luck.
Fascinating image! Can you tell us more about how it was captured? Is it a stack?
Thanks for your comment. This is a single image with the EXIF as shown, captured on 6/14, after sunset. I was taking a 7-frame bracket when the ISS flew through one of the frames, so I picked that (the ISS was a coincidence, everything else was planned). The clouds were a welcome surprise.
The national park has a strict exit curfew and the entrance is about 30 minutes from this location, so I had to bail before stars were really visible. I could have waited another 5-7 minutes and still made the curfew, turns out - but I didn't want to push my luck.
Jul 29, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Stan, very nice image. I bet light pollution is nearly nonexistent there at night. I have not had the privilege of photographing in Australia yet and my travels have all been business so far (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne).
Are there organized trips to the Kata Tjuṯan area that would allow late night astro work? Although I have to admit I have an unnatural fear of your snake population - nearly stepped on a large brown on the fringes of Sydney one time..... It actually briefly pursued me as a ran like a scared cat away from it.
Regards,
Chuck
Are there organized trips to the Kata Tjuṯan area that would allow late night astro work? Although I have to admit I have an unnatural fear of your snake population - nearly stepped on a large brown on the fringes of Sydney one time..... It actually briefly pursued me as a ran like a scared cat away from it.
Regards,
Chuck
Sep 14, 2024 at 06:57 AM