Milky way - reloaded.

[ASIGN_Baz]

Finally! I got a clear night with no moon, no clouds, and no work the next day!! I stayed out until around 2am and shot a range of things I have been meaning to experiment with.

First cab off the rank - the milky way, around 4 minutes using an EQ6 pro mount under my camera to track the stars for the duration.

Baz.

[JohnnyD333]

One of the best Ive seen. Is this Australian skies?

[ASIGN_Baz]

One of the best Ive seen. Is this Australian skies?

Awww gee.. thanks mate! Yes, Canberra.

Baz.

[JonH]

Goodonya Baz, that's a stunning image, well done.

[ashworthacca]

Wow Baz, now that's a beauty. Thanks for sharing

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[IvanT]

Stunned!!! Fantastic shot.

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[Willarnold]

That is an awesome shot!

[ASIGN_Baz]

Thanks gang. I could have stretched it a bit more, but I backed it off a bit and much prefer the more natural presentation.

Baz.

[Stephen]

Wow! Almost makes me want to get on that plane for 24 hours ......

[callisto]

Great image, thanks for sharing the southern skies with us

[palebluedot]

Awesome Baz.

[MaCross]

Simply stunning!

[foundaplanet]

Fantastic image.

[blackparticle]

Amazing shot.

What size lens did you use for that or is it a composite of more than one frame?

And if that's what a single 4min exposure produces, it would be amazing to see how those outer dust clouds appear from a multiple stack of images.

[ASIGN_Baz]

Amazing shot.

What size lens did you use for that or is it a composite of more than one frame?

And if that's what a single 4min exposure produces, it would be amazing to see how those outer dust clouds appear from a multiple stack of images.

Thanks everyone! It's a single image through the Canon 16-35 f/2.8L lens @16mm.

Baz.

[swag72]

That's simply stunning. How do you focus using at 16mm. I tried at 24mm and gace up, I just couldn't see anything to focus with. Care to share your tips?!

[ASIGN_Baz]

That's simply stunning. How do you focus using at 16mm. I tried at 24mm and gace up, I just couldn't see anything to focus with. Care to share your tips?!

It's a long process...on a good solid tripod I use a bright star first and zoom in with the lens to 35mm, centre it and manually focus it in the viewfinder with the camera turned OFF.

Then Switch the camera on and turn on live view and with the lens zoomed in, I also zoom in with the 5x and 10x buttons on the digital LCD. Once I can see a nice big blurry star on the LCD, I then manually focus again to tighten it up. I then turn off the live view, zoom back out to 16mm with the lens, recompose anywhere else in the sky and take my shot. That's it.

Baz.

[SkyJamie]

Fantastic picture Baz

Jamie

[swag72]

Cheers for that info about focussing Baz - Will be sure to try it.

[JohnC64]

fantastic image - and thanks for the tips on focusing

[sgazer]

great photo, I presume with your focusing routine, your lens is parfocal and keeps the same focus point through out its zoom range.

[ASIGN_Baz]

great photo, I presume with your focusing routine, your lens is parfocal and keeps the same focus point through out its zoom range.

Seems to.

[bm1980]

Wow very nice picture, one of the best of the milkyway i have seen,

Regards

Ben

[Vega]

Thats just ridiculously good for a single 4min frame. Great stuff baz

Matt

[ASIGN_Baz]

Thanks again all! I sold it last week as a 30 inch long print. It looked awesome on high quality paper and the client was very happy with it!

I'm chuffed to bits myself!

Baz.