USA widefields.

[JonH]

I've recently finished processing my files from a trip to the west coast of the US last October. Most of my time was spent shooting in cities but the two attached pics are from "days off" in Big Sur and Death Valley. Both were shot with a 15mm full frame fisheye with some of the distortion corrected in PS.

Thanks for looking...

[Stargazer Jack]

Nice images.

[bish]

Excellent - very 'other worldly'

[RogerTheDodger]

Nicely done

[symesie04]

Great images Jon. Is there some HDR at work on them or are they just single shots? Fell free to give some details on F numbers and exposure lengths etc.

[Crunchard]

Love both of them.

The death valley one is really good, just the sort of thing I like to have on my desktop.

[ianaiken]

I need to be there. Those pictures makes me want to be there. Brilliant!

[saturn5]

Much awesomeness.Like scenes from a Sci Fi movie.

[Digz]

Gorgeous, particularly the second shot.

[Ags]

The highway shot is pure science fiction. The future is here!

[JonH]

Great images Jon. Is there some HDR at work on them or are they just single shots? Fell free to give some details on F numbers and exposure lengths etc.

Thanks guys.

Big Sur is a single exposure of 30 sec at f2.8 and 800 ISO which is pushing it for my camera as it's pretty noisy above 400 ISO.

Death Valley was 4 sec at f16 and 100 ISO. The moon was shot separately, dropped in and resized to match the existing moon and, luckily for me, the salt formations were illuminated by a reddish sky behind me.

[Psychobilly]

I missed these earlier...

I now we tend to hate them but I think that clouds can certainly add something to widefield nightscapes like they do in the Big Sur shot ...

Superbly composed , captured and processed

Peter...

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[symesie04]

Did you not get any trailling from the moon and stars in the 30sec exposure? Cant see any but it is quite a small image.

[SkyJamie]

They are both awesome Jon but i really like the second, brilliant

Jamie

[Beulah]

Excellent - very 'other worldly'

Definitely my sentiments.

Great images!

[JonH]

Did you not get any trailling from the moon and stars in the 30sec exposure? Cant see any but it is quite a small image.

As a rough guide, dividing 600 by the focal length of the lens gives the max exposure possible before trailing, therefore a 200m lens = 3 seconds, a 24m lens = 25 sec and a 15mm lens = 40 sec.

I read this somewhere on the internet and it seems to work.

[Chris]

Both magical images Jon, very nice indeed..

[Kokatha man]

I find that second image VERY nice indeed Jon....!

[Damo636]

Stunning images Jon.

[JonH]

Thanks all.

[Takahashi]

Superb shots Jon. "Other worldly" certainly captures the mood. I can't pick a favourite of the two, they're both amazing in their own way.

[Third rock]

Cracking shots