Wicklow Mountains Milky Way

[Crackabarrel]

Been a long time since I've posted, not been able to get out much this past while but things seem to be improving.

So with that in mind I have 2 images to share of the Milky Way in Ireland's Wicklow Mountains.

Lough Tay

Nikon z7ii w/24-70 f4

Foregound: 3x30sec @ ISO400

Sky: 47x60sec @ ISO200

Stacked in Sequator, blended and Processed in Photoshop.

This was just after the Perseids Peak.

 

Edited September 19, 2023 by Crackabarrel
Wrong image

[Crackabarrel]

And the next...

Glendalough Upper Lake

Nikon z7ii w/24-70 f4

Foreground 1x240sec, 1x180sec, 1x120sec @iso400

Sky 47x60sec @iso400

Stacked in Sequator, blended and processed in Photoshop

[FenlandPaul]

Fantastic images to see and you should be proud of those.
 

The top one is a favourite, with a lovely simple composition and nice blend.  The detail in the MW is lovely.

I like the intriguing quality of the foreground glow in the second image - I just want to know what’s round the corner!  But for my taste the blend is a little abrupt (unless the sky is really that dark, in which case I’m going there tomorrow!!) - something I’m often guilty of - and my head can’t quite compute the star trails in the reflection with the non-trailing sky; I wonder if you cloned out the trails and maybe even simulated a reflection with layers, it might be an interesting look. 
 

But both are superb. 👍

[Albir phil]

Brilliant wonderful images yo must be well chuffed.👏👍

[Sunshine]

My gosh these are ethereal beautiful! amazing work!

[Crackabarrel]

12 hours ago, FenlandPaul said:

Fantastic images to see and you should be proud of those.
 

The top one is a favourite, with a lovely simple composition and nice blend.  The detail in the MW is lovely.

I like the intriguing quality of the foreground glow in the second image - I just want to know what’s round the corner!  But for my taste the blend is a little abrupt (unless the sky is really that dark, in which case I’m going there tomorrow!!) - something I’m often guilty of - and my head can’t quite compute the star trails in the reflection with the non-trailing sky; I wonder if you cloned out the trails and maybe even simulated a reflection with layers, it might be an interesting look. 
 

But both are superb. 👍

Cheers thank you, 

I am much happier with the first than the second to be fair, I feel it was executed much better.

While the sky up at glendalough is quite dark the transition is a little more abrupt than I'd like, and the star trails on the lake are jsut a result of not having the time at the computer to properly blend in a reflection of the MW, on the upside this leaves me a good excuse to come back and make a stab at improving it in the future.

Thanks for the constructive criticism, looking forward to getting back out a bit more this autumn/winter.

[Crackabarrel]

9 hours ago, Albir phil said:

Brilliant wonderful images yo must be well chuffed.👏👍

 

6 hours ago, Sunshine said:

My gosh these are ethereal beautiful! amazing work!

Thanks guys, pretty happy with them but still room for improvement on the second.

[FenlandPaul]

1 hour ago, Crackabarrel said:

Cheers thank you, 

I am much happier with the first than the second to be fair, I feel it was executed much better.

While the sky up at glendalough is quite dark the transition is a little more abrupt than I'd like, and the star trails on the lake are jsut a result of not having the time at the computer to properly blend in a reflection of the MW, on the upside this leaves me a good excuse to come back and make a stab at improving it in the future.

Thanks for the constructive criticism, looking forward to getting back out a bit more this autumn/winter.

Really looking forward to seeing more!

[Albir phil]

Yes I like the first one best , especially with the meteor,what luck🌠