Orion by the river.

[saturn5]

First clear night in ages,unfortunately rather windy.too windy for any long exposures on the merlin mount so decided to have a mess around with high ISO settings as the conditions didnt favour any serious attemps at something decent.This is a 30second exposure ISO 4000

[Zakalwe]

Lovely image fella. Very dreamlike.

[MartinB]

Another stunning image. The high iso looks fine at this resolution

[saturn5]

Another stunning image. The high iso looks fine at this resolution

Thanks Martin,thats as big as i dare post it....

[JonH]

Cool shot - Orion widefield and a cracking landscape combined - nice one Stewart!

[Psychobilly]

Very nice indeed Stewart.. did you get me last PM?

Peter...

[saturn5]

Thanks guys.

Sorry Peter,missed one but i'm on it now.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Lovely image.

[dogfish]

I always like your images and know I'm in for a treat when I click on any of your threads. This is another beauty.

Cheers, Martin

[saturn5]

I always like your images and know I'm in for a treat when I click on any of your threads. This is another beauty.

Cheers, Martin

Thanks Martin,its not exactly what i was after.I did try longer exposures with my 70-300 lens on the little merlin mount but the

wind proved the winner,just couldnt keep things from vibrating.Just as well as Physcobilly and TJ have posted terrific and better examples of what i was hoping to get,Olly posted a cracker too.

[Keiran]

Very nice stewart... is this just a single shot? And how have you got the foreground so vibrant? Are you using your torch again?

[saturn5]

Very nice stewart... is this just a single shot? And how have you got the foreground so vibrant? Are you using your torch again?

Yes its a single shot.The foreground light is caused by street lighting several hundred yards away.This shot was taken on the outskirts of the town so its good old sodium to the rescue.

[Keiran]

Ah... Thats a lovely photo,was there much photoshopping needed?

[Nexus 6]

brilliant shot, love the location. you do post some excellent shots stewart.

[saturn5]

Ah... Thats a lovely photo,was there much photoshopping needed?

I usually boost the vibrancy,highlight areas i want to lighten with the dodge tool.I generally just mess around with the dodge,burn and sponge tools till i see something happening that i like.

A lot of trail and error really.

A final tweak with curves and contrast till i hopefully get something to "pop" into view.

[Beyond_Vision]

Thats another fantastic shot Stewart I love the composition it is so well framed

Regards

Kevin

[stolenfeather]

Wow! Wonderful shot indeed!

Isabelle

[abumuhannadh]

nice

first time seeing it at standing position.

where i am from, it rises and sets on its side.

HERE is a picture i took last summer

[angusb1]

Wonderful image. What FL?

[russ]

Fantastic image. Beautifully composed.

[yar]

I agree with Zakalwe - it's dreamlike! Only you could make street lights work you your advantage!!!

[jgs001]

Excellent image S5... simply stunning... wish I had scenario like that around here...

[saturn5]

Wonderful image. What FL?

26mm according to the exif,normally shoot around the 17-20 mark but there must have been a lot of "nothing " to the left hand side and i just zoomed in a little... i think.

Thanks for all your comments.

[sheri_barri]

As the other have said... stunning image and very well framed!

[SniffTheGlove]

You can certainly see M42 nicely in the shot. Well done.