Sconedough
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First go at shooting the Milky Way
Two exposures. One for the sky and one for the light trails - Gold Coast, Australia
EDIT: A few people asked what gear settings I used to get this so...
Nikon D7200
Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 lens
Manfrotto 190 tripod (but I've used a bag of rice on a chair to do light trails before so, you know, whatever works for you)
ISO4000 - Use what ever your camera can go up to with out creating too much noise. most newer/newish cameras can get nice shots up around 3200 and even 6400
f2.8
Shutter speed 20 sec - from what I've read above 30 seconds you start to get star trails
Any other questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer.
TwistedPsychosis
Its the flash. heh-heh
rxse7en
Do you melt it down in the wrapper? Have tried shooting Snickers?
Flightyer
Just found my new wallpaper. +1
MyFavouriteHoodie
You missed
legalimmigrant
Don't touch those wires. They look hot.
gingamafia
Marry me
KeenLad00
Do people realise that we are in the milky way and that every photo ever taken is computer generated to what we think it may look like
butterface00
Beautiful.
ThisIsWhyIDontTrustPeople
Don't shoot The Milky Way. MWLM!
GrumpySquid
These shootings are getting out of hand
Cavalrysword
Black skies matter.
paragonstark
I'm pretty sure you took a picture of the flash jogging.
IDphantom
Honestly this is better than all those dumps of wallpapers combined.
Gorestain
I don't understand the technical aspect of this post, but you have my upvote for sure.
stiggypa
Isn't just about every photo we take of the Milky Way galaxy?
hardytardigrade
I'm not claiming to know anything about this, but just from the picture I think you need to aim the lasers a little higher.
ParalysisOfWill
I "shoot the Milky Way" fairly often
cleverbeans
A rare photograph of Barry Allen.
Spiderbubble
"First go at photographing the Flash in action"
Disenfranchised
Seeing it in person is just as breath taking. Up in Colorado I have a cabin about 25k up from sea level. The ground turns a light blue at1/2
Disenfranchised
night from all the stars. The galactic disk is visible, and you can see every single satellite in orbit. I want to move there forever.
GrundyScrubber
I don't see a candy bar anywhere.
Kjasi
Looks like you got a clear shot of The Flash too...
Checkitoutausername
You probably shouldn't shoot at the Milky Way. We all live there, after all.
TheAncientSea
What do you mean two exposures, did you take two photos and layer them?
Sconedough
Yep, layered in photoshop using 'Lighten' overlay function which just combines the brightest parts of both layers
WillyStroker
This is my phone wallpaper now, I have taken it for my own; you shall relinquish all rights to this photo. Now be gone.
mtgjbone
*picture of a starcar*
LMPhoto
How long of exposure did you use?
RebelliousAmishMan
Commenting to get answers @OP
Chibatman
About 350 seconds.
Sconedough
20 second exposure, @f2.8 ISO4000 for the sky all the same for the light trails except the apature f4.
VashTheStapmede
This is very helpful, I'll send you a shot from the smoky mtns if it works out
VashTheStapmede
Oh and what lense you use for this? And/or whatchya shootin with?
Nukls
1.21 Jiggawatts
TygrF
"What the hell's a jiggawatt?!"
themoosewhisperer
4.20 niggawatts
Nukls
Stop shooting up with the Milky Way
Babbeh
You deserve way more upvotes
ProjectSunrise
Absolutely beautiful. The color contrast seems so pleasing to the eyes.
ImSynnical
Eyegasm
ruthbaderginsburg
If I could get this in like a 4k resolution and landscape, and a bit of smoothing to remove grain when viewed full size, it'd be perfect.
frivoloussausage
Nice OP! I took this up the road on the Sunny Coast http://imgur.com/IZW6upE. These shots are so much fun!
Sconedough
Nice!
Sconedough
You got a lot more colour in yours than I could get.
Sconedough
Think I didn't get far enough from the GC light pollution or didn't wait till late enough in the night.
frivoloussausage
Yea I was only able to get that detail by shooting straight up. If I'd tried to include nice landscape like yours it would have blown out
desdeqado
Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving...
MikeAracter
No i'm not.
cutteroo
... And revolving at 900 miles an hour...
Cavalrysword
And orbiting at 60 miles a second, so it's reckoned
cutteroo
The sun that is the source of all our power
Cavalrysword
The sun , & you & me & all the stars that we can see
cutteroo
Are moving at a million miles a day!