Milky Way over Maui - proper shot!

SilverPenguin

SilverPenguin

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Taken on my week on the Hawaiian island of Maui last week. I spent the whole week trying to get a decent shot of this but cloud cover kept me at bay right up until the final night, when I managed to get the kind of shot I was after, which was one including some foreground interest. In this instance it was the shoreline with the waves crashing on the rocks, which I painted over with a torch during the exposure.

I also did a write up on my blog about my efforts to photograph the Milky Way, along with more images, including one taken in total darkness with the D3s, hand held for 2 seconds at ISO 102,400 - crazy stuff. Check it out here.




D3, 14-24, F2.8, ISO 6400, 30 seconds
 
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Wow, seriously wow. I tried something similar when I was holiday in Cornwall and it came out OK but this just takes the biscuit. I might post it to show how poor it was in comparison
 
It's shots like this that REALLY make the mind boggle just at how small we are in this universe :)
 
Phate said:
It's shots like this that REALLY make the mind boggle just at how small we are in this universe :)
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And that's just one arm of one galaxy made of billions of stars, amongst a cloud of billions of galaxies, all made up of things so imaginally small that there is a billion atoms in the full stop at the end of this sentence. Madness.
 
Appreciate the comments guys thank you very much!
Marzipanogram said:
Very cool, I could look at this photo before a meal and not ruin my appetite.

CC: I would remove the white dot on the horizon.
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lol cheers buddy. That dot is actually a lighthouse. At full res it helps to give some scale and perspective to the horizon. I must admit though I did think about removing for the websize image as it's just a few pixels lol
 
SilverPenguin said:
Taken on my week on the Hawaiian island of Maui last week. I spent the whole week trying to get a decent shot of this but cloud cover kept me at bay right up until the final night, when I managed to get the kind of shot I was after, which was one including some foreground interest. In this instance it was the shoreline with the waves crashing on the rocks, which I painted over with a torch during the exposure.

I also did a write up on my blog about my efforts to photograph the Milky Way, along with more images, including one taken in total darkness with the D3s, hand held for 2 seconds at ISO 102,400 - crazy stuff. Check it out here.




D3, 14-24, F2.8, ISO 6400, 30 seconds
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I am so impressed with this. Can i ask you a quick question, is it possible for me to take decent astro photographs with a lumix fz 18? and is it simply extending the shutter speed between 30-secs to a minute?
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Click for helpSensor size 1/2.5 " (5.75 x 4.31 mm, 0.24 cm²)
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Click for helpDigital zoom Yes, 4 x
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Click for helpWhite balance override 4 positions, plus manual
Click for helpAperture range F2.8 - F3.1
Click for helpMin shutter 60 sec
Click for helpMax shutter 1/2000 sec
Built-in Flash Yes, pop-up
Flash range 6 m
External flash No
Flash modes Auto, Red-Eye Auto, On, Red-Eye On, Red-Eye Slow Sync, Off, Slow Sync (1&2)
Click for helpExposure compensation -2 to +2 EV in 0.3 EV steps
Click for helpMetering Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
Click for helpAperture priority Yes
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Click for helpFocal length multiplier
Lens thread Yes
Click for helpContinuous Drive Yes, 3/2 fps, max 7 images
Movie Clips Yes, 848 x 480, 640 x 480, 320 x 240 @ 30/10 fps
Remote control No
Self-timer Yes, 2 or 10 sec
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Orientation sensor No
Click for helpStorage types SD/MMC/SDHC card, Internal
Click for helpStorage included 27 MB Internal
Click for helpUncompressed format Yes, RAW
Click for helpQuality Levels Fine, Standard
Click for helpViewfinder Electronic
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ChroniC said:
And that's just one arm of one galaxy made of billions of stars, amongst a cloud of billions of galaxies, all made up of things so imaginally small that there is a billion atoms in the full stop at the end of this sentence. Madness.
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It's when you try and grasp the concept of multiple universes that things get really mind-boggling.

PS - superb photo, Silver Penguin!
 
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