Back to the Milky Way
May 7, 2014 21:08:12 #
Did a little reading and changed some settings on the camera, most noticeable was the white balance to Kelvin 3330. Also found some sharper edge foreground plants and embraced the light pollution as even the darkest areas within a hundred miles are borderline for good detail. Hope to try again in July when I'll be traveling north. This is rather fun and a new part of photography for me.
May 7, 2014 21:23:00 #
medavis43
Loc: Folkston, GA
These are beautiful. It is so wonderful to see the Milky Way and city folks are missing a lot.
May 7, 2014 23:19:51 #
These are all very good. I particularly like the one with the railroad tracks.
May 8, 2014 00:41:01 #
Good job!!! I like the one with the tracks, too.
Complete opposite of macro... :thumbup:
Complete opposite of macro... :thumbup:
May 8, 2014 01:34:39 #
fstop22 wrote:
Did a little reading and changed some settings on the camera, most noticeable was the white balance to Kelvin 3330. Also found some sharper edge foreground plants and embraced the light pollution as even the darkest areas within a hundred miles are borderline for good detail. Hope to try again in July when I'll be traveling north. This is rather fun and a new part of photography for me.
Fantastic!
May 8, 2014 07:38:51 #
May 8, 2014 08:44:12 #
dlmorris
Loc: Loma Linda, Ca
I was going to say fantastic, but someone beat me to it! Really great shots. Where were they taken from?
May 8, 2014 21:23:37 #
fstop22 wrote:
Did a little reading and changed some settings on the camera, most noticeable was the white balance to Kelvin 3330. Also found some sharper edge foreground plants and embraced the light pollution as even the darkest areas within a hundred miles are borderline for good detail. Hope to try again in July when I'll be traveling north. This is rather fun and a new part of photography for me.
Ooooohhhh....REALLY like the one with the railroad tracks.....there are so many milky way shots these days...but you really found a different way to tell the story....love it!
May 8, 2014 22:10:00 #
fstop22 wrote:
Did a little reading and changed some settings on the camera, most noticeable was the white balance to Kelvin 3330. Also found some sharper edge foreground plants and embraced the light pollution as even the darkest areas within a hundred miles are borderline for good detail. Hope to try again in July when I'll be traveling north. This is rather fun and a new part of photography for me.
Very good... Nice to see the 'teapot' of Sagittarius showing through, particularly in everyone's favourite, with the railroad tracks. A lot of the time, the constellation gets lost in the sea of stars, out there towards the center of the galaxy. Nicely done...
May 9, 2014 19:08:27 #
These were taken in Venus Florida. A little township about 15 miles from Lake Placid Florida. It's the darkest area within 50 miles at least of me. Found this spot thru the Dark Sky Map I used. There are 2 more levels of darker sky, that I'm hoping to visit in the near future.
dlmorris wrote:
I was going to say fantastic, but someone beat me to it! Really great shots. Where were they taken from?
May 10, 2014 00:11:39 #
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