Light on Sardinian Nuraghe
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May 09, 2017
Hi Luca, is this a layering of 2 photos? Reason I ask is that I have never seen the gas clouds of our galaxy stand out so brightly. Excellent astrophotography!
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I took this photo in a resort in Eastern Sardinia called Monte Cresia. The Nuraghe of Sa Fragaida located on the plateau on the left of the dirt road to Monte Cresia, was built with granite blocks that constitute the skeleton of the Seven Brothers MountainsTime
I left home at 22 pm to arrive in the place. To 23:30 p.m the Milky Way was already well up on the sky. I photographed until it is gone! to the 1 a.m.Lighting
I had the idea of ??getting inside the picture! I went up to the nuragh and with my lamp I managed to enlighten myself and the nuraghe!Equipment
I used a nikon d610 with my samyang 14mm! my tripod is a Mantona tripod with Manfrotto MHXPRO-3W. For the Milky way i used an astrotrack called Star adventurer.Inspiration
I wanted a picture where the Milky Way was visible with lots of detail. I liked the idea of ??the human wrapped in the infinite of the night skyEditing
I have post produced the photo first with and then with photoshop lightroom. with lightroom I balanced white, it gave more contrast and increased the vividness of colors. Photoshop through the use of masks I made a post more selective of the picture!In my camera bag
in my bag there are my nikon d610, d750 and fuji xt10 with tre lens: 1) Samyang 20mm f1.8 2) Samyang 14mm f2.8 3) nikkor 50mm 1.8g. 4)astrotrack Star adventurer 5)Tripod 6) remote controll 7)headlamp 8) panosaurus 9) water and food!Feedback
For shooting stars and the Milky Way we need a lot of study and passion. I recommend heading out to photograph the star at least twice a week. You learn by making mistakes
