The Wanderer
Canon 6d Tamron 15-30mm F2.8 at F3.2 15mm ISO 6400 25s. Single image - no compositing or exposure blending and not even my usual panorama. Used off camera flas...
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Canon 6d Tamron 15-30mm F2.8 at F3.2 15mm ISO 6400 25s. Single image - no compositing or exposure blending and not even my usual panorama. Used off camera flash about 20-30m to the right to bring out the dune textures.
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Astrophotobear
September 17, 2016
Hi - flash power will vary - I note that I had 2 flashes in this one. I think the side light was about 1/32 and the hand held might have been 1/64 (with a gel) - can't quite remember. Just balancing between the exposure settings then natural lightness of the environment and with the side flash - the inverse law with the flash drop off - to ensure evenly lit
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martinson-crusoe
June 28, 2017
I wish i will have the same level of Jedi-Power like you one day!!!! Ive seen a lot of milkyway shots bust this is the best ive seen so far
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Location
This photo was taken at Nambung National Park in Western Australia - around 200km north of Perth. I had been to the location recently, but had arrived when it was dark - this was an opportunity to scout when it was light for a better composition.Time
The photo was taken around 7:30pm. I scouted the dunes while it was still light and used a handheld gps to note down spots of interest. I used photopills app to help with the augmented view to see where and when the milkyway would be in this position.Lighting
Using 2 speedlites. The exposure is set for the ambient light for the dunes and also the milkyway. I've used 2 wireless speedlites - one about 20-30m to the right as a bare flash to bring out the textures of the dunes and I'm holding another speedlite in a gary fong lightsphere for my self portrait.Equipment
Canon 6d, tamron 15-30mm, fiesol tripod, wireless trigger, 2 speedlites and a gary fong lightsphere with gels.Inspiration
Another in my "wanderer" series of self portrait images - of myself exploring locations primarily with the milkyway. I've been meaning to shoot at the dunes now for several years, but have often gone to other locations instead.Editing
Post processing is primarily curves, colour balancing, masking and noise control. In this image - I've also done some minor star reduction to bring out the milkyway dust lanes. Curves bring out the contrast, colour balancing is to match what I feel the milkyway is - plus it's slightly different with the foreground with the flash lighting.In my camera bag
Canon 6d, tamron 15-30 2.8, tamron 24-70 2.8, tamron 70-200 2.8, fiesol tripod, wireless trigger, 2 speedlites with wireless trigger, gels, gps, headlamp, torch, skywatcher star adventurer.Feedback
For the milkway - plan. It's very predictable where it is for composition purposes. Safety always comes first - so be mindful of night shooting conditions and fatigue. Push the camera and try different settings to work out where you and your camera can go - don't always go for a formula. Formulas are fine to start off with, but tend to result in not growing as a photographer. Watch what your interest points are in the image - for landscape astrophotography, an interesting foreground is important.
