Taken from Woodend Beach on the east coast of New Zealand – only about 20 mins drive from my place meant that a little insomnia got rewarded.
All shot on a Sony A7iii with a 55mm f/1.8 CZ lens.
Sky is made up of 9 images tracked on my AM5N mount (yes, overkill, I know) to counter the earth’s rotation and capture different parts of the sky – each shot was 120s long, f/2.8, ISO640
Took all those pics and stitched them together into a larger mosaic panorama and superimposed that onto the foreground shot of this woodpile with my headlamp in the middle – foreground was taken at 10s, f/2.8, ISO640…Seems to have worked!
I don’t really post so much but you can follow me on Insta (@EkantV) or FB (/EkantTakePhotos) – happy to answer questions people may have 🙂
Ameliajc246 on
That’s gorgeous! Have you been shooting photos for a long time? I always try to take photos of the stars but they are a lot more underwhelming than this
nodame_marshallow on
I’m just speachless, A view like this is my dream!
gavinsherrod on
Dang, I wish I could see it in that detail with the naked eye. I’ve traveled a lot of places, but still haven’t been anywhere with that kind of view.
wasmaimran on
Looks like how smoke from a fire would look, if you’re high on acid.
Nathan_Explosion___ on
So sad I have never seen the milky way. The one time I would have had a chance while camping, nobody woke me to see it.
zsirc on
Would it look anything like this to the naked eye?
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Taken from Woodend Beach on the east coast of New Zealand – only about 20 mins drive from my place meant that a little insomnia got rewarded.
All shot on a Sony A7iii with a 55mm f/1.8 CZ lens.
Sky is made up of 9 images tracked on my AM5N mount (yes, overkill, I know) to counter the earth’s rotation and capture different parts of the sky – each shot was 120s long, f/2.8, ISO640
Took all those pics and stitched them together into a larger mosaic panorama and superimposed that onto the foreground shot of this woodpile with my headlamp in the middle – foreground was taken at 10s, f/2.8, ISO640…Seems to have worked!
I don’t really post so much but you can follow me on Insta (@EkantV) or FB (/EkantTakePhotos) – happy to answer questions people may have 🙂
That’s gorgeous! Have you been shooting photos for a long time? I always try to take photos of the stars but they are a lot more underwhelming than this
I’m just speachless, A view like this is my dream!
Dang, I wish I could see it in that detail with the naked eye. I’ve traveled a lot of places, but still haven’t been anywhere with that kind of view.
Looks like how smoke from a fire would look, if you’re high on acid.
So sad I have never seen the milky way. The one time I would have had a chance while camping, nobody woke me to see it.
Would it look anything like this to the naked eye?
Absolutely stunning picture!!