Very nice. Foreground well managed. The milky way isn’t visible here in southeast Michigan, but we did see it up in northern Michigan the other night. I’m too old to stay up late enough to shoot it.:-)
Paul > On Sep 15, 2018, at 9:13 PM, Jostein <[email protected]> wrote: > > Inspired by Larrys work, I wanted to explore the options with the 645Z. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/44656069202/in/dateposted-public/ > > With no large-aperture wide-angle for that system, the ISO must be stretched > pretty far to make the dust lanes in the galaxy appear. > > From looking at Larrys shots, I believed the quality of the foreground would > be the decisive factor for whether a result would be print worthy. With that > in mind, I took an extra long exposure at a lower ISO and smaller aperture to > see if they could be combined effectively in post. > That turned out to be more finicky than I had hoped, even with no fluttering > vegetation to move between or during exposures. Or maybe I'm just too tired > to be efficient now (it's 3 am). > > Anyway, I think the technique may have some merit for the right kind of > foreground. > > Sky exposed for 15 seconds at f/4.5 and ISO 12800. > Foreground exposed for 8 minutes at f/8 and ISO 800. > Tonal PP done in LR. Pasted the two together in photoshop. > > Jostein > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
