It was a grueling hike up to the top of Peak Hill with three cameras, three lenses, an equatorial tracking mount, a robotic panorama head, and various other equipment.
I was 10 minutes into the extremely steep hike when I realized the 26.5kg bag I was carrying was a bit too heavy, but I had to keep going, I had to complete my plan. Leaving at sunset it was a slow grind over 2.5 hours with quite a few stops, the start of the track just goes straight up, with marble-like rocks on hard clay, making the track very slippery (coming down was a lot worse and I took a couple of spills but was fine)
Image info:
The sky is a multi-row-tracked panorama, 60 seconds each exposure, ISO1600, f2.8 with my H.Alpha modified Canon R5
The foreground was taken at blue-hour, facing the same direction as the Milky Way, this was for maximum detail and extra light, the image had to be blended either way because of using a tracking mount for the sky.
paul_wilson_images on August 24th, 2022 at 12:49 UTC »
What an adventure this was, another all nighter!
It was a grueling hike up to the top of Peak Hill with three cameras, three lenses, an equatorial tracking mount, a robotic panorama head, and various other equipment.
I was 10 minutes into the extremely steep hike when I realized the 26.5kg bag I was carrying was a bit too heavy, but I had to keep going, I had to complete my plan. Leaving at sunset it was a slow grind over 2.5 hours with quite a few stops, the start of the track just goes straight up, with marble-like rocks on hard clay, making the track very slippery (coming down was a lot worse and I took a couple of spills but was fine)
Image info:
The sky is a multi-row-tracked panorama, 60 seconds each exposure, ISO1600, f2.8 with my H.Alpha modified Canon R5
The foreground was taken at blue-hour, facing the same direction as the Milky Way, this was for maximum detail and extra light, the image had to be blended either way because of using a tracking mount for the sky.
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Divya_Abhishek on August 24th, 2022 at 12:57 UTC »
Wow, truly spellbinding.
sn1ped_u on August 24th, 2022 at 13:36 UTC »
I always wondered if it looked the same through the eyes as it is seen on the picture. OP can you answer this?