Observing the Milky Way
This image was taken at the South Pacific Star Party in April 2007.
It’s a composite of a tracked 5 minute exposure for the sky, with a non-tracked 5 minute exposure for the foreground.
Taken with a Canon 350D and Sigma 17-70mm lens. Processed in Photoshop.
It’s now the feature image on the ASNSW’s SPSP page.
From the Vault: Observing the Milky Way
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated.
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Luchare
purdy!!!
Lindsay Oram
Wow…this is incredible
Steve Liptrot
Amazing capture, instant fave!
retepk
Great capture.
randomdumping
Very nice. Well done.
MelanieSpeaks
Amazing…love it
kathy s gillen...
beautiful capture
Mike Salway
Thanks to Luchare, Lindsay, Steve, retepk, randomdumping, Melanie and kathy for taking the time to comment.
Jupiter is the bright “star” just above and to the left of centre.
Cheyenne
WOW! Beautiful! This is amazing. :) :)
Gino Iori
Great night capture – congrats !
champion
I love it, I want to be there, with my mosquito repellent of course. Great shot.
John Vandeven
Fantastic work Mike….Well done.
Mike Salway
Thankyou Cheyenne, Gino, Champion and John. I appreciate your comments.
oddoutlet
by tracked do you mean moving the camera slowly across the sky while it’s on a slow shutter speed? Awesome image by the way!
Mike Salway replied
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes – tracked means the camera is sitting on top of an equatorial mount – it’s used by astronomers so that the telescope (in most cases) moves at the same rate of rotation as the night sky above.
So, combined with an open shutter (5 minutes in this case), you can take deep images of the sky without star trails!
oddoutlet
wow, it sounds all very technical! Can I just ask-does the type of photography you do more expensive than usual in terms of equipment? I bet the results are worth it though aye!
Mike Salway replied
It can be very expensive, some telescopes can cost $5k+ – but it doesn’t have to be. You can get reasonable ones for under $1k. Really no different than expensive camera lenses.
But yes, it’s a great hobby and the results are worth it.
Jonicool
Awesome to behold!
Mike Salway replied
Thanks a lot for your comment.
RoddyM
brilliantly done !
Mike Salway replied
Thanks Roddy, much appreciated.
Scott d'Almeida
i now have a new god in photography!! ur work is simply mindblowing. very good stuff mate
Mark Lee
I’m Stunned… Great Shot :)
MattGranz
Nice Compo! The Stars are amazing!
lorilee
How exciting!!!!!!! A glorious capture!!!!!
Albert Sellaman
very science fictional….......
Andrew Murrell
I recognse that treeline anywhere. Going agai to the SPSP this year Mike? Great capture
ooyayootay
absolutely stunning! KUDOS!
Martin Beerens
well done
Dawne Olson
Sensational!! What an incredible image!!
LumenLux
Terrific! I had no idea you could do a “tracked” shot like this. Obviously you know well how to do it. Thanks for sharing this impressive image.
Judy Woodman
very nice well done
Moshe Cohen
Inspiring work.
Cheryl Lunde
Absolutely incredible shot, straight to my faves!
AlteredLens
Incredible capture Mike! So clear and crisp, nice work.
Delany Dean
Absolutely marvelously wonderful.
bobculshaw
Amazing Mike. Brilliantly done.