The "i'm proud of this picture i took" thread #5

Brisbane Sunset by Tony, on Flickr

Brisbane at night by Tony, on Flickr

 

impromptu snaps of friends at restaurant/cafe

Katie by Tony, on Flickr

Stu by Tony, on Flickr

 

Impressive

 

thank you!

Xmas sunrise this morning from Australia

Xmas Sunrise at Point Cartwright by Tony, on Flickr

 

Fabulous!




Christmas Eve dusk.

 

first sunrise of 2019 from down under

First Sunrise of 2019 by Tony, on Flickr

First Sunrise of 2019 pt2 by Tony, on Flickr

 

all taken with the humble 50mm lens (last one is a pano)

Sunflowers by Tony, on Flickr

Sunflowers by Tony, on Flickr

Sunflowers Pano by Tony, on Flickr

 

Brisbane City Pano by Tony, on Flickr

Brisbane City Sunrise by Tony, on Flickr

 

Exquisite stuff as usual, Tony.

 

thanks mate!

 

Not as good as you guys But Im still going.


_01A0820-2 by Dan Mnkmn, on Flickr

 

great composition and mood, well done

from my short trip to Sydney las week:

View from Pyrrmont Bay by Tony, on Flickr

Dawn pano view from Pyrmont Bay by Tony, on Flickr

 

finally had a clear and (almost) moonless night, first attempt at Orion all season

taken from the backyard in Bortle 6 light pollution and crescent moon up in the sky

Orion Wide by Tony, on Flickr

Orion, Running Man, Horsehead and Flame by Tony, on Flickr

 

G.O.A.T of this forum, is that you??

 

Wyaralong Sunset by Tony, on Flickr

 

Some very recent snaps.

 

Milky Way Over Tibrogargan by Tony, on Flickr

Milky Way Over Tibrogargan by Tony, on Flickr

 

@bballfreak6
Incredible images as always,I have a stupid question how far do you need to drive out of town to take these Milky Way shots.

 

@gerardfraser hey thanks man!

I am quite lucky in that I only have to drive over an hour out from where I live and I am already getting some pretty dark skies (Bortle 2-3). In this shot where I was top of the mountain it was Bortle 3 but I actually had quite a bit of light pollution to contend with off the horizon from the direction I was shooting (Sunshine Coast just to the left and Redcliffe to the right) which is what the glow of the horizon is.

It's actually possible to get MW even in light polluted areas (eg I've gotten it before from home which is Bortle 5/suburban light pollution) key is push the histogram to the right on your photo (will actually look overexposed if you just look at the image) to maximise signal to noise ratio then pull a S tone curve (or heavy contrast) in bring out the MW in post. Or take many shots over and over and stack it to again maximise SNR.

TBH even shooting from dark sites while the MW will be more obvious in your photos straight up without processing they are ultimately very faint signals from very, very far away so you'll have to learn how to process the files to really bring them out and make them pop.

My deep sky images I actually just do in my backyard and I take couple of hours of images to integrate and process.

Also if you're interested you can find out how bad light pollution a place is by looking up on light pollution map on google or I use an app called "Clear Outside" which is a weather app I use to check cloud cover to plan shots but it actually gives you how dark the sky is as well. For visual purposes even Bortle 5 suburban sky where I am on a night with good seeing conditions (complete cloudless and moonless) I can just start to make out where MW is and even Bortle 3 or lower light polluted skies it's quite easily identifiable with just your eyes (won't look colourful like the pictures it'll look like a streak of cloud or gas across the sky).