The Milkyway

My first attempt at photographing the Milkyway last night.

Shot with my D5100 at 18mm on the 18-55 kit lens, F3.5, ISO4000 and 20 Seconds exposure....

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Any chance you can embed the pic directly to the thread?
Flickr (and a shit load of sites) are blocked at work.. and i would love to see the pic

Wow thats pretty awesome. Where on earth in the sky is the milky way?

Cool! 20 seconds, that's amazing!

Wow amazing shot!!!

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Very nice! Wish I had a dark sky.

Beautiful shot, Samsonite. Great job with the exposure on the foreground as well. Any artificial lighting?

FastGlass said:

Wow thats pretty awesome. Where on earth in the sky is the milky way?

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It technically stretches across the whole sky, but you need to be far away from any light pollution to do it. The only times I've seen it clearly have been while hiking in the Appalachians, in a few national parks, and flying over the Pacific with the displays and cockpit lights turned all the way down. Start looking 'behind' Orion. If it's dark enough, you won't need any help finding it... it'll be obvious.

FastGlass said:

Wow thats pretty awesome. Where on earth in the sky is the milky way?

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This is a good read.... The Elusive Milky Way – How to Find It! | Star Circle Academy

There are many programs to search the night sky. I use Stellarium and find it fun and easy to use. You simply add your location and time and it will show you everything that is out there. There are even phone apps available.

http://www.stellarium.org/

Thanks for the comments guys Spent a good couple of weeks doing my homework and planning the shoot, was well worth it! Especially considering im using one of the cheapest bodies (D5100) and cheapest lens (18-55), Im sure that with a Full Frame and some proper glass the results achievable would be much better!

This summer I made it a point to take advantage of every moonless / clear night.... Various shots from throughout the summer, all shot with my Nikon D7100 and Tokin 11-16mm.

Nicely done. I would suggest a bit of luminance noise reduction in camera raw editor. I use it for my Milky Way photos and like it.

Very well done!

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A lot of it is about how dark your site is.time of night and time of year.keep in mind the rule of 500 for max shutter duration to prevent streaking. Great shot samsonite.

Amazing shots, Sam. The Milky Way looks great, but what really makes these photos is the perfectly exposed foreground balancing the picture.

Nice shots Sam!

excellent , love the one with the girl and the torch

egosbar said:

excellent , love the one with the girl and the torch

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Thanks, took a lot of convincing to get my girlfriend out in the cold to get the shot!

All very good pictures Samsonite.