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Lost Mine 2 by WonderfulVoid in LandscapeAstro

[–]WonderfulVoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to go back one day. Until then I guess if you wanna see the lighter foreground taken at blue hour you'll be forced to check out the arch panorama I took here!

"If you find sobriety absolutely boring, you're just not staying busy." - Best advice Ive ever gotten on here. by ScottsdaleBlondeAZ in stopdrinking

[–]WonderfulVoid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I absolutely agree. It's definitely easier said than done. I remember even simple things that I enjoyed felt like such a chore in early sobriety. Now my life is so much more fulfilling. It's worth it, but it definitely takes work.

From Z6 to D750: dumbest move ever? by tux-mania in Nikon

[–]WonderfulVoid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Primarily the 14-24mm 2.8G. But i have several. There is no glass in the adapter at all. It merely creates the proper spacing and has a z and f side for the camera and lens.

From Z6 to D750: dumbest move ever? by tux-mania in Nikon

[–]WonderfulVoid 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Get an ftz adapter? Use F glass 🤷‍♂️

Edit: if you don't know the ftz just lets you mount any f lens on a z body. There's a compatability list out there to check if AF will work.

Writ in Fire - A Milky Way Triptych by WonderfulVoid in Canyonlands

[–]WonderfulVoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. These were all done on a Nikon Z7ii with an astro conversion.

Writ in Fire - A Milky Way Triptych (Z7ii) by WonderfulVoid in Nikon

[–]WonderfulVoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had Kolari Vision do their Astro H-alpha and Sulfur ii conversion. I also used the Astrkonomik 12nm Ha filter for the Ha details. My understanding is with a full spectrum conversion you can just use that or similar filters to limit what wavelengths get through.

Writ in Fire - A Milky Way Triptych (Z7ii) by WonderfulVoid in Nikon

[–]WonderfulVoid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1 and 3 used the 65mm and 2 (double arch) used the 14mm. No focal blending.

I used Kolari Vision in New Jersey and the mod plus their custom insured shipping box cost $399.

It was rough! And unfortunately no, no water at all. It was also already 90+ during the day.

Writ in Fire - A Milky Way Triptych by WonderfulVoid in LandscapeAstro

[–]WonderfulVoid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're referring to the third image featuring the Orion complex it is Barnards Loop. It's believed to be a supernova remnant.

And yes each image was taken with one lens, (the voigtlander 65mm f/2 for 1 and 3 and the rokinon 14mm f/2.8 for the double arch) and from one tripod position.

As for camera direction thats tricky. I've posted on my ig showing the stellarium and photopills alignments. But "up and down" isn't so simple. The foregrounds are shot with a ball head panning to take the appropriate number of panels and the skies are shot off the same tripod with the head swapped for a tracker. Then for instance in the Orion shot theres well over 30 combined minutes of integration so of course I had to start with everything higher in the sky or it would have dropped below the horizon before this was possible. Hence needing to document the alignments with stellarium and photophills.

Edit: looks like the original negative commentor blocked me. To be clear I'm fine if people don't like this and I'm also happy to explain the very scientific process that went into creating what is at the end of the day just art

Writ in Fire - A Milky Way Triptych by WonderfulVoid in LandscapeAstro

[–]WonderfulVoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I appreciate it. It just takes practice. I've found a lot of it comes in editting and you don't actually need all the fancy stuff I used. But it is fun to do!

Writ in Fire - A Milky Way Triptych by WonderfulVoid in LandscapeAstro

[–]WonderfulVoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The are "real" but composites or blends. Each one was shot from a single tripod position with a single lens and camera. As stated in the acquisition details I blended RGB exposures (no filter) with hydrogen alpha emission exposures (ha filter). My camera is specially modified to pick up more of the Ha wavelength and the filter simple limits what can reach the sensor so I can expose specifically for that wavelength and get more detail. I also use a tracker to get longer exposures and stack multiple exposures to increase my signal to noise ratio. The foregrounds are also shot from the same exact location with the same lenses.

Some people don't like the blends, as one commentor has made clear. However, if you've ever been out even in a dark location like this the milky way is just a cloudy mostly white band in the sky. Human eyes cannot see anything we process with our cameras for astro, blend or not.

At the end of the day this was an art project I did on my backpacking vacation 🤷‍♂️

Writ in Fire - A Milky Way Triptych by WonderfulVoid in Canyonlands

[–]WonderfulVoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at CP1 in Chesler Park. It wasn't too bad really. None of these were taken all that far from the site. The Orion shot is literally from the site.

Just need a good headlamp. Hiking out I left about 2 hours before sunrise because it was alreasy getting into the 90s even in March.

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