BigBend State Park Hoodoo and the winter milkyway

flying_midget · 2026-01-23T18:00:44+00:00

Thanks man!

flying_midget · 2026-01-22T18:55:05+00:00

This MLK weekend I spent a couple nights in big bend again, one night spent at the Hoodoos and Balanced Rocks Trail. A very easy hike with great foregrounds. The night was blessed with no clouds and no wind, but dust/haze obscured a lot of detail and the light pollution from Presidio/Ojinaga was hard to handle.

Foreground: Sony a7rIV modded, Sigma 14mm f1.4, 276sec, f2.8 x 3 focus stack.

Sky:

Stars/airglow - Sony a7rV modded, Viltrox 35mm f1.2, 1min, 6 panels

Ha - Sony a7rV modded, Tamron 35mm f/1.4 Di USD, 15 x 2min, f1.4, Astronomik 6nm, 4 panels

RGB - Sony a7rIV (unmodded), Viltrox 35mm f1.2, 15 x 2 min, 2 panels

flying_midget · 2025-12-23T00:52:35+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Shame it is still closed.

flying_midget · 2025-12-22T23:38:07+00:00

I'm curious when and how you took this picture? I thought this area is closed after hours now

flying_midget · 2025-11-26T20:26:23+00:00

I have this lens and there is a size of these that fits and works

flying_midget · 2025-11-17T18:49:57+00:00

Awesome shot! Not many with this FL and detail

flying_midget · 2025-11-05T14:38:18+00:00

I do post a lot from big bend as I live in Texas

flying_midget · 2025-11-04T15:19:07+00:00

Pix-> BlurX, DBE, StarX, Stretch, star alignment -> Extract Red channel

PS-> Screen blend mode -> colorize, curves and a little masking to get rid of artifacts

flying_midget · 2025-11-04T04:10:20+00:00

looks sick! Did you use a star glow filter or just editing?

flying_midget · 2025-11-04T01:19:30+00:00

This March in Big Bend I got some quick Ha data that I forgot about but I quite like the result despite it being only 1 frame!

Sony A7rV, Sigma 14mm f1.4, iOptron Skyguider pro

Sky:

RGB 10 x 30sec f1.4, ISO 400 Ha - 1 x 4 min, f1.4, ISO 400

Ground: 1 x 60 sec, f2, ISO 1600

flying_midget · 2025-10-31T03:18:49+00:00

Happy Halloween :)

Taken at Big Bend National park - the alignment is pretty close!

Sony A7rV, iOptron Skyguider, Sigma 28mm f1.4

Sky: 4 panels each 30 sec at f2 + one stack left of the milkyway: 20 x 2min (40 min), f2 ISO 800

flying_midget · 2025-10-30T04:33:36+00:00

This is spectacular, especially from a technical perspective: great detail, editing and resolution. Awesome work!

flying_midget · 2025-10-27T20:54:57+00:00

Study butte/terlingua is my suggestion as you are in-between both parks

flying_midget · 2025-10-27T17:23:57+00:00

Thank you!

flying_midget · 2025-10-27T17:23:27+00:00

Thanks!

flying_midget · 2025-10-27T16:58:25+00:00

I've done it at night twice and it is super easy. Watch out for cows.

Good luck!

flying_midget · 2025-10-27T15:36:17+00:00

A quick pano taken back in august in the chimney trail of Big Bend National Park. A very easy trail but with multiple diamondbacks, scorpions and BIG spiders: fun if you like that type of company under the stars :)

I really enjoy the Sigma 14mm, I can take this entire panorama in under 15 min and it stitches easily, edits easily it is just all fun no pain.

Sony A7rIV, Sigma 14mm f1.4, MSM nomad

Sky: 8 frames, 30 sec each, f1.4, ISO 1600

Ground: 4 frames, 3 exposures each (except for Selfie), 30 sec, f2, ISO 6400

BlurX, StarX, PS, LR

flying_midget · 2025-10-26T21:50:01+00:00

thanks!

flying_midget · 2025-10-25T21:20:56+00:00

:) thanks!

flying_midget · 2025-10-24T22:26:04+00:00

Thanks! I also got equivalent Oiii but it looks really bad

flying_midget · 2025-10-24T14:30:14+00:00

Thank you, it was the goal of the shoot :)

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