Milky Way Astro-seascapes & landscapes

[DaveC Oz]

Last weekend I travelled to a farmstay the other side of Bendigo to attend a workshop by Richard Tatti on night landscape photography. One of many shots during the weekend.

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[Richard A]

Great pic. How did you find the workshop? Was Richard in good form? I see he has recently put up a video on YouTube about Astro time lapse. That’s what I’m really interested in.

 

[DaveC Oz]

The weekend was great, very intensive. Richard was great, getting us to really think about the settings etc. that we tend to use for our night photography. We largely stuck to using our cameras and tripods. Things like time lapse, star trackers, etc. got some brief coverage in the indoor sessions. Unfortunately, there was fairly heavy cloud cover for a lot of the weekend, but we all learned a lot. He keeps the groups to just five so that you don't get lost in the crowd. Although he does a lot of talking during the theory, and processing sessions, it is more conversational in nature rather than lectures. As with his videos, he encouraged us to look a bit deeper at the possibilities of seemingly mundane objects taking on a different nature when lit and photographed at night.

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
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[DaveC Oz]

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/2.7999999523163
• 15 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[DaveC Oz]

14 image composite from last weekend

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[DaveC Oz]

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/1.7999999523163
• 10 sec
• ISO 2500

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/1.7999999523163
• 10 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[DaveC Oz]

Old, dead, Eucalypt on the property we used for our nightscape workshop with the Milky Way setting behind it. Composite of nearly 20 shots taken over approximately a half hour from a single camera position.

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[FowlersFreeTime]

Old, dead, Eucalypt on the property we used for our nightscape workshop with the Milky Way setting behind it. Composite of nearly 20 shots taken over approximately a half hour from a single camera position.

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Nice one Dave!

 

[Richard A]

That’s a good foreground for an Astro photo.

Did Richard cover any post processing in his workshop?

 

[DaveC Oz]

It was covered fairly well using Lightroom, and PS, as well as Sequator and its Apple equivalent. As an ON1 user there are a few differences in the way the software works. But it is close enough that I found that I could use the principals he showed us and apply them to my software and photos. It has been quite a lot to take in, but I am starting to get comfortable with the layering and masking workflow. I had some reservations going into the weekend as the weather forecast was horrible, however it didn't turn out too bad. Most of the weekend was very cloudy but we had enough stars around to put a lot of things into practice, and he was willing to work with us as late/early as we wanted. The above image was captured after 1 a.m. on the Saturday, first with 10 unlit photos at f2.8 for stacking the stars, then with multiple images at f5.6 with Richard light painting the old tree

 

[Richard A]

I’m thinking I might have to do one of his workshops…

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

Wonderful photos, Dave.

 

[DaveC Oz]

Like me this old hay shed has seen better days. Another image from my weekend at Rostrata Country House with the Nightscape Images workshop. The horizon is lit by light pollution from Bendigo.

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