Fisherman under the Milky Way

[Ainsley Bennett]

This shot was taken last year and involved quite a bit of pre planning and set up with a mate of mine. Single exposure using Nikon D800 and Samyang 14mm.

Fisherman and Milky Way by Ainsleyiow1, on Flickr

 

[sirch]

Looks like you didn't quite paste the link to the image correctly but I went to your flickr, some really great images there.

 

[Ainsley Bennett]

thanks, trying to figure out how to attach the correct link?

 

[sirch]

You've got it now, flickr doesn't make it easy. Great image, what was the exposure time?

 

[Ainsley Bennett]

30 seconds F/2.8, I think it was ISO 5000

 

[sirch]

Thanks, impressive that you did it in one exposure.

 

[cargo]

Very impressive

Gaz

 

[lightshipman]

This is a nice shot, but you have some really good stuff on your Flikr account, I guess it's nice to live in an area of low light pollution. Keep posting you have some great stuff.

 

[Nawty]

This is really cool, only thing is that I find the light on the rods is a little distracting but that's a minor niggle

 

[MartinCornwall]

Great image and well executed. Could have done without those two planes though. The satellite in the torch beam is pretty cool

 

[Jim Everiss]

Cracking picture and I also really like the pictures on your Flikr page. Some real stunners there

 

[Sam Tip]

Superb.

 

[F1.2]

Did he catch any fish ?

 

[jbw]

Hi Ainsley,
Great picture - your Flickr portfolio has some superb night sky photography including some unusual ones. Have you tried Starship Asterisk to see if you can get some used on APOD which of course is run by NASA - it may be easier than you think. Can I also recommend you enter this years Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition as I feel that with the quality of your work you could possibly do well. If you have too many images and need help choosing which to enter then you should be able to find me on the 500px site & there is a contact email you can use.
Best of luck
James Woodend (APOTY overall winner 2014)

 

[Theevaultkeeper]

excellent shot and a good sport too

 

[JayJay]

Really like the idea of the shot and of course it's very well executed.

 

[Ainsley Bennett]

Thanks for the comments guys. JBW, I entered the Astronomy Photographer of the year in 2014 but didn't get shortlisted. One of my images of Venus rising did get used in their advertising campaign sets. I do intend to enter some this year maybe including the above image for the people and space category, I'll be starting my milky way season next week if the weather permits and will hopefully get some better shots

F1.2, he didn't catch anything as his line wasn't even cast out. There would have been too much movement on the rod tips for the long exposure

 

[jbw]

Excellent - the best of luck. Winning is not always the way - I have had none winning images in APOTY picked up by NASA & by various advertising agencies - so it's still worth it !
James

 

[yorbard]

Very impressive - it must have taken a lot of research to make that shot!, I've never seen anything quite like it.