Milky Way (Second attempt)

Neil Burnell · 31 Aug 2016

After reading a couple of tutorials (Mikko Lagerstedt) I decided to venture out again!

2 shot pano with the sky sections stacked to get rid of the noise , foreground was shot at the very end of blue hour then blended.

GreenNinja67 · 31 Aug 2016

Ooooh I like!
That's lovely Neil.
The frame isn't for me though.

Neil Burnell · 31 Aug 2016

If all you can pick out is the frame then I'm happy

, personally think white frames give you good idea on how it would look mounted, also display better on flickr IMO. Cheers for the comment.

MattyW · 31 Aug 2016

Awesome Neil, Im gonna go and watch me some tutorials right now!! Really well blended, there's nothing that suggest to me that this is a blend at all. super nice work

Neil Burnell · 31 Aug 2016

MattyW said:
Awesome Neil, Im gonna go and watch me some tutorials right now!! Really well blended, there's nothing that suggest to me that this is a blend at all. super nice work

Cheers mate

Just set up and shot right at end of blue hour for the foreground then waited 30mins for the MW to move round and become more visible.

Mark-Anthony · 31 Aug 2016

Absolutely incredible shot that, neil.

Neil Burnell · 31 Aug 2016

Mark-Anthony said:
Absolutely incredible shot that, neil.

Thank you

Cheffievrs · 31 Aug 2016

Me Likey..

cargo · 31 Aug 2016

You must be chuffed to mint balls with that Neil

Gaz

ps: I like it ;-)

Neil Burnell · 31 Aug 2016

Cheffievrs said:
Me Likey..

Thank you

cargo said:
You must be chuffed to mint balls with that Neil

Gaz

ps: I like it ;-)

Cheers Gaz

Maggie52 · 31 Aug 2016

Fantastic!

Neil Burnell · 31 Aug 2016

Maggie52 said:
Fantastic!

Thanks Margaret

kellett · 31 Aug 2016

Nice work

Oddshapedoctopus · 31 Aug 2016

Wow that has certainly inspired me. There are a few locations not far from me that apparently are good for milky way shooting so going to do some research and google Mikko Lagerstedt and try for some shots. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

NDevon · 31 Aug 2016

That's just showing off now! The first one was cracking, this is different and I'd say more interesting - to me anyway

Farmerjim · 31 Aug 2016

Lovely! I posted in your first attempt post that stacking was the way to go before reading this, D'oh! Try stacking a few more, things can only get better, as someone sang! In critic mode [ as an astronomer!] I'd like it a little darker, just as smidgen in levels, middle pushed a bit to the right, then it's perfect for me but whatever, very nice image. :clap:

Andrew Moore · 31 Aug 2016

Now isn't this a belter! Not one for stacking images from different time periods as they usually don't work but this does rather well due to the colours and tones. Nicely done!

tonybassplayer · 1 Sep 2016

Superb, very inspiring.

Can't wait to get out and try it again soon.

Paul Cronin · 1 Sep 2016

Phew Neil, glad it wasn't another single long exposure

That looks pretty damn good to me and nicely processed.

Now off to google this Mr Lagerstedt chap.

fuzzyfelt30 · 1 Sep 2016

Really like the cool blue tones in this....a nice difference to many Milky Way shots!

Byker28i · 1 Sep 2016

Nice technique, works well to create a great image.

Kodiak Qc · 1 Sep 2016

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I can only join the general enthusiasm!

Neil Burnell · 1 Sep 2016

kellett said:
Nice work

Simon Kitt said:
Wow that has certainly inspired me. There are a few locations not far from me that apparently are good for milky way shooting so going to do some research and google Mikko Lagerstedt and try for some shots. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

NDevon said:
That's just showing off now! The first one was cracking, this is different and I'd say more interesting - to me anyway

Farmerjim said:
Lovely! I posted in your first attempt post that stacking was the way to go before reading this, D'oh! Try stacking a few more, things can only get better, as someone sang! In critic mode [ as an astronomer!] I'd like it a little darker, just as smidgen in levels, middle pushed a bit to the right, then it's perfect for me but whatever, very nice image.

Andrew Moore said:
Now isn't this a belter! Not one for stacking images from different time periods as they usually don't work but this does rather well due to the colours and tones. Nicely done!

tonybassplayer said:
Superb, very inspiring.

Can't wait to get out and try it again soon.

paul100 said:
Phew Neil, glad it wasn't another single long exposure That looks pretty damn good to me and nicely processed.

Now off to google this Mr Lagerstedt chap.

fuzzyfelt30 said:
Really like the cool blue tones in this....a nice difference to many Milky Way shots!

Byker28i said:
Nice technique, works well to create a great image.

Kodiak Qc said:
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I can only join the general enthusiasm!

Thanks for all the kind comments everyone

Reggy · 1 Sep 2016

wow an excellent image as everyone has stated! that must have been a pretty dark spot to shoot from, nearest dark spot is about an hour and half away from my location

Neil Burnell · 1 Sep 2016

Reggy said:
wow an excellent image as everyone has stated! that must have been a pretty dark spot to shoot from, nearest dark spot is about an hour and half away from my location

Thanks Gareth , there was pretty much no light pollution so very dark and the MW was so clear.

minnnt · 1 Sep 2016

Very nice mate. I think i prefer your first attempt slightly more but this is superb aswell. Well done.

Neil Burnell · 1 Sep 2016

minnnt said:
Very nice mate. I think i prefer your first attempt slightly more but this is superb aswell. Well done.

Thanks mate, personally think this one is streets ahead of the other, might give that one another go and stack the stars.

minnnt · 1 Sep 2016

Perhaps the stars are better in this one but the field and building in the other seemed to hold my attention for longer.

IanClark · 1 Sep 2016

Absolutely nailed it Neil. That is one sublime image. Congrats mate.

Neil Burnell · 1 Sep 2016

minnnt said:
Perhaps the stars are better in this one but the field and building in the other seemed to hold my attention for longer.

Cheers, all down to tastes mate, I prefer everything about this one, but then I prefer seascapes to landscapes.

IanClark said:
Absolutely nailed it Neil. That is one sublime image. Congrats mate.

Thanks Ian

viv1969 · 1 Sep 2016

Absolutely beautiful, Neil.
Love the framed presentation too.

Neil Burnell · 1 Sep 2016

viv1969 said:
Absolutely beautiful, Neil.
Love the framed presentation too.

Thanks Ruth, really appreciate your comments as always

viv1969 · 1 Sep 2016

I keep coming back to this.
If it were mine it would take some serious wall room.

Neil Burnell · 1 Sep 2016

viv1969 said:
I keep coming back to this.
If it were mine it would take some serious wall room.

It's a huge file Ruth could probably be printed wall size lol.

viv1969 · 1 Sep 2016

My wall awaits if you get tired of it.

kh_42 · 17 Sep 2016

That's gorgeous. I'd lover to be able to produce something like that.