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© Greg Gibbs. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, or modify this image without mypermission. All Rights Reserved.
Woolshed Falls, Australia. 7th of December, 2013
Over 180 Degree, twelve image panorama from my night out under the stars last night. Featuring from left to right the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters, the constellation of Orion (who would appear to be diving towards the horizon for any one used to seeing it from the Nth Hemisphere), Sirius the brightest star and Canopus the second brightest star in the night sky, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.
Canon 5D MkII, 14mm, F/2.8, ISO 3200, 6 x 30 seconds + 6 x 120 seconds.
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Comments: 77
Incredible shot. I love this
I wouldn't change a thing!
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Thank you so much
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Thank you so much
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how accurate is this to what you could see with the naked eye?
there's too much light pollution where i live, so i don't know what the "real" night sky looks like. one day...
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Whilst dev-shooter is somewhat right a truly dark sky shows an incredible amount of detail to the unaided eye. Everything you see in this image I could see with my own eyes including the faint dust lanes in the milky way as where I shot this there is no light pollution what so ever. All the long exposure of the camera does is make it a bit brighter and brings out the true colours of the night sky
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interesting, thanks!
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This is too bright. in the countryside you would see faint mist of Milky Way and two Magellanic Clouds. You would also see very bright stars of Orion and Taurus but still - darker than here in this photo. But how well you would see them is dependent on the weather condition.
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Ah! By the way, the sky will be black not blue 
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Ever thought of experimenting with a speedlight to light up the foreground?
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Yes, and I have on occasion. Done right it can look good, but I see far too many "light painted" shots that are truly horrible. They just look unnatural. This is exactly how I wanted this shot to be. With a nice subtle, natural foreground component. DA's horrible green background does not show this image in it's best light. If you view it against a dark background (like on my website: capturingthenight.smugmug.com/… and with a properly calibrated computer monitor, you will see plenty of detail in the foreground.
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Thank you so much
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This is one of the most beautiful pictures I've ever seen. You have completely blown my mind, the composition is phenomenal! This is inspirational! Thank you so much for sharing!!
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Thank you so much
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