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Esperance Bow.

The recent trip down to Esperance (1652 km round trip) I got to go out to Observation point with the Grand children and son in law. I had them sit still till I was finished them, they could move on the wooden platform. Once I finished I sat down with them and showed them parts of the sky /milky way and answered there question.

You will note a little left over light from sunset as we went out at 7pm.
This is about 200 degrees of view of the night sky Esperance is the far right. Seemed to have caught an Asteroid shower as they are in all 4 Shots of the area. The real sad part is when I removed the lens next morning I noted the depth of Field ring had come loose from the focusing ring, don't look as critically as I do, super glued back in place at the right place.

This is a two row Bow all taken by my computer , " Human Brain" first row horizontal to get the waves and the ground and second row tilted up above the bow. Head leveled, in Camera Leveled. All planes removed
Nikon D810 on M 15 sec 20 shots 10 per row.
Iso 5000
Samyang 14mm F3.2
PtGui
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14 comments

Ko Hummel said:

another great bow Steve.
2 weeks ago

Steve Paxton replied to Ko Hummel:

Thank you Ko it was a very good night to sit down with the Children and open there eyes to what is above them. They go so much information But they did ask a lot of question and they got the answers.
2 weeks ago

Annemarie said:

beautiful........

Have a nice Wednesday
2 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to Annemarie:

Many thanks A cold wet day...
2 weeks ago

Karl Hartwig Schütz said:

Genial!********************************
2 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to Karl Hartwig Schütz:

Thank you.
2 weeks ago ( translate )

cammino said:

Tolles Foto.
2 weeks ago

Steve Paxton replied to cammino:

Glad that you like the photo from this great night.
2 weeks ago

William Sutherland said:

Amazing capture!
2 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to William Sutherland:

Certainly was my kind of night, an image to lighten the sprits.
2 weeks ago

Herb Riddle said:

Another great Milky Way Bow from you Steve. Like your deep sky objects, this bow has taken up a lot of your ingenuity again. A double 10 row panorama is going a bit and the mind boggles at the full size end results you got. Love the light in this one. The late bit of sunset seems to add feeling. A nice curve to the landscape here too. very well done.

Cheers. Herb
2 weeks ago

Steve Paxton replied to Herb Riddle:

Thank you Herb this far from my first double row bow only way to get it in shot as it was so high in the sky.

Dark Night Bow

It sure makes a very large size photo but a photo that is all in scale and free of distortion the main reason behind the double row and the height. I have since finding the problem with the lens have fixed so it will not happen again. I agree the landscape and waves add to the shot my last from here I only got about 2/3 done and the clouds came in killed the rest of the bow. I enjoyed sitting with the others and pointing out parts of the bow and answering questions, made the grand children's night.
2 weeks ago

Chris Bowness said:

That is superb Steve. Great work and I must say dedication and planning too! Awesome.
5 days ago

Steve Paxton replied to Chris Bowness:

You have to have a plan and know how to execute it, it always starts with a trial run so you are comfortable with the idea and plan. Glad you liked the shots they made a great photo.
4 days ago