In the Horizon

24 frames stacked and blended : In the Horizon

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Alignment is Key

After playing around trying to get his scope aligned with the stars my cousin finally got it done and we were able to see some stars. But this was not before clouds rolled back into the frame. How it was shot: Sky was shot on an IOptron skyguider PRO star tracker 9 shots at EXIF: ISO 640/ f/2.8/ 480 sec, each frames. This was then stacked in Sequator and finally edited in Photoshop CC and Lightroom LR. Foreground 3 frames - ISO 1000/ 30 sec/ f/2.8 Gear: Canon 5Dmkiii, Sirui tripd head, Manfrotto CX540, Ioptron Sky guider PRO, Case air remote.

Mara Beach Pano

Seeing it in person

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Mara Beach Single Frame

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Outback at Core

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Sprinkled

Pedernales Falls State Park, Park Road 6026, Johnson City, TX

Right off the road

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Bridged Across

STORY: Matagorda is a pretty well known beach here in the gulf area. Its about 2 – 2.5 hours from Downtown Houston driving south west on HW288 and a few smaller roads to hit the beach front. My coworker and I took this drive last Friday on August 30th after work . It was a new moon night and had 10% cloud cover based on the weather reports. On reaching we quickly realized the main areas to photograph were either accessible over an older pier and then rocks or by driving through the sand. Without much experience we resorted to walk over to final location. It around a quarter of a mile but the wind and salty air feels great. The location clearly falls under the blue and dark blue zone on the light pollution map but with some many heads with head lamps and some with larger halogens the scene does get polluted real soon. We were only lucky for the first hour or two when this shot was taken. Right under the bridge there are huge pink granite boulders to break the waves. I walked over them and got under the bridge as far as I could as at this point the tide had started to rise. Hoping to not wet my gear or myself I was a little shaky but finally landed up doing a multi image Pano for the shot. TECHNIQUE & EXIF: Pano, Stacked & Blended • Canon 5D mkiii + Tokina 16-28 f/2.8+ Sirui tripod + Yongnuo trigger and remote • All images shot in landscape format with the sky composed of 6 frames @ 15 seconds each, f/2.8, ISO 4000 • Blended with foreground of 3 frames @ 70 sec f/2.8, , ISO 800.

Ledge

The Edge of the Ledge

In the distance

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Rest

Stargazing

Pedernales Falls State Park, Park Road 6026, Johnson City, TX

An Outback

We went out on a new moon night around 11pm with the core near the horizon. Clouds in the horizon roll in as we frame the shot. How it was shot: Sky was shot on an IOptron skyguider PRO star tracker 7 shots at EXIF: ISO 640/ f/2.8/ 480 sec, each frames. This was then stacked in Sequator and finally edited in Photoshop CC and Lightroom LR. Foreground 3 frames - ISO 640/ 120 sec/ f/2.8 Gear: Canon 5Dmkiii, Sirui tripd head, Manfrotto CX540, Ioptron Sky guider PRO, Case air remote. Gear: Canon 5Dmkiii, Sirui tripd head, Manfrotto CX540, Ioptron Sky guider PRO, Case air remote.

Between the Trees

Milkyway Between the trees

Purple haze

Pedernales Falls State Park, Park Road 6026, Johnson City, TX

Subaru Outback 3

Embracing the Galaxy

Panorama 5

Horizon Yellow

Panorama 4

Watching from the Fern

9 Frames stitched horizontally

Milkyway Core ... Outback and the power lines tell a story

Panorama 6 E

The glow in the dark

Story: This image was shot at The Old Rock Church up in Waco, Texas. Its a beautiful church by day and an even better location to see the stars by night. Visiting this place on a clear night with 0% humidity would make for great milkyway sighting for sure, but I was there and wanted to capture what was visible. In the distance the near by city lights bleeds into the pristine night sky creating a bridge between reality and dreaminess…. Composite/ Stack Sky – 10 frames, Foreground 3 frames

We are all alone

5 images shot vertically and stacked for sky, blended with fore ground which is a single image. That is me in the foreground contemplating about life. The Milkyway never disappoints me. It is always there and will always remind me how we are all part of a system yet alone!

Rocks

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RED Spiral

Panorama 7

Two Brothers and the Milkyway

Shot at Palo Duro Canyon State Park.