Dark Skies and the Milky Way

[Dale D]

I did a Mavic 2 Pro drone flight of the sun set but have not processed it. Once on the mountain top, I also shot these.
1:00AM) doing time-lapse and still images, of course always listening for bear, elk, and other threats! These images are of the Milky Way, The fourth image down showsThe Big Dipper, and even a shot of the comet Neowise.

The two stars composing the brim of the Big Dipper point towards the North Star, otherwise called Polaris.

Temperatures were about 40 degrees Faherenheit. Got home around 1 AM.

 

[sar104]

It's tough doing astrophotography with a drone camera. I'm impressed that you captured the comet. Easier from the ground though:

 

[Phantomrain.org]

I did a Mavic 2 Pro drone flight of the sun set but have not processed it. Once on the mountain top, I also shot these.
1:00AM) doing time-lapse and still images, of course always listening for bear, elk, and other threats! These images are of the Milky Way, The fourth image down showsThe Big Dipper, and even a shot of the comet Neowise.

The two stars composing the brim of the Big Dipper point towards the North Star, otherwise called Polaris.

Temperatures were about 40 degrees Faherenheit. Got home around 1 AM.

The fact you captured these with your drone is what makes them so extraordinary and at night with some level of detail.
Thanks for sharing Dale.

 

[itsneedtokno]

I did a Mavic 2 Pro drone flight of the sun set but have not processed it. Once on the mountain top, I also shot these.
1:00AM) doing time-lapse and still images, of course always listening for bear, elk, and other threats! These images are of the Milky Way, The fourth image down showsThe Big Dipper, and even a shot of the comet Neowise.

The two stars composing the brim of the Big Dipper point towards the North Star, otherwise called Polaris.

Temperatures were about 40 degrees Faherenheit. Got home around 1 AM.

Absolutely amazing stuff here!

You always got the goods. ?

 

[Bjolly612]

Great shots thanks for sharing!

 

[Dale D]

Great shots thanks for sharing!

thank you!!

Dale

 

[Coco 60]

Nice shot sar104 !!! It"s pretty rare to see that kind of photo !

 

[sar104]

Nice shot sar104 !!! It"s pretty rare to see that kind of photo !

Thanks. It turned out that I should have gone for a stacked image. I was pretty happy with it until another photographer here in town did just that with a much better result. After that it was too cloudy to try again. Here's his version, which I'm sure he won't mind me sharing:

 

[Dale D]

Thanks. It turned out that I should have gone for a stacked image. I was pretty happy with it until another photographer here in town did just that with a much better result. After that it was too cloudy to try again. Here's his version, which I'm sure he won't mind me sharing:

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that out totally awesome!!! Great work

Dale

 

[DougMcC]

I did a Mavic 2 Pro drone flight of the sun set but have not processed it. Once on the mountain top, I also shot these.
1:00AM) doing time-lapse and still images, of course always listening for bear, elk, and other threats! These images are of the Milky Way, The fourth image down showsThe Big Dipper, and even a shot of the comet Neowise.

The two stars composing the brim of the Big Dipper point towards the North Star, otherwise called Polaris.

Temperatures were about 40 degrees Faherenheit. Got home around 1 AM.

I would love to see the ISO Aperature and shutter speed Settings. Beautiful Milky Way! I just didn’t think my MP 2 could do this! Thanks

 

[Dale D]

Dear Doug Mc C
So sorry to confuse but the Milky Way was done with a Nikon D750 DSLR and a 14mm f1.4 lens on a tripod set at 25 second exposure at f/1.4 for 350 exposures, then processed in LRTimelapse software and rendered to a video. I was going both drone and time-lapse at the same location.

 

[DougMcC]

Dear Doug Mc C
So sorry to confuse but the Milky Way was done with a Nikon D750 DSLR and a 14mm f1.4 lens on a tripod set at 25 second exposure at f/1.4 for 350 exposures, then processed in LRTimelapse software and rendered to a video. I was going both drone and time-lapse at the same location.

Well that’s a great picture and I won’t go out with the drone to attempt the impossible! Ha. Thanks and well done

 

[Dale D]

Well that’s a great picture and I won’t go out with the drone to attempt the impossible! Ha. Thanks and well done

The photography of the stars and Milky Way is quite complicated. I spent three days in an Astrophotography Workshop at a dark site to learn this technique.

 

[Proffy]

Those comet and stargazing shots are fantastic!!!! ? ? ?