Light Painting the Old Truck Early Morning Milky Way

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @MrTwister3356
    @MrTwister3356 9 месяцев назад +1

    Superb images as always Richard....the old Mercedes turned out great in spite of obvious lighting challenges.....well done, dude!...cheerio!🍻

  • @Tony-Elliott
    @Tony-Elliott 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great images thanks for sharing your work

  • @GrantHeazlewood-vq8ll
    @GrantHeazlewood-vq8ll 9 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome, love the old vehicles in astro 👍

  • @midorfaceroll7516
    @midorfaceroll7516 9 месяцев назад +1

    loved watching this! awesome photos taken

  • @Alan-vk6bk
    @Alan-vk6bk 9 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic as usual. I really wish we had those kind of views from the UK!!

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks Alan. One of the many benefits of living in the land down under ..!!!

  • @sphinx22222
    @sphinx22222 9 месяцев назад +1

    Je ferais volontiers le voyage depuis la France pour faire les mêmes photos. Enfin, si j'avais autant de talent...
    Magifiques phoyos, Richard.
    Eric

  • @dennisblack4444
    @dennisblack4444 9 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome images Richard, love your old trucks, cars and shed shots. Thank you again for an excellent video.

  • @akkarparkiamopas3401
    @akkarparkiamopas3401 9 месяцев назад +1

    Looking forward to learning your new post process techniques 👍

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Next weeks video will be post processing and the one after that is comparing the h-alpha mod camera to standard.

    • @akkarparkiamopas3401
      @akkarparkiamopas3401 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@nightscapeimages.richardcomparing in term of post process?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  8 месяцев назад

      More looking at the differences in the RAW image and then after being processed. Next weeks video is a post processing of a single shot from as astro mod camera.@@akkarparkiamopas3401

    • @akkarparkiamopas3401
      @akkarparkiamopas3401 8 месяцев назад

      @@nightscapeimages.richard that is what I am looking for thank you

  • @bienenhonig2105
    @bienenhonig2105 7 месяцев назад +1

    Ha comment no. 200 on this one
    Richard amazing vehicles
    and great to see this settled lightpainting
    Australia is blessed with great skies and old cars
    looking forward for the next video
    Greetings

  • @Tony-gm3im
    @Tony-gm3im 8 месяцев назад +1

    Another great video Richard, thank you. The images are stunning.

  • @carljames7562
    @carljames7562 9 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent Richard. The clouds on the left balanced this one beautifully. Love it.

  • @adithompson199
    @adithompson199 8 месяцев назад +1

    Another great video and stunning photo Richard. Thank you.

  • @JerryDell-j3s
    @JerryDell-j3s 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great work with the light painting Richard. I love those older vehicles!

  • @geoffsharpe6456
    @geoffsharpe6456 9 месяцев назад +1

    The old trucks certainly came up well Richard and the Galaxy was even better. Well done m8. 😎👌👍

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks a lot Geoff. I've shot a lot of videos this early galaxy season .. lots of missed sleep but I've enjoyed the resulting images.

  • @paulmorrall5719
    @paulmorrall5719 8 месяцев назад +1

    Outstanding Richard, thank you so much

  • @tonyw3250
    @tonyw3250 9 месяцев назад +1

    i bet your mate was happy with those amazing pics

  • @bradtuckerman388
    @bradtuckerman388 9 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant work Richard as always .

  • @lesladbrook4508
    @lesladbrook4508 9 месяцев назад +1

    Another superb story and video with great annotation Richard.

  • @simonharding5696
    @simonharding5696 8 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful shots, Richard. These are my favourite subjects for nightscapes. They always look so impressive with your light painting applied. Great video, as always, and thanks again.

  • @RussellMcCollom
    @RussellMcCollom 9 месяцев назад +1

    beautiful pics Richard. The clouds were perfect on the image.

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Yes I'll often try to embrace the cloud. I particularly like the high level cloud.

  • @johnd5244
    @johnd5244 9 месяцев назад +1

    Wow!! Those both turned out stunning. What a change to see you in a puffy jacket this episode and last one in just a shortsleeved shirt. But I know how it is in the country on crisp clear nights. Always cooler than the city. Bet Tony was surprised to see those images. Thanks for sharing with us my friend. Have a wonderful weekend. 📷☕️🍪

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks a lot for watching John. Tony loved the images .. I think there may be more subjects to come down the track. Yes I much prefer the cooler nights.

  • @nickholt8104
    @nickholt8104 8 месяцев назад +1

    Terrific video as per usual Richard, and fantastic images

  • @oliveresch9954
    @oliveresch9954 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great video, amazing images. Thanks for sharing this wonderful Australian summer night with us, Richard.

  • @andreaboyle9435
    @andreaboyle9435 9 месяцев назад +1

    Lovely once again! You were so lucky to get some clouds on the left side of your red truck image as it really filled the space. Great images and I enjoyed a wonderful Aussie night with you. Thanks for taking us along!

  • @Seegurkenwombat
    @Seegurkenwombat 9 месяцев назад +1

    Well done!!! Such pristine skies, it's marvellous to see you in a video with the milkyway shining behind!!

  • @gunterdeutsch4260
    @gunterdeutsch4260 9 месяцев назад +1

    Love that video, Richard. Thank you for sharing. I like the results, especially that one with the red truck.

  • @calvinphipps3121
    @calvinphipps3121 9 месяцев назад +1

    Wow just amazing Richard!
    Thanks for sharing

  • @rogeriopeccioli1616
    @rogeriopeccioli1616 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you Richard for another amazing video.

  • @paultrunfull3324
    @paultrunfull3324 9 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome as usual Richard, gosh that old merc needs a fire breathing v10 in it. And as for the Morris that needs a supercharged 590 big block with nitros !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Haha, not too sure the suspensions would hold out in the old girl Paul ...!!!!

  • @gavinheppenstall766
    @gavinheppenstall766 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great video Richard, clear skies 🖖

  • @paultutton9443
    @paultutton9443 9 месяцев назад +3

    A cracking little adventure Richard with some super images to show for it! I bet your friend Tony was delighted 😊

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much Paul. Yes he was delighted. I think he has some more for me to look at.

  • @julieclark5779
    @julieclark5779 9 месяцев назад +2

    Defiantly worth getting up early for these beautiful photos Richard🙂

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes it was in the end Julie . .but it was a struggle at first.

    • @julieclark5779
      @julieclark5779 9 месяцев назад

      @@nightscapeimages.richard always a bit hard to wake up and head out at that hour of the morning🙂

  • @PentaxLife
    @PentaxLife 9 месяцев назад +1

    Some more great shots, Richard beautiful.

  • @kpravinkumar
    @kpravinkumar 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thats amazing.... Thanks for great content..

  • @joanhuggett5164
    @joanhuggett5164 9 месяцев назад +1

    Two wonderful images. You said that wispy cloud might set off the first truck and boy did it work... the position and angle of that cloud to the MW balanced the image beautifully. Just love your videos, Richard, thank you so much.

  • @hartcityparanormal115
    @hartcityparanormal115 9 месяцев назад +2

    Richard reminds me of the Crocodile Hunter of the Astrophotography world. Lol!! Stunning images, Richard.

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Haha, well thankfully there are no crocodiles for about 2000 miles from me.

    • @hartcityparanormal115
      @hartcityparanormal115 9 месяцев назад +1

      @nightscapeimages.richard that's a plus. Your videos have a relaxing and educational aspect to them that I thoroughly enjoy. I'm looking forward to the next one.

  • @chrisheyward6430
    @chrisheyward6430 9 месяцев назад +3

    why is it cars & Trucks back then had so much character,not like the vehicles today. Great images Richard

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +2

      Very good point Chris. I don't know the answer .. I wonder if todays cars will be lying around in paddocks in the coming years . .I think not.

  • @Si-fp2ij
    @Si-fp2ij 9 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic images Richard! Well worth the early hours road trip. Cheers Simon

  • @NomadOutdoorAdventures
    @NomadOutdoorAdventures 9 месяцев назад +1

    Very nice pictures

  • @timewarpclub
    @timewarpclub 9 месяцев назад +1

    amazing video Richard. its almost like, we are with you on this trip

  • @billoconnor2727
    @billoconnor2727 8 месяцев назад +1

    Very beautiful shots and extremely useful info! Good on ya, as my Aussie friend always says.

  • @StarScaperPhoto
    @StarScaperPhoto 8 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic adventure as always Richard! Looking forward to shooting the core here again also. Not looking forward to the early mornings 😅.

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks as always for watching my friend. Yes those early mornings are hard to handle.

  • @robertleeimages
    @robertleeimages 9 месяцев назад +1

    Wont be quite as late on the 8th but I'm in the same boat with my next shoot right next to someone's house out at Eppalock, wish it was a truck but it's a cool dead tree that the owners tried grow a vine on that has also died and is hanging off it

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes it's a common problem around farm houses Rob. I hope your shoot goes well mate.

  • @cagiva85
    @cagiva85 9 месяцев назад +2

    Absolutely stunning Richard, always love your methods and enthusiasm and infectiousness when photographing the night sky... 👌

  • @leovilla329
    @leovilla329 9 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing photos as usual Richard regards from Colombia

  • @adkan11
    @adkan11 7 месяцев назад +1

    Superb videos and all are informative... I'm really amazed with the camera used to shoot the videos as well. Milkyway bokeh in background 👌👌

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for watching. I'm using the Sony A7s3 for the videos with Sony 24mm f1.4 lens.

  • @PhillipMcCallum
    @PhillipMcCallum 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love the new vehicles. My uncle drove that model all over Australia. Great photos ,thanks for your time

  • @samuelmatossantiago5108
    @samuelmatossantiago5108 9 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic clase y elegante como siempre..!! Saludos desde Gran Canaria..

  • @thomasenzmann8852
    @thomasenzmann8852 9 месяцев назад +1

    Very nice picture. I love your work. What old trucks. Regards from Germany. Thomas

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks Thomas. One's a Morris Commercial. The other is a Mercedes Benz 1418.

  • @michaelsaltsman7550
    @michaelsaltsman7550 8 месяцев назад +1

    another beautiful Video stunning images Im from England but was lucky enough to visit Perth and Margeret River in Jan 2020 the skies blew my mind i don't get to see really dark skies as i live very close to Manchester

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 9 месяцев назад +1

    What a beautiful scene! It seemed like a really relaxing morning of nightscaping - great images, Richard. Love that you have the dedication and professionalism to capture some b-roll of driving off, despite everything in you saying “please get back to bed!”.

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Haha, yes it's always a struggle to get that final finishing shot . .I have to make sure it's 20 seconds long usually ...!!!

  • @inefekt
    @inefekt 9 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic video and images Richard. It's interesting you chose to shoot the foregrounds first given the time restraints but all worked out great in the end.

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks again for watching. In the example of the first truck. I shot the sky shots first as I stacked them from the original tripod mounted location. That one isn't a tracked sky. Then I light painted the foreground. In the second example I shot the foreground with the intention of using a tracked sky . .which I had already shot before that.
      Sometimes the sequence shown in the video isn't totally the same as I'm always running around making sure I can get the images first before clouds roll in or conditions change.

  • @GARY1951A
    @GARY1951A 9 месяцев назад +2

    Wow. Richard what incredible images!! LOVE the old trucks!

  • @HarshAtPhotography
    @HarshAtPhotography 9 месяцев назад +1

    Another spectacular adventure. Your energy and passion for night photography is so infectious.👌

  • @steveschnetzler5471
    @steveschnetzler5471 9 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, always a pleasure. You were not eaten by bugs, that is good. I guess the cold helped. Thanks.

  • @thanosbistolas6903
    @thanosbistolas6903 9 месяцев назад +1

    Always great to see these pieces of art from you Richard, excellent work!!

  • @jiffijoff9780
    @jiffijoff9780 9 месяцев назад +2

    Beautiful results, Richard! Thanks for sharing and also to just call it what it is: getting up at 2 in the morning is hard, and countersleepcyclic and it makes people sleepy! So your work is even harder and the results are even more impressive.
    Gosh, I miss the Australian nights and nature...
    Thanks again for taking us with you over and over again, much appreciated!! 😊

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes you're so right about the haziness of the brain .. but I guess I'm somewhat used to it. Thanks again for watching.

  • @waynenanasi7898
    @waynenanasi7898 9 месяцев назад +1

    Richard you never disappoint with your images, I only wish you had more workshops, there so hard to get on. Testimony to your brilliance. Enjoy your work.

  • @joseacarrasm
    @joseacarrasm 9 месяцев назад +1

    Incredible how clear is the Milky Way at your location since the camera you use to film yourself was able to capture it so I guess it might be perceptible with your eyes

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching Jose. Yes the milky way core is very visible to the eyes here in Australia.

  • @JasonLorette
    @JasonLorette 9 месяцев назад +1

    I really need to start looking for things like this in the open fields around here, like 'lone trees' they are hard to find.

  • @marktimonen5359
    @marktimonen5359 9 месяцев назад +1

    Very nice images.. :)

  • @davidmaltby2065
    @davidmaltby2065 9 месяцев назад +1

    Another great video. The final images were both stunning. The Master at it again. Not sure I would like the 2.30am starts though

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Haha, yes I'm not too sure I like those early starts either David. Appreciate you watching.

  • @alandyer910
    @alandyer910 9 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent! I’m heading to Oz this weekend to spend a couple of week doing deep-sky imaging and observing near Coonabarabran, NSW. Looks like the weather could be iffy!

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Good on you Alan. The weather in the central and north eastern parts of Australia has been very iffy for months now. They've had a lot more tropical type rain than normal. Down here in the south we did cop a little taste of that around Christmas time but not much since then.
      I hope you have a wonderful trip.

  • @lesokey6307
    @lesokey6307 9 месяцев назад +1

    I actually like the yellow 3star the best!

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes I was happy with that one as well Les. There used to be lots of those machines on the country roads around here.

    • @lesokey6307
      @lesokey6307 9 месяцев назад +1

      As a guide for planning - can you estimate or tell us how many degrees above the horizon Photo Pills may say the Milky way Core is in the Yellow truck shot please?
      @@nightscapeimages.richard

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      I use Stellarium to work that stuff out. I only use Photopills to check an alignment in daytime using the augmented reality feature. Stellarium gives exact compass references but it's not so good on site . .I prefer the desktop version.@@lesokey6307

  • @sookephotographyadventures
    @sookephotographyadventures 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great video and fantastic images Richard. It’s never easy getting up at that time of morning (really the middle of the night) but it sure pays off when you have good conditions and interesting subjects. I really need to find a way to get down to Australia and on one of your workshops!

  • @rowlandspear4061
    @rowlandspear4061 9 месяцев назад +1

    Wow!

  • @zygmuntziokowski7877
    @zygmuntziokowski7877 9 месяцев назад +1

    Richard, I enjoy your video, very educational and the photos are awesome. The "V" mount didn't seem to work for me. I couldn't get the camera and the "V" mount to stay open. I am glad it works for you.

  • @ericwilkes1840
    @ericwilkes1840 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great images as always Richard, wonderful to see the core in all its glory again. But a lens warmer in Feb in Australia 😂😂😂 what’s our weather doing to us. At least it probably meant the bugs were not to bad.😁

  • @colintraveller
    @colintraveller 9 месяцев назад +1

    Top Drawer

  • @marshysterrs1011
    @marshysterrs1011 9 месяцев назад +2

    Великолепно Сэр Ричард !

  • @roycejohnson929
    @roycejohnson929 9 месяцев назад +1

    Another fantastic set of images Richard, I have learnt so much from your Videos and keep watching them over and over ! Your phone setup for the Star Tracking works a treat. I have down an App for leveling my Tripod called Bubble Level, it has a quite large bubble to make it easier to level ! Also on another RUclipsrs channel he mentioned about Photpills having a Northern Star centering, you go to spot stars, put in your camera and lens etc then press the AR at the bottom of the page. Have tried it during the day and yes its easy to setup ! Many thanks for your helpful and very thorough Videos. Cheers from NZ

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for your kind encouraging words Royce. I've tried photopills spot stars. . but it's not as accurate as sky safari I reckon. But it will get you close.

    • @roycejohnson929
      @roycejohnson929 9 месяцев назад +1

      I do use sky safari after watching one of your earlier Videos, this just came while watching another milkyway shooter. Cheers

  • @dw.in.michigan
    @dw.in.michigan 9 месяцев назад +1

    Both images were great, but I do prefer the one that wasn't yellow.
    Will you be reviewing the new Laowa 10mm F2.8 lens?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for tuning in Derek. At this stage I haven't got a copy of the Laowa lens. I reckon it may be a bit wide for my taste,

  • @ElevatedThreat
    @ElevatedThreat 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love those old truck images. My thought on you being careful not to wake the farmer's family is, do you ever get approached by the police when you are making these photographs?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      I've never seen any police out where I go. But I do keep an eye open for any approaching traffic.

  • @jefferyrobbins3468
    @jefferyrobbins3468 9 месяцев назад +3

    Awesome images. Question: is it still necessary to stack sky photos given how good denoise algorithms are in Adobe LRC or in other noise reduction software? Thanks for your input. Kind regards

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +2

      You should check out last weeks video. There are other reasons besides noise reduction to stack images. It increases the signal to noise ration which gives more detail in an image as well. Same thing that tracking does also.

  • @marvinspates924
    @marvinspates924 9 месяцев назад +2

    Hi Richard, another awesome video!!! I have another crazy question for you! I noticed a lot of light pollution on the horizon to the bottom right, and a little on the left side!!! About how far are those cities from your shooting location??? When does light pollution messing up your photos??? I could even see the light reflecting off the clouds. Lol and your photos still have good contrast. Do you process differently for light pollution, compared to a black sky with no light pollution??? Thank you for your awesome help!!!👍👍👍🇺🇲

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for watching Marvin. This is minor light pollution . .the town on the left is about 1 hours drive away and medium size. The town on the right is about 30 minutes drive away but a much smaller village. The location of this shoot is classified as Bortle 2 so the light pollution isn't overly affecting the sky at all. It will light up the clouds a bit but I actually like that look.
      Also mild light pollution can actually add a nice background glow to a foreground subject .. I use that all the time in my images. When I process these images I'm always careful not to blow out that lit portion of the sky.
      PS: I never shoot in heavily light polluted areas.

    • @marvinspates924
      @marvinspates924 9 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for the info!!! You are always very helpful!!! I'm weighing my options of driving 3 1/2 hours to get to a location that has zero light pollution, or a 1 1/2 drive and have all of the light pollution behind me. This would give very little light pollution looking to the southeast!!! I'm going to give it a try to see what I get!!! It will be my first attempt sense learning how to do this from your awesome videos!!!! Thank you so much!!!👍👍👍🇺🇲

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      I hope it goes well. @@marvinspates924

  • @RobGaleSpecialVideos
    @RobGaleSpecialVideos 9 месяцев назад +2

    Good morning Richard. Super photos, can you confirm were these foregrounds shot with the Astro mod camera as well? Have a great day!

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks Rob. Yes this was all shot with the astro mod camera. I've found that using the 1/2 cto gel covered torch does well .. LED light panels not so good. Just working through the colour temps that suit with them.

    • @RobGaleSpecialVideos
      @RobGaleSpecialVideos 9 месяцев назад +1

      Awesome thanks for explaining, be nice to just use the one camera. @@nightscapeimages.richard

  • @tntbuffalogaming
    @tntbuffalogaming 8 месяцев назад +1

    How long do you usually spend on a shoot? How many minutes or hours is set up?
    I guess how do you Location scout or plan out your shoots as well?
    I've really enjoyed your videos over the years. Thanks for sharing your insights!!

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much for your great support. I spend many hours driving around looking for compositions during the daylight hours. I mark them in my gps for future opportunities. I'm usually looking for subjects that face the right way to line up with the milky way or other subjects in the sky I want to have in the background.
      If I wasn't shooting videos of my adventures it would be very quick to get setup and ready to shoot. And also the shoot itself would be pretty quick. I like to shoot multiple targets in a night if I can, as you would have seen from my many videos.

  • @YoBroz-ix5rq
    @YoBroz-ix5rq 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you Richard for the pictures! It’s a great idea to label the items of your equipment.
    I just got me a new Star Adventurer GTI to get better payload options compared to my MSM tracker. So do you never use the counter weight on your 2i? Is it just not necessary with your camera?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching. Yes I'll use the counterweight if I'm using a very long focal length camera . .for example shooting the moon etc . .but I hardly ever use that lens.

  • @kerrykroberts7809
    @kerrykroberts7809 8 месяцев назад +1

    As always, love your images Richard! How much difference in noise do you see in say, 20 stacked sky images, verses a single image on a tracker? Thanks! Still waiting for you to come out to California to visit several parks! Kerry

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks as always for your great support Kerry. To be honest I think 20 stacked and tracked shots for these type of images is way overkill and completely unnecessary. As you would have probably seen of my work over the past couple of years, I often choose to shoot single tracked sky shots because they come up so well.
      Most people don't see much difference anyway and I'm certainly not a pixel peeper.
      Maybe one day to sunny California ..!!!

  • @NildoScoop
    @NildoScoop 9 месяцев назад +1

    👏👏

  • @johncarter591
    @johncarter591 9 месяцев назад +2

    You notice much difference between f2.2 and f2.8? I think the main difference is just less vignetting

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +2

      Yes you're probably right John. That's why I like to use good quality lenses. I've been shooting a bit at f1.8 lately. I often add vignettes in post anyway.

    • @johncarter591
      @johncarter591 9 месяцев назад +1

      I love my sigma 40mm because it's got no issues in the corners even wide open at f1.4 but it makes my 20mm look so Terrible in comparison but I love the 20mm field of view ! @@nightscapeimages.richard

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      I think the new Sigma 20mm DG DN is smore similar to your 40mm but it's only Sony mount. @@johncarter591

  • @frankoortwijn
    @frankoortwijn 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hi Richard, I'm watching your video's for a long time now but still have one big question. Do you see the milky way with your naked eye or is it only revealed due to long exposure. In the latter case how is then possible that the stars aren't blown out?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for watching Frank. Here in country Australia the milky way is clearly visible to the naked eye. We have plenty of opportunity to get away from large light polluted cities. As you can see on the live video footage, the stars shine bright.

  • @Mr09260
    @Mr09260 9 месяцев назад +2

    Yes the Milky Way in S Africa is also currently up just before it starts getting light at the moment >> Happened to me last week at Plettenberg Bay 04h00 photography
    g

  • @mistaskate8715
    @mistaskate8715 9 месяцев назад +1

    Nice pictures! Is there a reason for shooting (and i guess somehow stacking) several pictures of the foreground instead of taking one longer exposure of it?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes absolutely. You'll notice the different settings I used to shoot the foreground. This is the basis of what I call my Fine Art Light Painting method. By stopping down the aperture and decreasing the iso I'm creating a very clean and detailed image of the subject. It also displays a very high dynamic range.
      If I shot a long exposure of the foreground I can't control or add the light as I have done here. Also it makes the final edit more constrained as I don't have options to use or not use the various images.
      For a simple foreground you could possibly do it with one exposure but it takes a lot of practice.

    • @mistaskate8715
      @mistaskate8715 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@nightscapeimages.richard Okay. Makes total sense now! How do you stack the foreground images?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      In this example I'm not exactly stacking .. rather I'm blending the foreground images. I have many videos on this procedure. See here: ruclips.net/video/3uXHTmwcaFM/видео.html@@mistaskate8715

    • @mistaskate8715
      @mistaskate8715 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@nightscapeimages.richard That was a great tutorial! Very inspiring! If I now understand you correctly you stack/blend the foreground images only for the artistic lighting purpose, and not at all for noise reduction (like when stacking the milky way)?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  8 месяцев назад +1

      Yes that is correct. By stopping down the aperture and lowering the iso the foreground image is sharp and noise free . .no stacking for noise reduction required. @@mistaskate8715

  • @sleekimagesphotography
    @sleekimagesphotography 9 месяцев назад +1

    Possibly a dumb question here. If it is, I apologize. Is there a difference photographing the milkyway from where you are to the U.S ? The reason I ask is because it looks like you get a bigger, brighter milkyway than I do in the U.S. I typically stack at least 5 images and am typically around 15 sec, 2.8, 6400 iso on a 15-30mm lens. Sometimes I use a 24-70 2.8 lens but I can't get anywhere near your results. We do deal with a fair amount of horizon light pollution, but still I cannot get close

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      That's not a dumb question at all. And the answer is yes indeed. The milky way we see here in Australia rises much higher in the sky and therefore it makes it brighter and easier to see. The other big plus for us here is that it's easier to get away from light pollution into darker skies. This image is shot in Bortle 2 skies looking into Bortle 3 on the horizon. The light pollution you see in this image is from a small town so it's doesn't completely blow out the sky at all.

  • @vurhd
    @vurhd 9 месяцев назад +1

    What torch do you use for light painting?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад +1

      I typically use a LED Lenser P7 series torch. I do attach a 1/2 cto gel to the front to balance out the typically blue LED colour tone. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/44201-REG/Rosco_RS340811_3408_Filter_RoscoSun.html

  • @steveschnetzler5471
    @steveschnetzler5471 9 месяцев назад +2

    Have you ever driven off only to realize you forgot a camera?

  • @alejandrorodriguezfotoyvid4134
    @alejandrorodriguezfotoyvid4134 9 месяцев назад +1

    cuales serian los parametros de camara para fotogrfiar correctamente la via lactea?

  • @christianmichael1970
    @christianmichael1970 9 месяцев назад +2

    first viewer after 38 seconds lol

  • @李倬仁
    @李倬仁 9 месяцев назад +1

    Why do we need to take so many photos of the foreground?

    • @nightscapeimages.richard
      @nightscapeimages.richard  9 месяцев назад

      Well we don't necessarily . .but I wanted to capture all the details of the truck .. because it was a bit wet .. it makes it harder to avoid reflections in the windows, so I took more than normal to avoid that.

  • @arikivanov77
    @arikivanov77 6 месяцев назад +1

    Очень круто! Привет из Якутии

  • @nightskyimages2977
    @nightskyimages2977 9 месяцев назад +2

    I need to come do some shots with you one time and learn some skills from you haha