Benro Polaris & Star Adventurer Mini Giveaway
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Today I want to give you an update on my Benro Polaris journey. I have quite a few new images to share. Also I have an awesome giveaway on the channel.
Sky Watcher Australia and I have joined forces to offer an amazing Star Adventurer Mini Pro Pack to one lucky viewer of the channel.
As well as that I have my much anticipated 2024 Nightscape Calendars available to order. See the link below.
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Thanks for the information library you put out each week. It will be great to see you for your exhibition. Making the drive from Adelaide hills. Cant wait to see some prints up close. Cheers Paul
That's very kind of you Paul. Thanks for watching.
As always your pictures are beyond excellent!! Unfortunately I'm from the United States (Idaho) so I'm not eligible. I'm always impressed with your work.
Thanks heaps for watching Manny
Would love the opportunity to shoot using the skywatcher mini, have only used borrowed equipment previously and would be nice to have my own.
Many thanks for watching.
Hi Richard, I'm fascinated by the night sky and have been trying to capture the Milky Way, I'm trying to emulate some of the stunning images you create - A Star Tracker would be a missing link to help me achieve the wonder I see.
Thanks for your kind words Philip
Wow ! awesome images again Richard, great that your Benro Polaris is getting sorted as it must have been very frustrating not switching on properly. Finally getting some clear nights out here in NZ so getting a bit of practice in with my Sony A7R ii and 20mm lens, purchased a second hand Tracker but it wasn't in the condition that the owner stated but am getting it sorted. The Star Adventurer Mini Pro Pack sounds like like a wonderful gift for someone, it would be nice and light for backpacking up Mount Ruapehu out here. I want to get up there for some shots later in the year. Be over your way 14th October to O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat with the Two Mad Photographers then hire a car and spend two more weeks tripping around the outer Brisbane area as my wife knows it well. I will be purchasing another calendar, the last one was a beaut too ! Cheers
Thanks so much Royce, really appreciate your support.
Wishing you the greatest success on your gallery show my friend! Wish I could attend and have the chance to meet you. One of these days possibly we can have a cuppa & biscuit together. Hope your Polaris issues get straightened out. Those images are look spectacular! 14mm and 85mm are stunning!
I really appreciate that John, thanks heaps.
Hi Richard gr8 to see you again you've got some beautiful shots going on there question dose Bendigo have an art gallery?? You are cleaning out your walls ready for new shots to go up. We are now comming into your quiet time for astro but you are busier than ever.
Thanks again for watching. Yes Bendigo has a few galleries. I'm keeping out of trouble.
Overseas. So no problem I hope someone will have the pleasure to use your giveaway. Still curious about Benro Polaris
Yes it is a curious gadget. I'll continue my testing.
Another great vid Richard we are about to start doing outback trips with our van and a Star Watcher would add another dimension cheers 🍻
Thanks for watching Terry
Would love a mini for its portability and ease of use! Thanks again for all the videos you put out!
Thanks so much for watching.
Hi Richard good to see benro are comming to the party to fix your base
Hey Mate I would really love the Min skywatcher as it would get me out at night more to shoot the Core. I never do enough of it. Have a good one
Thanks heaps for watching Steve
Great photos!
Am overseas (Jakarta), so am not eligible. I am following you because am interested in the B Polaris
Thanks so much for watching my friend
Absolutely stunning pictures! Great work
Greetings from Germany
I very much appreciate you watching.
Another cracking video Richard for Saturday morning start. Thank you Richard and SKywatcher Australia. I would love to get this small tracker to use for my night sky photography..
You're a legend Virat
Beautiful photos, I love your photos Richard, and the Benro Polaris is a great tool, much success for your Photographic exhibition for November
Many thanks indeed Mario
These images are literally out of this world!
I would love a star tracker! Next April I am doing a trip thru central Australia, along the Nulabor then up the west coast. A great opportunity for some dark skies and some spectacular scenery ❤
Thanks so much for watching Lynne. That sounds like a wonderful trip.
Another great. Idea with images that are exquisite
Hi Richard 😊I have been watching your videos on night scape and light painting for some time now and have learnt so much,inspirational! Thank You. A star watcher mini would be a great addition to assist in getting better photos of the night sky 😊PS Totally enjoyed your trip around Tasmania
Thanks again for your great support.
Might have to visit Bendigo a little earlier than planned to catch your exhibition.
November 3-5 2023
Wow, Richard! Your astrophotography is absolutely stunning! The level of detail you capture is mind-blowing. 🌌 With a new star tracker, i imagine the incredible shots I could achieve like yours- so many mesmerizing celestial wonders to share. Keep up the fantastic work! 🔭📷"
Thanks so much for watching.
Thanks Richard for having a RUclips channel based in Australia to start with. I have spent years now being interested in Astrophotography, and have enjoyed watching your channel and following your tutorials on Nightscape Photography. Not only has your channel guided me on the start of my Astrophotography journey, but it has also inspired me to do better, look at compositions more thoughtfully and most of all, enjoy the experience! I have been dealing with some health issues recently as well that had put a stop to my enjoyment of this pastime, but hopefully now after the last procedure, can work on getting back into getting out there. I would definitely be using the Skywatcher Mini to create Milky Way images up here in Northern Qld, as there are many opportunities up here for stunning landscapes with a Milky Way backdrop. The ease of setting up the tracker, as you have demonstrated through your tutorials, makes it a “must have” piece of kit to add to my equipment arsenal! Thanks again for your knowledge and expertise, and keep those travel series videos coming. The Tasmanian adventure recently was fantastic!
Thanks so much for your wonderful support. I hope you get better soon.
Hey Richard, long time viewer (cliche), but I don't comment much as I'm always watching on my appleTV to make the most of the images you & other photography vloggers put up. So I'll take the time to thank you for your content & help pushing me to get out & point my camera upwards to our southern skies. It's just so nice having a southern hemisphere perspective & of course I learn something everyday, & of course being on a Z7ii everything you say is directly applicable to my gear - bonus. Not having any tracking gear at all, of course this would be a huge step up for my images. We love your good mate Will from Skywatcher, very generous of him & you. All the best for your calendar this year, looks great.
Thanks heaps for watching my friend.
I would love to have a SkyWatcher StarAdventurer Mini so that I can take my astrophotography hobby a bit further from home than I currently can. There are so many great spots in NZ to venture to with a portable mount and shoot nighscapes, but currently I don't have the gear to make it possible.
Thanks so much for watching Shaun
@@nightscapeimages.richard I was wondering who Shaun is--my username for reasons I cannot remember now is "shuanglong", Chinese for "pair of dragons". My name is actually James!
Wow, another great show, now having a smaller star tracker would help were I like to go, top of mt Ngungun,wild horse. I have found other trackers way to heave for my hike up these hills. I used a star trackerfor milky way over Burra homestead. May e a workshop with one would help. Calanda time again this year went quick.
Yes time does move quickly doesn't it Phil. Seems like yesterday we were out on the farm.
@@nightscapeimages.richard a great time and good people, good fun
A cracking selection of images Richard, but your big pano @ 9:40 had a real wow factor for me 👏. I'd love to visit your exhibition in Bendigo and meet you in person, but the round trip from here in the UK is a bit of a jaunt! I do hope that you'll get to show us around here on the channel?
Thanks for your kind words Paul
Wow, there are some great shots. Can't wait to get there and get some pictures like that I hope. I know I can't win that tracker. But my camera comes with one built-in. Just starting to play with it now, not too bad. I've been doing one minute, 2 minute and a 1/2.
That's awesome my friend. You'll love The vast Australian skies.
@nightscapeimages.richard Was out last night, just trying to get my system down. Pat for the trip, seem to work out, okay?
gonna upload it to Instagram.
Gorgeous images once again Richard 👌🌌 very generous giveaway but unfortunately I’m in the UK and it’s a bit far to attend your event 😂 some beautiful framed examples, hope it goes well 👍
Thanks as always for watching Garry, really appreciated.
Wow, what a generous offer from Sky Watcher. I would love to be considered for the offer of a Sky Watcher mini, would love to be a little more inspired to get out & take more Astro images & the simplicity, portability & improved functionality of the mini would be perfect for providing this motivation…thanks again Richard
You're very welcome my friend.
Once again Richard , excellent video, I'll get there one day, got the Z9 , Skywatcher adventurer 2i , and, Nikon 20mm soon,
Now, lens warmer, and battery pack next, then , some time down the track, .............. ability :)
Although I bet I have forgotten something ? Oh! software for the Mac
Regards,
Gary
Haha, sounds like you're well on the way there Gary
Love those images and particularly the 85mm ones. Would love the tracker to take longer exposures and lift my results significantly.
Thanks for your great support Dianne.
Hi Richard, I love your videos and have learned a lot. I am getting into Aurora's and Milkyway photography. I particularly like the light painting you have been doing. Thanks for the wonderful videos
I'm really pleased you find the videos helpful Paul. Thanks for watching.
Oh wow! Your photos are stunning. I've just started my astrophotgraphy journey [at 60+] and would love it if my photos looked half as good as yours. Thank you so much for step by step guides. You make it all look so easy. I love experimenting, and even though I'm just starting out in astro, I'd love a Star Adventurer Mini Pro Pack. The possibilities are endless. I would love to do a workshop with you. Now, just to get down from NSW.
Thank you so much for your lovely comments Libby. Just enjoy the journey .. it is a wonderful way to spend your nights under the stars.
Hi Richard, beautiful photos as always - what would I do with a Star Adventurer Mini Pro Pack - spend my nights travelling the back roads of South East QLD and norther NSW with my Canon 90D and Sigma 18-35 f1.8 - so many abandoned farm houses and windmills and beautiful milky way opportunities. All the best for the exhibition. Cheers Peter.
Thanks so much Peter
I'll be getting one of those calendars 😉 I'm taking part in an exhibition in November aswell, my first one, quite nervous
You'll be fine Suzie, well done.
Hey Richard. Love your work. Just starting out and the mount would get the images flying!
Thanks so much for watching Chris
Amazing work. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate the time you take to make these videos.
You're very welcome
wow that pano over the trees along the country road is STUNNING. I'd love to be able to produce something like that.
Thanks so much for watching.
Amazeballs shots. Richard, fantastic quality, will you be using some of those in your exhibition?
Yes quite possibly. I'll have a lot of images in it.
is there any major difference between SAM and star adventurer 2i other payload capacities and a few different rotation speeds in 2i ? which one is more worth two buy if i am getting both in more or less the same price (a difference of 30-50 euros)
They are both very god The 2i is stronger and very reliable. The Mini is small and light weight. 2i is more adaptable to longer focal length lenses.
Awesome Richard.
The Sw mini would be a great addition due to its portability. Love the calendars🤩
Thanks so much Derek
Hi Richard another great video, I especially liked the 85mm images, such great detail. Clear skies 🖖
Thanks Gavin
Looking forward to your exhibition Richard, i’d love to be able to take images half as good as yours. Love these Panorama, if only 🙂. I’ll keep watching and practicing when I can.
Paul
Thanks for watching Paul.
Hi Richard. Thankyou so much for all your amazing videos. You have taught me so much, and I am truly grateful for what you do. I would love the Star Adventurer Mini, so I can get out in the cold South Island of NZ nights and get the results you get !! Thanks heaps. Nick.
I really appreciate that Nick.
YES my friend, I can see how you suffering from only being able to photograph in a bordle class 4 environment (from your house) and you tell that to someone who lives in a class 7 zone. I don't even want to get all gloomy. It could be worse. 😂😂😂
But excellent shots as always. Simply superb. Greedings from Switzerland.
Thanks so much for watching my friend. There are large portions of Australia that have very little light pollution and I feel blessed every day for that fact.
Once again thanks for sharing your knowledge and images. A Skywatcher Mini would be great to obtain better images of the Milky Way.
Thanks Alfredo
Hi Richard , your work is just outstanding. Pano is just amazing . You videos are very educational and inspirational . It motivates me to go out . Star Adv Mini seems like a cool compact device- very using to carry around and would definitely improve my photography.
You should plan to do Astro workshop in NZ too .
Thanks
I very much appreciate your kind comments.
Your photography has driven me to want to shoot nightscape absolutely love your work ... I would use this tracker to up my game ... keep up the awesome work!
Thanks so much for watching.
Beautiful images, as always! Unfortunately, I live in California so don't qualify for give-a-way, but would had used it so I could use an 85mm in which I would have to do pans. Did you use the star reduction software in your image of the windmill? Love it and thinking on buying the software! Let me know when you come out to California, we can go out to Mono Lake, Death Valley and Alabama Hills! Chow!
Thanks as always for your kind comments Kerry. Yes I did use StarXterminator on those shots.
Planning on doing a lap of Tasmania in May 2024 and the Star Adventure Mini would be an amazing tool to capture our amazing night sky’s. My first spot would be from the southern tip of Tassie.
You'll love Tasmania .. I certainly did.
Well done Richard, another great video. Looking forward to your upcoming exhibition in Bendigo. Also a shout out to the Star Adventurer Mini reps for donating said tracker for a lucky person to win. I've only just dabbled in Astro photography shooting single images but would love to use a tracker. Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much for tuning in.
I'm doing astrophotography for a few years as a hobby. I learned a lot from your channel.
I mainly love the challenge of overcoming gear's limits! A tracker would keep me busy for months! And hopefully I can take some good shots with it.
Thanks for runnings this channel!
You're very welcome, I appreciate your comments.
Hi Richard, as always, great video. I was out with friends on the weekend shooting the milky way south of Canberra. One friend actually had a Sky Watcher mini setup and allowed me to use my camera on it. The clarity achieved was amazing. I would love a Sky Watcher mini myself to be able to take my astro photography to the next level.
Thanks so much for watching Mark
I've been recently thinking of "upgrading" to a star tracker so that I won't have to carry my HEQ5 Pro and it's tripod, the 5kg counter weight, a car battery, and my camera gear to my shooting locations. Most of the time I am literally tethered to my car when shooting tracking shots because I need a 12 volt cigarette lighter for powering the mount. Those little star trackers would give me something I don't possess in my astrophotography.... portability.
Yes portability is key to really enjoying these "in the field" adventures. Thanks for watching.
Awesome pictures, and thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge through your videos. With a tracker, I could try to take my photos to the next level. Thanks
Many thanks for watching.
I'm now 75 so minimising the weight of camera gear I take with me to dark sky sites in Western Australia is becoming critical. I currently use a Sony A7iii to with 14mm lens to photograph the night sky but I'm limited to stacking 15s images which I've printed for my own display or entered in photographic competitions. I now want to image deep sky objects but a tracker is essential with longer lenses. Hence I have been investigating SeeStar and Dwarf II as alternatives but I fear the low pixel counts would limit their appeal when printed at A3 size. Only since July have I started looking at the Star Adventure range and the small, compect size of the Star Adventurer Mini or the GTi appear the limit of my budget. Winning one for free would be an even greater budget stretcher! Mike.
Thanks Mike, appreciate you watching.
I've always wanted to be able to perform tracked imaging. The Mini would allow me to emulate some of your amazing shots. I love your work so much
Thanks so much for watching Andrew
Thank you Richard for such fantastic videos, and I absolutely love your photos. I have never thought about star trackers, I thought it would be too hard. But watching your videos you have inspired me to improve and maybe explore getting a star tracker. It would be lovely to own one and improve my night photography. Thank you.
I'm really pleased to hear that Suzanne. Thanks for watching.
Hi Richard, what an excellent giveaway from SkyWatcher, and yourself. I'd love to win this, but even if I don't, I'm sure whomever does will get amazing use out of it. I currently live in the middle of Australia, in Tennant Creek, and wow, the night skies are epic out this way. I've been playing with astro photography a few years, it's something I enjoy, but when I want to see amazing images, or gwt inspired to keep having a go, I reckon your channel is the only place I ever look. Cheers again for the many educational and inspirational vlogs
Thanks so much for your great support.
Hi Richard, your photos just seem to get better and better! The panos were terrific, I am glad that you are getting to grips with the Benro Polaris. I now wish I lived in Australia, then I could visit your exhibition and maybe win a SA ( I already have one, so it's not so bad ). I was surprised to hear you use MS ICE, I used this in the past and found it to be very good on astro panos but recently I couldn't find it, I thought MS stopped offering it. I recently tried Hugin, also free and works very well. One question to your last photo, I understood this to be a sigle image with tracking for 61s. If so, how did you get the foreground so sharp ? Normally with tracking the foreground is blurred and needs to be taken seperately without tracking.
A couple of days ago I took some nice MW shots in the alps. Tonight I will revisit the location and do a small pano. I will send you the results per PM tomorrow.
Thanks so much for watching as always David. I also heard ICE was discontinued but I found a spot to download it. The foreground is a separate single image.
So hoping to win the star tracker. I think having a star tracker will improve my milky way shots and as I'm planning to go to Tassie next year it would be a great bit of kit to learn. Learning panoramas is something I'm really keen on trying and I've never thought of shooting with my 85mm or 50mm, but after seeing that 85mm photo Richard I am going to give it a go. Regardless if I am the lucky winner or not, at your recommendation I'll definitely be buying one.
Good luck with the exhibition, I'm sure you'll be a huge success. Love your work 😊
Thanks Sharon, that's really kind of you.
Thanks Richard Your videos are always full of information and just love the end results of all the photographs , would love to win the sky watcher pro .
Thanks heaps for watching.
I luv your videos Richard and especially the tutorial videos. I am very early into the learning curve on astrophotography and especially landscape photography. I'm like a kid walking into a candy store, I want to try all new things about this hobby (all the time). I find the learning curve really enjoyable, all the ups and all the downs, so when I go away I want to have a small portable sky tracker unit I can tuck away in my luggage, I'll even sacrifice clothing space to get it in, ha.. Happy Days Ahead!!
Thanks so much for watching Karl
Hi Richard,
With watching your channel over the last few years I know it’s not really about the gear, it’s about the stars and that’s where your passion and excitement for our wonderful Southern Hemisphere skies shines through. The SkyWatcher Star Adenturer Mini would be a valuable addition to my Astro kit bag as the tracker I have used for the last three years can be very temperamental like the Benro you mentioned and I’d be really happy to have the SkyWatcher Mini tracker to help my workflow.
As always I very much appreciate you watching Carl.
Hi Richard, awesome tracked shots. I thought Tassie was fabulous but outdone by your own backyard. Would love the opportunity to try a tracking mount for my bush trips out west 😎
Thanks for watching.
G,day Richard, I would like to use a star tracker over river landscape as I love images of rivers at night, however I'm not sure if I'm tech savvy enough to use it LOL.
I will be going to your exhibition and looking forward to seeing your work up close.
Haha, I'm sure you'd be tech savvy enough Brad ..!!!
What a wonderful offer. I would love to advance my night sky photography here in New Zealand. I am up to stacking and star trails but would love to start real tracking to get the most out of my images. All the best for your exhibition - your images are amazing and so inspirational.
I very much appreciate your comments, thanks for watching.
Thank you for the offer for this giveaway! I have just started exploring astrophotography and would definitely use this to continue my development. I just mapped all of the spots that you visited in SA for inspiration and am planning a trip to visit some of the spots to continue to develop my skills. Would love to have this to bring on the trip. Thank you for the inspiration and the videos.
Thanks for watching Adam, really appreciate it.
I would love to win the Star Adventurer Mini Pro Pack cos I can't afford a Benro Polaris 🤣. Plus it's probably easier to use for someone who has never had a tracker before.. I'm not sure I would be game enough to get in the same paddock as cows, but that's a ripper shot!! I would love for you to do a bit of a tutorial on your editing process with the Polaris images, in particular stitching it all together..I might see you in November!
Thanks heaps Carmel. I shot the cow image over the fence ..!!!
Hi Richard! If I won, I’d try and capture some long exposures of the Milky Way from around Castle Hill in the South Island of NZ! It’s a great location, so let me know if you want to come and take a look some day.
Thanks so much for watching.
Great video Richard. Very generous of Sky Watcher and you to give away a Mini Pro Pack. It will make a great addition to someone's "astro toolbox". Look forward to finding out your exhibition dates as a drive down could be on the cards. I am impressed with what you have been doing with the Benro. Hope you get the unit back soon. Cheers
Thanks so much Tony. Exhibition is November 3-5 2023
Amazing collection of images well done and I’m sure the exhibition will be a huge success. The Star adventurer Mini, I would love I’m my kit for its ease of use and portability to fit in the bag when getting to those dark unique locations.
Good on you Alan, yes the Mini is awesome.
Love watching your videos Richard. The inspired me to start trying untracked nightscapes with some light painting with a second hand 14mm Samyang and an old EOS 60d. So rare we get the opportunity to participate in competitions down under! and i would love to have the opportunity to play with a star tracker!! Thanks for all the tutorials, they really give some nice tips to get started in this hobby. Fingers crossed !!
Thanks so much for watching Dean, really appreciate it.
Hi Richard, have been watching your channel for a few years now. Really enjoy them, especially your trips around Tasmania. It was your videos that prompted me to do one myself. I've been trying my hand at astro photography on and off for some time with some success, but living on the east of Melbourne means I need to travel a fair distance to get dark skies. The Star adventurer mini would give me more options when it comes to nightscape photography
Thanks so much for watching David, really appreciated.
Light weight, compact and versatile. Star tracking for improved night sky’s with the ability to bring some automation to panoramic stitching day or night and perhaps even panning in Timelapse all make this very desirable to both improve and reinvigorate my photography.
Yes it's great, thanks for watching.
Hey Richard, although I’m Tassie biased, the mounted photo’s you showed the second one is one of my favourites. Love it, wish I could get to the exhibition. Fantastic offer for the giveaway the star adventurer mini, quite amazing, be beautiful to get those nice stacked images with great detail. To this point I’m a one shot wonder, be a great addition to the kit 😃
Thanks as always for your ongoing support Jeff.
Great as always Richard. I had my 1st attempt at a multi row panorama with the Polaris a few nights ago and suspect it was a total failure due equally in part to my lack of knowledge about it and issues with the unit itself. To be fair, once it was working, it did a great job but getting it to that stage took me about 3 hours of struggling. I got a good straight untracked pano but by that time the MW had set. Still, it was all about learning the mistakes so time well spent resulting in nothing. 😊 I think the Sky Adventurer would give me a more reliable result and longer shutter speeds.
Thanks Levin. The problem with the Polaris is that it has so many quirks depending on the camera connected to it. The only reason I would use it compared to the SA Mini is to do automated tracked panoramas . .other than that I'm not sure it's worth the hassels ...!!!!
G'day Richard.
Great images, big fan fan your work. I used to be based in Shepparton and if I knew you where in Bendigo I would have come and checked out your work there.
Having the mini would be a great addition to my kit. I currently use the star adventurer 2i for deep sky astro and when I want to do any nightscapes I can be a pain to dismantle everything and pack it all down to transport it all to a location. That being said I have recently started my own photography website and I want to add more nightscape images of my local area to add to and promote my website. The mini I guess would help streamline the acquisition of those shots.
Keep up the good work and clear skies.
Thanks for checking out the video Dean, really appreciate it.
Marvellous images as usual Richard. Glad to hear the calendar is out, I’ll put my order in for a couple again this year. Thanks.
Thanks so much Brad.
The Star Adventurer would be a lovely upgrade on my homemade Barn Door tracker, better than turning the screw to try to keep the stars in the middle. Good luck to the winner.
Haha, yes I remember those days as well Bob.
Hi Richard, your channel has been a great help when I get out of the city to indulge my photography. Winning the Benro Polaris would be a great tool for getting those panoramic shots. I really struggle to manually pan and stitch the images. Someone will be a lucky winner!
Thanks so much for your support Brian
Richard - You have great shots of the Milky Way from your Benro Polaris. My buddy in Las Vegas has had his for awhile and frankly the performance was not great and it took several software updates to get it to work properly. Your photos are inspiring. I hope to make it to your part of the world soon.
Thanks so much for watching Joel. The Polaris can be quite fickle . .it needs to be treated with kid gloves sometimes.
Thank you for the inspirational work you do , information loaded videos that are so easy to follow . It’s so nice to get the mojo back and feel excited about trying something new ! Definitely would love to give tracking a go and see new possibilities of what it can offer , nothing better than a new learning curve :)
I appreciate your support my friend. Unfortunately the competition has concluded.
Hi Richard I truely love your work and it has really inspired my photography especially during the covid period. I would love to take my night scape images to a whole new level with a star tracker and feel the Star adventurer mini would be the perfect fit for my adventures at night.
I love your work and hope to travel from Sydney to see your exhibition 👍
Thanks Anthony, I really appreciate your support.
Richard, would love to win the mini tracker so I can add an extra dimension to my photography. Love your work
Thanks so much Glen
You have inspired me to look up to the stars and try to capture the beauty, hopefully with a Star Adventurer Mini I can capture it for more than 20 seconds👌
Thanks so much for watching.
Hey mate, another great video, I've been using the move shoot move for a while now and would love the massive upgrade to the sky watcher mini pro! Keep up the great work 🙌🙏
Many thanks for watching.
Good on you Richard. I love the prints you showed. I would certainly love the star tracker to be able to get easily noise free shots. I have been enjoying taking night shots and am greatly encouraged by your videos.
I really appreciate you watching Colin
Hi Richard
I thoroughly enjoyed your recent Tasmanian adventures and hope to get there one day myself
I think adding a Sky Adventurer Mini to my kit would be a great advantage to getting better astro photos and hopefully a step closer to the fantastic images you create
Thanks so much David
You have got the Polaris mastered Richard in these images. Excellent results with all of the lenses. 👍😎👌
Thanks so much Geoff. It's still away at present. .so the wait is on.
I would love to see your exhibition; can you create a post showing us who are not in Australia? I just purchased my calendar!!
Thanks so much for watching. The exhibition will be in Bendigo, Central Victoria
I recently did a workshop to learn Milkyway & Star Imagary at Bald Rock & Girraween and I have to admit I am hooked . I am good at single shot images but would love to extend to tracking the star to create amaing images . It is an amazing new passion .
Yes it sure can be addictive .. my advice is to enjoy and embrace the journey along the way.
Hi Richard, would love to have that Sky watcher star adventurer mini to take on the road to image the night sky and put what i have learned from you over the years into practice. Cheers Peter...
Thanks so much for watching Peter
Been looking to move forward with my astro and get a tracker. Your videos have been helpful too thank you!
I appreciate you watching Tim
hi< i have watched every eposode you have ever made. i would love to track the night sky and try my own hand at what you have achived. a tracker would change my life. Thank you for all your totorials.
simon.
That's very kind of you Simon, thank you.
Stunning images Richard. Don't put me in the draw for the mini mate as I brought one a month or so ago and it's been one of the best investments I've made for my photography. Can't wait to catch up next month can I bring a couple of beers?
You're a legend Rob. You can bring a couple of drinks if you like mate.
Loving your videos Richard. Would love to use a sky tracker on some of the old homesteads and huts around Canberra and into the dark national parks
Good stuff Dave, thanks for watching.
Loved the story and images as usual. Thank you for keeping us updated. I would love to be able to take tracked skies. The Benro sounds exciting, but I would not contemplate a purchase of one until the issues people are having have been resolved as it would be such a big layout in money for me. Wishing you well with your exhibition which I would love to see but of course being in NZ that won't be possible. Till next time thanks again Richard.
Thanks for your great ongoing support Les.
Wow, what a wonderful prize. For me it is all about trying to take my nightscape photography to the next stage, yes I have a long way to go and lots to learn
We are all on a learning curve David.
would love the tracking mount, i have been researching barn door DIY solutions but not too impressed with the work involved and my ability to make one. im in Brisbane northside and i really want to get some tracked night shots of the glasshouse mountains. thanks Richard for all your videos that inspire all of us to give it a go.
Thanks so much for watching.
@@nightscapeimages.richard also ordered one of your wonderful calendars..
Thank you @@spud4242