Magellanic Clouds Nightscape Photography
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Today we continue my series on what to shoot in the night sky when there isn't any milky way core. The subject of todays video is Magellanic Clouds Nightscape Photography.
I went looking for a foreground that I felt could give some impact to these magnificent celestial subjects. Eventually I made my way to the quaint little Central Victorian town of Maldon. The old Beehive Gold Mine is a favourite spot of mine and I decided upon featuring the chimney which dominates the landscape there.
The Magellanic Clouds are galaxies found in the Southern Hemisphere and they are certainly a favourite for me to shoot. Where I live they never set below the horizon so are wonderful all year round subjects in the night sky.
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The second shot is incredible Richard a certain Portuguese explorer would be very proud!
Haha, yes I think you're right Carl
Spectacular shots, particularly the Magellanic Cloud pano. I’m always impressed by the extra artistic touches the old builders added to their industrial structures.
Yes I agree. These old structures are beautiful.
G'day Richard. Thanks mate, up to your usual standard. Looking forward to your next.
Thanks very much John
Always great to get home and see you have uploaded another video. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge ans stunning photos.
I'm pleased you like it Michael
Stars in stars
Thanks for watching
Thanks again Richard for this inspiring video
You're very welcome Jan, thanks for watching.
What a chart topper top 100,thanks for your time again. Finally up and around again been near 2 months have a great scar ,back to work this week with a little luck
Good on you Phillip . .hope you're back into it soon mate.
These may well be the ve and well-presented clips on You Tube. THANK YOU!
That's very kind of you to say Phillip, thanks a lot for watching.
Awesome work Richard, thank you for sharing, always love your outtings
Thanks a lot really appreciated.
Thankyou for the great calander
I'm glad you like it Phillip
Another great video Richard. Very informative as always, look forward to your next video.
I'm really pleased you like it.
Brilliant info Richard. Those magellanic clouds looked fantastic. You are right, they do show randomly in my limited astro photos I've taken. Love that old chimney stack, great subject. They are like jewels in the sky for sure in your pics. Awesome video as always Richard, thanks for sharing 👍🙏
Thanks heaps Adrian. I've been past that chimney many times and thought I needed to get back to it sometime.
Great set of videos and another inspiring video - thanks for taking us along.
Thanks a lot for coming along for the ride Three-phase.
thanks for your stunning videos and tutorials, happy holidays!
I very much appreciate you watching Michael. Thanks so much.
when i see you video i push the like button, then begin to watch it)) as usual incredible shots!
That's very kind of you Valeriy.
Thank you Richard,i envy yours Magellanic clouds on the southern hemisphere. Maybe one day at your place :-)
Thanks a lot Peter. Yes we certainly treasure them down here.
So beautiful 🤩 again !
Over here, no skies at all, just clouds and this has been going on for many days, unfortunately! Right now, it’s snowing and -9C
😘😘😘
Never mind. It's really hot here today .. 37 deg Celcius.
@@nightscapeimages.richard
Beautiful sky expected tonight but -31C
A little chilly 🥶 😂
Am going to Chile in 10 days. Been thinking about the Megallanic clouds, so very appreciative of this video. TX very. Orion uh? Great idea.
Thanks a lot for watching my friend. I hope you enjoy Chile.
Being in the northern hemisphere I am certainly envious of the views you get in the southern part of the planet, especially the Magellanic Clouds. I visited Australia in 2016 for a couple of weeks, but never noticed them, mainly because I was staying in Melbourne I suppose. Plus I didn't know to look for them as I had never heard of them. I did stay one night in Wilson's Promontory, which would have likely been ideal, but it it was a bit cloudy as I recall. Thanks for sharing, Richard!
Thanks so much for watching Robert. Yes you'd get a great view of them from Wilsons Promontory.
Another very enjoyable adventure Richard, thanks so much for all your extra work atm 👏👏👏. Having learned so much from your processing videos, I'd love to see how you go about compositing your tracked sky shots in the studio...
Thanks a lot Paul. I will look at that in a future video for sure.
Awesome images!
Thanks a lot Joe
Takes me back to 1998 when, after crossing the Nullarbor on a train, I saw the Magellanic clouds through my 7x50 binoculars; over my relo's place in Dublin (60km north of Adelaide).
While noticing that the Sun arched right to left across the Northern side of the sky; and Orion was 'upside-down'; I also saw what they call 'the jewel box' - a multi-coloured open star cluster that was just lovely (nothing like it in my Scottish skies) - maybe you will treat us to that shot sometime Richard.
Best
JP
Thanks so much for watching my friend. Yes it's usually the thing most international travellers notice about the Southern night sky .. not to mention how bright it is out there in the middle of nowhere. Appreciate your comments.
Great shots Richard if I could afford it I would show up on your doorstep !!!
Haha, good on you Jeff. I'll put a rum ball out there for you ...!!!
I'm loving all the content you're managing to upload. You must be busier now than ever before?! I did manage to capture the Megallanic clouds a couple of years ago from New Zealand. They were my very first shots of the stars, and they got me hooked. It's a shame they're hidden from us all in the northern hemisphere, but at least they provide a good reason for a return visit to your part of the world sometime soon, I hope :-)
Thanks very much Simon. Yes I am very busy at the moment.
Wow mate your shots look fantastic. Awesome video
Thanks a lot Brad. I dropped in to the Campaspe Wier this arvo on the way home .. nice spot.
@@nightscapeimages.richard it sure is mate. I hope you have a night out there you will make it look amazing I'm sure.
Absolutely awesome shots! Well Done! Guess I'll have to book that trip to Australia soon to capture these beauties. Thanks for posting this Richard.
It's worth the trip I reckon ... !!! Thanks again for watching.
Oh stop it Richard!!! Now l am going to want a bloody tracker and l really don't need more gear 🤣 l really don't think l have the time or patience but after this video l can clearly see the benefits (quietly telling myself l don't NEED one!) Love what you achieved with these, your a magician indeed 🙂
You're very kind Leigh. I'm not all that skilled in deep sky stuff at all but I do like the longer perspective achievable with these things.
Thanks Richard another interesting video without the Milky Way core. These old industrial buildings do make interesting foregrounds. The pano concept worked well and I was eagerly awaiting some tips on how you processed and blended them in Photoshop and then you told us. Oh yes I still use CS6 so I'm way behind on sky replacement software. It's another dark wet day in the UK so nice to see you out in the summer warmth
Thanks a lot for watching Peter. For daytime landscape I'm not a fan of sky replacement tools but I think when using a tracker you have to blend the sky in anyway so it becomes a legitimate option.
Haha, MilkyWay has an exclusive right to be talked about in every video of yours, Richard. Well done! Absolutely loved the Panos - keep them videos coming
Thanks so much for watching Nikhil .. yes it's too hard to resist ..!!!
One day I will capture them! Great shots!
All good mate ... you just need a trip south ..!!!
@@nightscapeimages.richard one day!!
Hi Richard, when I complained in one of my last emails that I miss the nice objects to photograph in my area, I'm now sure that with your lightpainting you could even make a great picture from any wastebin or even garbage. :-) So somehow I have to learn it too. Somehow. Great video as always.
Thanks so much Matthias ... sometimes it takes a fair amount of imagination.
Thank you for another informative video Richard. You answered my question about how you got the tracked sky images into the background of the chimney by using Photoshop's new sky replacement feature. Well done and much appreciated.
You're welcome Bob. Yes I'm giving it a try. It's worked well so far.
Beautiful photos! At 2:35, 2:45 and 11:07 you can also see 47 Tucanae (that "white dot" very close to the Small Cloud), the second brightest globular cluster after Omega Centauri 👍
Thank you so much for watching Edgardo, much appreciated.
Richard, I rarely came across a channel where you can tell the Photographer is so Passionate, yet, keeping it simple for us, amateur to appreciate, funny enough you mentioned about being in the North hemisphere, yes, we do miss out tye Majestic view of the Magellanic clouds, Great Job by the way impressive, you got a new follower on the book now from the north emisphere.
Thank you very much for your kind words Francesco, I certainly appreciate your support.
@@nightscapeimages.richard you are not just a great photographer, but also, the most responsive RUclipsr I ever come across, the more I find out about your work the more I get inspired by you, thank you so much...I heading to your website now.. lets's what wonders are there for us..lol..
@@francescopianese9785 Thanks again Francesco
I saw the Magellanic clouds in the sky on the weekend and I thought to myself it looks like someone has but there thump prints on the sky. You captured some awesome images of the beehive mine. Maldon is such a gem of a town, I want to capture the mount tarrengower lookout just have to figure out how to light it.
Thanks a lot for watching Brett. Yes I haven't been up to that tower for ages.
I love your problem solving skills and creativity., Richard. Always so informative and entertaining. Well done!
I always appreciate your comments Chris, thanks so much for watching.
Impressive as usually Richard..great images even without MW core in the sky. Love your focal length blend which open an all world of opportunities.
Many thanks and keep safe.
Thanks so much Zarcos. Appreciate your comments.
Nice one.
Thanks a lot Gavin
Now I understand, I have seen those Magellanic clouds many times and thought they were actual clouds. So now next time out I'll take some super close photos with the 2000mm lens on the Nikon P900. might just try to stack the images with my Nikon D 3500 with Samyang F2.8 14mm and I'll just see what kind of foreground I can Light Paint. Every video you upload fills my head with more and more ideas for the Big Wet Season Cheers
Good on you Rick. I think it's always good to stretch the creative boundaries. I'll be keen to see how you go.
Hi Richard,
great video once again
and thanks for the midweek bonus dose of nightscapes
Although I do not use lightroom. I use ACDSEE I am interested in this sky replacement stuff
Greetings Steffen
Thanks a lot Steffen, yes it is very interesting.
Cool video, thank you so much For providing a kid friendly Video.
My pleasure, thanks so much for watching.
Hope you got a chance to get some Geminids. Cloudy for the last two days here. New moon and then here come the clouds 🙄. Still one of my favorite places to learn is this channel.
Thanks so much for looking Bruce. I did an all nighter for the Geminids .. I'm not yet sure if I captured any though .. Video to come next week.
Alright, Richard? I'll try this... and also the Andromeda galaxy. It´ll be quite a challenge.
Thanks for watching Alex. The Andromeda galaxy is very low down close to the northern horizon down here where I am.
You are blessed with some dark skies for sure! I'd love to see something about how you deal with areas where there might be some great subject matter, but bad short-range light pollution like from lamp posts. Also, how do deal with brighter foregrounds and not-so-dark skies (Bortle 3-4 etc). I'm sure you have a brilliant solution!
Thanks so much for watching. To be honest because I have access to really dark skies I rarely go anywhere near severe light pollution. If a foreground is a little bright then I'll stop down the aperture and lower the iso so it doesn't blow out. Then all I do is vary the intensity of light painting to suit.
Great images, Richard! The Magellanic Clouds are incredible! I won't be able to see them from Dallas Texas USA, but It is on my bucket list to get down to Australia someday and see them in person!
Thanks as always Gary, really appreciated.
As you said in the past you can make a note and return when the core is there. I am sure we will see this chimney again......
Yes I think you are correct Spence ...!!!
the first picture is a super amazing image, I live in Italy and to me to see Orion, Sirius and the Magellanic in a paramaunt nightscape image... it is a wonderful picture that includes a great southern sky map!! thanks a lot Richard, I (I'sorry about my english when not correct).
Your English is fine Armando. Thank you so much for your very kind words my friend.
@@nightscapeimages.richard You are so kind to answer so quickly, God bless you for all your things, my australian friend
@@armandopiscitelli9864 Thank you. You're very welcome.
Beautiful images and great video as always. Apologising to us in the northern hemisphere does nothing to lessen the jealousy, do appreciate the effort though, cheers 👍
Haha, thanks a lot for watching Michael. Always appreciate your comments.
EXO RICHARD VERY INFORMATIVE
Thanks a lot for watching Andrew
Nice video as usuall. Richard could you make a video of how you edit the panoramas? Looking forward to your next nightscape journey
Thanks for watching Rafal. You can check this video: ruclips.net/video/a35gttmohBw/видео.html
@@nightscapeimages.richard Thank you very much Richard. I started watching your channel in 2020 so I have a lot of catching up to do :-)
Great shot Richard. When I first saw the chimney, I couldn't imagine getting it into a shot. The magellanic clouds look great, of course I have never seen them, being in the northern hemisphere.
By the way, next week ( atleast up here ) Jupiter and Saturn will come close together, do you ( or can you ) plan to shoot it ?
Thanks a lot David. Yes the 2 planets will be very close . .also the crescent moon will join them on the 17th. I'll see how I go. I don't have a long telephoto lens at present.
I think you can even make out the Rosette Nebula on that last shot. Great shots overall
Thanks so much for having a look Matt
Richard, all pictures are more than stunning. Would it be worth, thinking about to create a calendar and to sell it?
Thanks so much. I have been producing nightscape calendars for the past 7 years. This year they have all sold out.
Great video and nice way to share the story of the village! Do you know what are those objects at the right of the frame 2:46? Those two bright stars close to the galactic center. Thanks for your content.
Thanks so much for watching. They are planets, Jupiter and Saturn. You may remember they came very close together around the Christmas period.
Very nice picture Richard - especially the Magellanic Cloud. Did you use in-body long exposure noise reduction? or leave that off? Thanks.
Thanks for looking. No I almost always leave that off.
Your Orion is upside down to mine..interesting. Was out last night (-18C) photographing Geminid meteors and have been doing some of the "Conjunction" with more to be done with that. The camera and tripod were both covered in frost after a couple of hours of shooting but there was none on the front element.Thanks.
That's great to hear Guy .. good stuff.
Great stuff Richard! I was up north under a Bortle 1 sky for the Geminids meteor shower last night and was blown away with how prominent the Magellanic clouds are to the night adjusted eye. They are simply stunning! Almost spooky the first video I see in my notifications on turning on my computer tonight is this.
I was planning to get to the Beehive last September, but lock down put a stop to that. I had wondered though about the strength of the localised light pollution given it is in town. Did it present much an issue for your Richard?
Thanks a lot mate. No it's actually pretty dark over there at night. Although as you saw from the video the top of the chimney catches a few street lights, I shot a few Geminids also on Sunday night . .still looking at those. Bortle 1 is good .. I did see you were positioned near some rocks somewhere.
@@nightscapeimages.richard That's great to know Richard, definitely hope to get there next season. I saw your insta post, out at the Keystone mine was it? I was originally thinking I would shoot the silos near there, ended up at Terrick Terrick NP near Mt Hope. Just reviewed all my photos and did not seem to have any of my cameras pointed in the right direction considering what I was witnessing with my naked eye. Almost comically though I was doing some video and commented about missing a large meteor out of frame only to have 3 flash into frame behind me I had not idea about until reviewing the footage.
I'll be keen to see that.
Awesome images once again, so natural. I have a question, when you track, how long do you expose for? Is it harder to do a tracked pano than a normal pano
Thanks so much Suzanne. For tracking it all depends on accurate polar alignment. If it's aligned well then maybe a 2 minute exposure is possible. It is always harder to do tracked panoramas as it's more difficult to keep the camera level and ensure the overlap between images is even.
@@nightscapeimages.richard thanks Richard, going to try and practicing track over the winter, so am ready for milky way season
@@andysuzierawlins5462 I'll be doing more tracking this year as well.
@@nightscapeimages.richard can you do a video on editing tracked shots
I have Maldon on my list of places to shoot in the coming months. Now we are out of lockdown. Would the MW be visible around there in May?
Thanks a lot for watching Ozi Box. Yes you'll see the milky way core in the eastern sky in May.
Just want to start by saying how much I love your videos and how much I have learnt however I have a dilemma that you may be able to help me with I've just upgraded to a Nikon Z6 and want to start with astro and im debating whether to get the nikon 20mm 1.8g or the nikon z 1.8s or even maybe a sigma 20mm 1.4 art did you see any really noticeable difference between the 2 nikon lenses considering the price difference between the 2 lenses
Many Thanks
Thanks for watching. On the Z6 the native Z mount lens is significantly better in every regard. The Z lens is sharper, even wide open and even though it's bigger and heavier it's still not too large. That's probably not helping you but it's a stella lens. I'm not sure I'd put a Samyang on the Z6 . .I haven't had a lot of success with those at all.
@@nightscapeimages.richard thanks very much for replying greatly aprreciated one last question have you had any experience with the sigma 20mm f1.4 art 😁
@@jwmachon1 I've not used it personally but I know a lot of people who own the lens and love it.
Hello, I want to ask about sky trackers, how much they cost, and what of them are good and how to use them? Thank you !
Thanks for watching Linas. I think this video may help you. ruclips.net/video/adM8P_Asd5w/видео.html
How is nicon DX 35mm f1.8 lens? For astrophotography
It's a good lens but 35mm on a DX sensor camera makes composition a bit tight.
On nicon 3500d camera?
I actually have a lot of questions 😅 sorry about that 😅
@@hritteshghosh8545 That's all good.