Moon at the Milky Way
by Luis Argerich
Hi All,
This is a first effort (by me) to show the moon and the Milky in the same shot. It's a single shot at ISO1600 with a 5DII and a 15mm fisheye lens. It shows quite a good part of the southern milky way from Scorpio (bottom) to carina (top) including the southern cross, the coalsack nebula and other objects that astronomers will find fun to locate.
It has several flaws that I plan to improve when I can reshoot, the Milky Way is too dim compared with the moon so I may need to do some exposure blending next time. I also got some Magenta filtering on the right side.
What do you think about this shot? Thanks for the feedback!
Luis
Comments
19 commentsNick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
This is a very interesting photo and I would never have thought you could capture both the moon and stars in the same frame. Really unique and I would be interested in seeing an image that was blended to get more contrast in teh stars.
The reverse vignetting on the edges does draw my eye away from the subject matter though.
Mark: Thank you it's a good point, probably an effect of vignetting correction I might try to leave it off when developing the RAW to make the viewer stay inside the frame.
Ty!
Ty Tony, No filter I guess I was just lucky the lens produced a nice star at F5, the moon was just crescent I think with a full moon It will be probably too bright and create some flares. Thanks a lot for your words!
aF
Stuart Thanks! I'm not sure either I shot from a rural place but even then the sky is never perfect I guess that light from nearby cities contaminate the frame a little in such a wide view. I had to be very careful to frame the shot without incluiding trees, poles and other things near the borders. Anyway I'm not totally sure.
Personally I'm not sure I'd replace the magenta though, as it does a good job framing the image. Just do and exposure mask and darken the edges a bit perhaps? Amazing shot regardless. The Milky Way is so cool to view. Good idea with the fish eye lens as well.
Nicolaus: Special thanks for the advice on the Magenta Cast, I didn't want to destroy the shot trying to fix a cast that wasn't so terrible to start with. With time I might take a shot to see if I can improve it. Your recomendation is much appreciated!
I'm a hige night time photographer myself....and while the Milky way could indeed be a touch brighter.....love the way you explored this concept and for that alone.....I applaud your efforts!
The milky way could a bit brighter I suppose, but this works fine IMO.
And one can always just accept the magenta edging as an applied & pleasing effect
Well done
Gary.