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My Night Pictures

Aug 18, 2015#1

Squidleybits

I don't want to spam the main picture thread, so here are some of my favourite night pictures.

This is 113 30 second exposures taken in the backyard. This is the owl's favourite tree and mine too

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[DOUBLEPOST=1439954216,1439954087][/DOUBLEPOST]My very favourite Nothern Lights picture that I've taken. I love how soft everything looks with the 35mm.

Aug 18, 2015#2

Squidleybits

View attachment 19007 My favourite two from my Milky Way shoot last week:

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Aug 18, 2015#3

Squidleybits

The Halifax Harbour:

Aug 19, 2015#4

Squidleybits

Tracked long exposure from the backyard. The airport is causing the wierd light pollution:

Aug 20, 2015#5

Gruebeard

So many stars. I'm used to seeing a dozen at most. Maybe a full score when the big dipper's in the sky. I only know the Milky Way from pictures.

My name is Joe, and I am a city boy.

Also, nice pictures.

Aug 20, 2015#6

Ravenpoe

Gruebeard said:
I only know the Milky Way from pictures

It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

Aug 20, 2015#7

Bubble181

Gruebeard said:
I only know the Milky Way from pictures.

I've only ever seen the Milky Way on vacation in Eastern Africa and South Africa. Nowhere in Europe I've ever been - including out-back-nowhere in Croatia and the middle of the Alps - can you properly see it (exceptionally bright nights excluded, but even so). I was honestly and seriously surprised when I first saw it with my bare eyes - I always figured those pictures were from longer exposure, or colored to be more easy to see like "nebula" pictures always are.

Aug 20, 2015#8

HCGLNS

Squidleybits said:
Tracked long exposure from the backyard. The airport is causing the wierd light pollution:

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That's Bedford and Sackville causing the pollution.

Aug 20, 2015#9

Squidleybits

Bubble181 said:
I've only ever seen the Milky Way on vacation in Eastern Africa and South Africa. Nowhere in Europe I've ever been - including out-back-nowhere in Croatia and the middle of the Alps - can you properly see it (exceptionally bright nights excluded, but even so). I was honestly and seriously surprised when I first saw it with my bare eyes - I always figured those pictures were from longer exposure, or colored to be more easy to see like "nebula" pictures always are.

The Milky Way wasn't visible last night from the backyard due to light pollution. The only reason I was able to photograph it is that I used my mount to track my camera and used an exceptionally long exposure to collect enough light for it to be seen in the picture.

Aug 20, 2015#10

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
I was honestly and seriously surprised when I first saw it with my bare eyes - I always figured those pictures were from longer exposure, or colored to be more easy to see like "nebula" pictures always are.

I've mentioned my times in the UP before. When you're on a lakeshore and the nearest city of any size is 12 miles away, the disk of the Milky Way is impossible to ignore, and looks like someone kicked over a can of glitter paint across the sky. It's pretty impressive.

--Patrick

Aug 20, 2015#11

HCGLNS

Squidleybits said:
The Milky Way wasn't visible last night from the backyard due to light pollution. The only reason I was able to photograph it is that I used my mount to track my camera and used an exceptionally long exposure to collect enough light for it to be seen in the picture.

Now imagine your pics in the secret spot with the mount problems fixed!

Aug 20, 2015#12

Squidleybits

I almost cried when I realized

Aug 21, 2015#13

Squidleybits

Sunset in La Romana, DR

Aug 21, 2015#14

Squidleybits

Milky Way near Fundy National Park

Aug 23, 2015#15

Squidleybits

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Aug 24, 2015#16

Squidleybits

Aug 24, 2015#17

Squidleybits

That last one was one I took in Yellowknife earlier this year but didn't have the knowledge of Lightroom to edit properly until now. The pink blob is the city itself and adds a ton of light/editing hassles to the picture.

Aug 28, 2015#18

Squidleybits

Tonight's almost full moon was far too bright for any super long exposures, but it did light up the foreground nicely for some landscapes:

Aug 28, 2015#19

PatrThom

Hmm. If it wasn't for the light pollution, desaturating these long exposures looks like it could be interesting.

--Patrick

Aug 28, 2015#20

Squidleybits

It's the moon making it super bright. We were quite literally in the middle of nowhere.

Aug 29, 2015#21

PatrThom

I'll bet it wasn't the Moon making that glow over the horizon, though.

--Patrick

Aug 29, 2015#22

Squidleybits

Part of the glow is an evil cloud! There isn't a ton of glow before processing.

Oct 12, 2015#23

Squidleybits

Not a night picture, but not sure where else to put it. Taken on our drive home today:

Oct 12, 2015#24

Squidleybits

Oct 13, 2015#25

Bubble181

Squidleybits said:
Not a night picture, but not sure where else to put it. Taken on our drive home today:

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For some reason, my mind read that as "on our driveway, at home" and I was slightly surprised

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