A panoramic star photograph taken from the beach at Porteau Cove Provincial Park last night. This is a different view than I normally take from Porteau Cove, and looks more directly west.
This panorama is comprised of a total of 6 photos for the ground and 31 for the sky. Sky shots were taken at ISO 3200 for 20 seconds, and the ground shots were taken at ISO 1600 for 120 seconds.
Anvil Island can be seen almost in the centre of the photograph. The light domes on either side of the island are from Gibsons and Nanaimo, with the light from Squamish just starting to lighten the sky in the far right of the photo. No prizes for guessing which direction Vancouver is from here!
This panorama covers a field of view of over 180 degrees horizontally. The tide was almost all the way in, and was starting to just float the lighter logs, causing them to bump into each other in the slight swell -- a slightly odd noise in the dark! To provide a sense of scale I included myself in one of the photos.
I'm a British software developer and photographer living in Vancouver, BC. I mainly photograph landscapes, cityscapes, night scenes, and water.
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i love seeing your shots and getting an explanation of what you did. Having a new born does not allow me the opportunity to go take nightime shot but your shot and explanation almost makes me want to neglect my familly for the night lol. Wonderful sir
Wow! A really fantastic perspective scaled down into a normal photo. You are great at the tech part. And the explanation is always appreciated for us newbies!
what an amazing shot, i do wonder how you stitch the sky portions together without multiplying the stars, when ever i have tried i always seem to get star copies, they rotate a fair bit in the time it takes to capture several images.
This is gorgeous!!! Definite Fav!! Love that you put yourself in the shot too!! Very interesting foreground, and LOVE the stars. Big fan of your night shots
Congrats on TT with this one! it is an amazing work of art (can't really call it a "shot" given that it's actually some 37 shots each one carefully worked out ;p)
can i ask how you decide ISO, f/stop and exposure for these? is it experimentation? or do you have a methodology (metering of some sort) to help you sort it out? or do you just *know*... i need to practice some nighttime sky shots and haven't a clue where to begin!
For your panos....do you rake them vertically or horizontally? And would you mind answering the questions I posed on different of your photos either on my 365 page or my email? Jgpittenger@yahoo.com. I can't remember which of your photos to return to for answers to my assorted queries!
November 16th, 2014
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can i ask how you decide ISO, f/stop and exposure for these? is it experimentation? or do you have a methodology (metering of some sort) to help you sort it out? or do you just *know*... i need to practice some nighttime sky shots and haven't a clue where to begin!