At 9/26/2022 10:46 AM, Mike wrote:
>We had a long-planned trip (pre-covid) to a ranch in WY and it was a class 2
>Bortle brought an astro kit in lieu of film. We only had carry-ons. We had
>scoped out a couple nice MW shots during the day but had not tried any dry
>runs at night. We should have dropped a pin on google maps. The night skies
>did not cooperate except once. Marnie and I got permission via the ranch
>owner to get through a neighbor's locked gate onto BLM land very close to a
>cool chimney rock where the access allowed for MW shots with it in the frame.
>There was a field in front with an old truck totally out of place on the
>landscape with cool flaking paint and one could compose the shot so that lines
>on the body pointed towards the galactic core. There was a chimney rock I
>could light paint to some degree to balance the composition. My spidey senses
>honed from OM viewfinders indicated a decent shot was possible. We got to
>ride back there a few days later.
>
>Marnie's horse Brewster is looking right at the rock here:
>
>https://www.olyendomike.com/Wyoming-2022/i-vQJXBvS/A
>
>"Tragically" in the pitch black the proper driveway was a bear to find even
>though we knew about where it was. The sign we saw in the oldest
>establishment in Shell WY is misleading.
>
>https://www.olyendomike.com/Wyoming-2022/i-dHqn5kb/A
>
>
>We went down the wrong driveway and came across the largest Trump sign we've
>ever seen as many lights came on from motion detectors and 5 large dogs
>started barking and growling. There was a large sign saying Trespassers eff
>off. Needless to say, we skedaddled post haste and did not have the nerve to
>try the next driveway.
>
>The other option was rather far and not that much easier to find. We
>scrambled for a decent foreground and Marnie spotted this Ranch sign. Well, I
>had to try something after lugging gear thousands of miles. I used low level
>lighting for the foreground shot using an android app on a phone I only use
>for such a purpose as didn't like the IOS options. It was dead calm, so the
>grass stayed sharp. I stacked 10 shots for the sky using Sequater.
>
>https://www.olyendomike.com/Wyoming-2022/i-HXM6QCG/A
>
>The wranglers took some shots with an Oly tough cam but I learned that the
>jpeg shots in non photog hands are probably not as good as most phone
>shots---due to the auto HDR.
>
>I rather liked this shot of Marnie but they clipped the sky. I fixed what I
>could. I had my GM-5 out and should have handed it to them.
>
>https://www.olyendomike.com/Wyoming-2022/i-SgF6MfW/A
>
>
>There are a few more but nothing of note.
>
>https://www.olyendomike.com/Wyoming-2022/
Nice images.
This may be of interest but you probably know it already since yours looks
really good.
https://photofocus.com/photography/lighting-your-foregrounds-while-photographing-the-milky-way/
WayneS
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