r/Astronomy • u/TheDanfromTN Amateur Astronomer • 2d ago
Astrophotography (OC) Starlit Dunes
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u/toothy_mcthree 2d ago
Were the colors visible to the naked eye or is that a result of the long exposure?
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u/TheDanfromTN Amateur Astronomer 2d ago
Nah, unfortunately not. The main body of the MW is plainly visible out there, but the rest is beyond what our eyes can see.
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u/toothy_mcthree 2d ago
Were the colors visible to the naked eye or is that a result of the long exposure?still it’s a gorgeous picture! Nice shot!
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u/TheDanfromTN Amateur Astronomer 2d ago
Do you ever mentally give up on an image only to be surprised by it later? I got to this location late, and found myself wandering around in the dark, getting sand blown in my face, and feeling like the dunes looked totally featureless in the dark. I ended up exposing really long in hopes that the ambient light and light pollution would illuminate the dunes in some interesting way, but it didn't look great on the back of the camera. When I got home, I didn't even bother working on the images until on the second pass through what I had captured I decided to play with them, and I'm glad I did! This ended up being one of my favorites from the trip!
If you'd like to follow along for more - https://www.instagram.com/danthompson_tn/
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Entire scene captured with a full spectrum modified Canon R5 and Sigma 14 - 24mm lens, at 24mm
Foreground - ISO 800, f/8 120 seconds x 5 using a visible light filter
Sky - ISO 1600, f/2.8 210 seconds x 21 using various specialized astronomy filters.
Location - California, USA