Steve Paxton's photos with the keyword: Milky way bow

Cloud free forecast total cloud cover so I left my astro lens at home to save weight , so I had to use the 16-35mm F4 for a second time I am happy to say passed with flying colours. while I walked here( 15 min) from the motel to capture the Milky Way Bow in Black skies yes that close. This is a shot that was taken for just one group in mind I would have never taken this shot before total have shunned it. the lighting is provided by kalbarri town ship behind me and the stars all around. enjoy a clouded night in the mid west. Note the Zodiacal light on the left hand side of the Milky Way. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiacal_light

at the end of the night we get to walk to this. This is just the Hum drum of life way out west.

From early in the night with the Emu coming up behind the tree. to get this shot i am on the cliff edge in the only spot i can put up a tripod, when you move you have to think very carefully.

The night after i arrived in NZ it was a clear night ( nothing but heavy cloud since i was lucky) so i went out to Whatapu head on the west coast looking Due west . the very last of the milky way for this season is sitting just above the horizon. Nine Pin ( Light house)and Moon are the light sources for this shot. My lap top dies third day got it fixed only to have it fail again. so a new one coming this is stitched cropped but not edited. shot low tide with the tide rising. first shot of the night. Enjoy a different land

The same 7 shots that i did in photo shop But in PT Gui . Find the joins but it is more work for you setting control points . result i believe speaks for it self and it works time after time. yes the panorama stitcher does matter for what you want to do. see if you can find my water bottle. hint go black

Once the very small moon went down we got this.Please view it on Black to get the most out of it

First ever try at a multi row shot of the Milky Way Bow, nothing auto about this all done on manual head. Enjoy this 1/5 the size of the original. Lighting was not perfect in this shot worth a look at the larger version. More learning gives this better version. www.ipernity.com/doc/1073393/42347646 single row version from the same shots.