r/astrophotography • u/tinmar_g • 1d ago
Widefield Alone with the Milky Way above La Palma
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u/Meistermagier 13h ago
You just made me want to go there in the Summer next year. This is a Breathtaking Picture.
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u/tinmar_g 13h ago
That's a very beautiful island, I recommend especially If you like stargazing ;)
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u/Meistermagier 12h ago
Any recommendations for where to go to have good acess to some sky watching places?
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u/tinmar_g 10h ago
For Stargazing you can go to the LP4 road it's the road that cross the Island from the top, it also go next to the telescopes area. You can have a stop to Mirador de los Andenes where you can park the car, have an awesome view above the clouds and star paths :)
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u/MentalBreakdown6999 1d ago
Stunning picture! Amazing Work! I'm Just starting to get into Astro and Had some good nights in the Last weeks in my Holidays in Sweden. Maybe i will have to possibility to travel to la Palma around new years. ITS Not weithin milkyway season but hopefully the Sky will be Just as clear.
Keep it Up!
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u/tinmar_g 15h ago
Thank you so much 😊 Sweden should have an incredible sky, and hope you have seen some auroras there. Definitively if you live in Europe you have to go to La Palma for astrophotography once !
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u/jbjr3 1d ago
This is stunning! For panorama do you just eyeball grabbing different portions of the sky or is there a grid system you work off of?
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u/tinmar_g 13h ago
Thanks 🙏 Yea totally I use a graduated panoramic head and sweep across the sky taking pictures. I make sure to overlap each shot by at least 30% to avoid missing any part of the sky, then I stitch the photos together with dedicated software. I use PTGui for this.
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u/tinmar_g 1d ago
I shot this picture in the Canary Islands during an astrophotography trip, on the island of La Palma, which truly deserves its reputation as one of the best night skies in the world!
If you're interested, you can find more of my work on Instagram
The spot is located not far from Mirador de Los Andenes, along the trail that winds along the top of the island. I had scouted this place earlier on the internet and it was the one I absolutely didn’t want to miss! On my first attempt, I used a 50mm lens on the first night and was a little bit afraid that the pic was not perfect so I decided to try it another time with a 35mm lens the second to last night before the end of my trip, fortunately, I was right: the shots came out much better.
Walking alone at night along the top of La Palma’s caldera is such an experience! You have such a beautiful show for just you, and the beauty of the night view takes away any fear you might feel.
The final image is a panorama made up of 12 pictures for the sky and 18 for the foreground. I also captured another 12 pictures with a star glow filter to get the glowing stars and others pictures whit a Ha filter to reveal the red nebulas. I restarted several edits from scratch until having the perfect one for me, and I finally quite happy with this one.
In this picture, you can see the Milky Way core with the multicolored Rho Ophiuchi nebula, Zeta Ophiuchi with its large red cloud, and Lagoon, Cat’s Paw, Eagle, and more red nebulae in the center of the Milky Way. You can also notice a sea of clouds down below, rolling over the mountains.
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Note: This image is the result of long exposures and specific techniques. While the Milky Way is indeed visible to the naked eye from La Palma, it appears with fewer details and without the colors captured in this photo. I used an H-alpha filter to reveal the red nebulae in our galaxy.
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📷 Canon 6D (astro-modded) - Skywatcher Star Adventurer - Sigma ART 35mm
Sky : 12 pictures at ISO-3200 - F/1.8 - 45sec
Foreground : 15 pictures at ISO-5000 - F/2.2 - 30sec