FORGET the MILKYWAY core, its ORION Panorama Season!! 

Not me !! 😂 it is certainly beautiful here. Definitely worth a visit

We are definitely lucky to have the view we do that's for sure

Thanks mate 👍 the lines in the crops do help with adding some interest in the foreground and shooting a pano bends them to line up with the sky nicely,

Solid advice mate! I think it's so important, thankyou 👍

Thanks mate 👍 I've never tried dark frames on a foreground before

Yep the long exposure noise reduction feature built in the camera's work the same way it only reduces hot pixels ! Haven't done it for while from memory just put a dark frame on top of your light layer and set blend mode to subtract!@@johnrutterphotography

Really appreciate that mate! Maybe cloudy nights make you appreciate the clear skies more!

We are definitely lucky to live here, I couldn't imagine not being able to image throughout summer! But it still gets bitterly cold here during peak milkyway core season.

Thanks mate 👍

Thankyou, modified cameras definitely help with this part of the sky!

Thanks mate, much appreciated 👍

Thanks mate 👍

Thanks mate👍glad you enjoyed it

Haha man that's crazy 🤪 I hope our summer is a bit more mild than that!

Thanks mate 👍 👌 it's not always that clear tho, we get our share of the bad stuff

Thanks mate 👍

Thanks mate, it is a really great location 👍

I appreciate that but I'm just a bloke drinking beer and taking pics, thanks for checking it out 👍

Thanks mate, I appreciate that 👍 thanks for checking it out

Absolutely mate! Get down here, it's worth the travel.

Jeroen, the bugs in Australia will make the scorpion you found the other month look like a cricket! Awesome place, though. 👍

Cheers mate 👍 I appreciate that, thanks for watching

Thanks Paul, I was a bit worried the same would happen to me, it even rained for a few minutes not long before I started to image the sky

Thankyou 👍 hope you get those clear skies soon! With less flies 🤣

Cheers mate 👍

Thanks man 👍

Thanks mate 👍

Haha thanks mate! I'm not gona lie... it is stunning here 😍

Cheers kyle, appreciate it 👍

Cheers Matty, 🍻 I appreciate it mate

Cheers Eric 🍻 appreciate that mate 👍

Thanks mate, there has been a few requests for that so maybe Il do one

Thanks mate 👍

Thankyou, I have a video in the live section of my channel where I process an image, I just follow the same steps here

Cheers mate 👍

Thanks Tom, I'm hoping to get the chance to photograph the sky the other way up next year 🙏

well John you'd be more than welcome here in Eryri (Snowdonia) we have lovely dark skies and everything is the right way up :-)

Thanks mate 👍

Thanks mate! That barn to me is like what junk is to you... I just love it. Yes I have used the pocket 3 on my last 2 videos, what a great piece of equipment

Yeah it's really awesome. I love it a lot more than the previous version . .and that was pretty good also. The in car footage in low light is amazing. @@johnrutterphotography

Cheers mate, it's one of my favourites 👍

Thanks mate 👍 I really appreciate that, I do use a ATOLL bracket on my camera to balance it better but I'm not sure on what models they make them for.

Thanks mate 👍

Thanks mate 👍 I might have to make that happen soon

Cheers mate 👍

With this shot. How many sky shot did you have to stack to get the nebula to come out? I’ve try with my modded camera and they just didn’t come out as well.

Thanks mate 👍

Cheers dude 👍 much appreciated

Thanks mate, but what an incredible upside down view it is 🤣

Thanks Mike 👍 I appreciate it mate 👍

Cheers mate! Yeah it's so good just looking up and enjoying it, after all that's why we photograph it, cos we love looking at it.

Cheers mate 👍 👌 that's why we photograph it, cos we love looking at it so why just look through the screen, it's so much better to experience it in real time, the look, the sounds it's just awesome 👌

Thanks mate 👍 it's one of those locations that you can rely on for some cool images

Thanks mate! I totally agree, this part of the sky has so much cool stuff in it that you could look around it for ages spotting different things, some familiar and some not

Thanks Paul, really appreciate that mate. It's a shame most people ignore that part of the sky.

Thanks mate, much appreciated 👍

Thanks mate 👍 we do have a stunning view of the sky! It's funny tho because I'm wanting to travel to the states to see your sky and epic landscapes

Thanks mate, much appreciated 👍 I ended up with blue hr, the noise from the night was worse with the lingering heat and the blue hr one cleaned up ok

Thanks 👍 no tea out there

Thanks mate, I'm glad that little tip will help you out 👍

We definitely are lucky! Good luck with the shoot hope you get clear dark skies! Cheers mate 👍

Thanks for following along, I really appreciate it 👍 hope you get clear skies soon

Cheers mate, thanks for the feedback it's much appreciated 👍

@@johnrutterphotography what were your settings John? Interesting that you track your images but obviously not hundreds of shots for each part of your pants…

Haha thanks mate, although in WA I can understand the core setting over the water, something I've never seen! Regardless of the modifications there are some great things to image over summer! Look forward to seeing what you come up with 👍

@@johnrutterphotography maybe we'll see you and some of the other eastern states astrophotography legends over this way one day - our borders have reopened 😉🤣

Thanks mate, sky was f1.7 iso 640 1 minute,

Thanks mate, I deal with it in post, before the stitch I adjust the exposures to match each other

Thanks mate, It's a really cool place. I didn't forget to take it out, I thought about removing it but decided to leave it in there.

@johnrutterphotography Artistic licence m8. Just thought you might have decided to actually leave your gear behind again.... any excuse to come back 😎

Thanks carl, I used the blue hr foreground, and yes normally you start at the top and work down, which I did but I also went back after I was finished and got a few more frames at the top just to make sure I had enough.

@@johnrutterphotography Thanks buddy I’ll try and get some Orion action this next few months. Once again congratulations on a fantastic image. I remember that tip Richard always said grab more at the top!

Thanks Ian, to be honest, no. You won't see enough colour to make it worth it. You really need a modified camera, tracker and dark skies. For extra credit a Ha filter is best for adding a bit more detail in the reds

You can blame me for the clouds and rain, ive just bit the bullet and got a Ha modified camera

Thanks John 👍 I'm using an astronomik 12nm filter to add bits of h alpha to the image, your gona love the extra punch the filter gives. It will be a steep learning curve but we'll worth it

I do love that lens, I did use the blue hr foreground, the noise from longer exposure at night was worse. The blue hr cleaned up well

@@johnrutterphotography cheers John, looks superb!

I have been getting my cameras modified by spencers camera, there is a place in Australia but I can't recommend them as a friend had some serious issues twice with cameras modified by them

Thanks mate! Yes I still use it but mainly for longer focal length stuff utilising the go to function. I pair it with an asi air so it's setup as a mini "deep space" rig. I'm lucky to have multiple mounts so I use the smaller ones for my nightscapes as they are more than adequate but if I could only have one mount, for me I would choose the gti. Keep in mind I don't do alot of hiking, if I did the mini would be my choice

I did integrate some filtered Ha

Thankyou 👍

Thanks mate, yes I integrate narrowband data in so I don't have to stretch the pants off it and keep a clean image

​@@johnrutterphotography thanks for the response. For arch panos, how do you align frames from h-alpha with the regular frames? Also which filter do you use?

Hey mate, I don't use any filters for the foreground, I just tweak the colours in post production, it can be tricky and a filter would probably make more sense to ensure the colours are perfect

@@johnrutterphotography thanks Mate good to know

Hahaha or is Canada upside down? Hmmm🤔

The 20mm I have is the old sigma one which is terrible for imaging but great for video so the sony would be a better option, I don't shoot images at 20mm so it was a better choice for video having f1.4 The new sigma 24 dgdn and sony 24 GM are on par so the added cost of going sony is just a waste for me but other sigma lenses completely out perform the sony lenses like the sigma 40mm, sigma 28mm, sigma 105mm. I get that sony doesn't have exactly these focal lengths but they are now pretty much the best option for nightscape images

@@johnrutterphotography THanks for the informative reply - that is very helpful. I will definitely look at the 40mm.

I don't know