I travel to Lake Tyrell in Victoria to capture a bucket list photo.... an epic reflection shot. using Skywatcher star adventurer, sigma 24mm lens and Sony A7s3
What a brilliant video John. Loved all the images and I know how much effort both mental and physical it must have been for you to get them. Can't wait to see where else the journey leads you mate.
I add my vote to all the rave reviews you already have - fantastic (again)! You need a set of heated gloves - they work even in -10 deg and lower where I live in Norway! You'll be astonished how much warmer you feel overall👍, and can still drink a beer or whisky with them on. Can you please give advice (even a separate video?) on tripods and heads? I just had my first Milky Way pano attempts using borrowed gear and really want to try more wide-angle tracked panoramas, but couldn't find a description of what gear you use or recommend in the text, apart from camera, lens and Star tracker. I'd love to do more of this style astrophotography rather than the multi-hour DSO shots I have until now focussed on.
Thanks mate, really appreciate it 👍 I think il get some kind of gloves to live in the car for those "just in case" times. Gear for panos isn't as important as it may seem, if you give yourself a level base off the tracker with either a z bracket, ball head, 2 way head, then that's all you really need.
The B-Roll in this video is next level mate! I love the images that you captured and the final goal of getting that perfect reflection! I was honored to share this photo adventure with you and I hope we can share more like this in the future!
It is a pleasure to the eyes that we have finally been able to see this lake under a starry sky. A nature's treasure that I will love to shoot one day.... Cheers from Spain mate!!
Sublime - looks like another world ! You’re so right it does get freezing - I often think how lucky you guys are up north ! I think it was -5 last time I was there ….yet all that gets forgotten once you glimpse what you captured ….ahhhh the photographer life 😂
This is great John. Love how much work you put into the videography here as well. Did you consider getting a set of tripod leg ponchos? I've seen them around with wildlife photographers, but idk. Just a thought!
I was just about having panic attacks watching all the expensive camera gear perched up over the water 😮. Unreal dedication to getting the shot you envisaged though. Spectacular stuff!
Absolutely awesome video of a great trip, John. The resulting images were well worth that huge commitment - fantastic and terrifically inspirational. My first ever MW pano was done standing in water on the edge of a nearby lake - I had to break through the surface ice to stand with the water about 2 inches from the top of my wellies to get the composition I wanted. An hour and half later I couldn’t feel anything below my knees, but I was so chuffed to have finally done my first pano.
Hi John, Just checked the images out on the big screen of my desktop. Those first two panoramas are killer images. At 13:02 & 13:13 just beautiful. I am however struggling to make out what the foreground object is in the second image? Any clues? 😎👌👍😍
hello john the rubber boots look very good on you. your pictures are great I have a question about the Sony A7 S3, did I understand correctly that it is astro modified? greetings from foggy germany Roland😀
What a great video John👍 Fantastic location and absolutely awesome Milky Way images mate😀 I’m used to the cold here in the UK, I often image at -5 or lower in the winter 🥶 Clear skies!
Yeah you still have a ripple in that water sadly ! I find you need the wind to get down below 11kmh for great reflections and yep I have to regularly take my tripod apart and give them a clean when I shoot at the Mullinger Swamp