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"The Scorpion"

The central bulge of The Milky Way in the constellations of Sagittarius and Scorpius.

It's back! Here in Australia I am lucky enough to be able to photograph this section of the sky for about ten months each year. It begins to emerge in the east in late January, and it sets in the west just after dark in November. Tried a few things different here. I would love to know what you think of it.

5 image panorama.

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~Zahik Mar 20, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
What gear did you use to capture this image?
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*CapturingTheNight Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Read this blog [link]
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~silverfernn Mar 3, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
is it possible to only add the effect to Scorpio? leaving all other stars unaffected? and how would that look?
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*CapturingTheNight Mar 8, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
The effect is actually all done mainly "in camera", so no, it is not possible with this set of data.
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~silverfernn Mar 3, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
here on DA I LOVE the emphasized, yet romantically hazy scorpio and its orange antares in the small view. whereas in the zoomed view, I don't like it at all.

the effects you chose in postprocessing make this a grrrrreat motif for a postcard (size print), I assume?
any bigger and the hazyness would feel too unnatural?

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*CapturingTheNight Mar 8, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you so much for the great feedback and honest critique Silv :D
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*LAlight Feb 20, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Incredible shot, Greg! Especially intrigued by how effectively the dead tree works as a foreground object. Very well done. :)
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*CapturingTheNight Feb 21, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you very much for the great feedback LeeAnne :D Means a lot from you.
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*Corvidae65 Feb 18, 2013
Cool! I like a lot of this image, Greg. Not quite sure of the slight blur but its not too off-putting. I did read in another comment that the blur is caused by a certain filter that makes some of the stars blue. Still has nice detail in the Milky Way--better detail than I can get, anyway :D
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*CapturingTheNight Feb 21, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you very much :D The filter doesn't really turn the stars blue, it actually just accentuates the stars natural colours and makes them stand out more.
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