@maha77 Thanks for your encouragement. Hopefully one day this year I will get back to work on more of these and improve 100% on my processing and video editing skills....
@supervanscott sounds like a great idea. I guess that would work. I have since purchased a Kendrick dew heater and strap, plus I have a car - power pack to run it, so more condensation problems for me!
This is awesome! How did you (if you did) get the "strobe" effect in the Milky Way, causing it to look like an actively pulsing nebulae? (From about 0:58 through 1:33.)
If you didn't "do" anything (other than photograph the sequence), then this is truly a RARE time lapse! For I've never seen colors and structure like this, outside of computer enhanced radio telemetry and Hubble photography.
I pray that one day, 'HE' will show it to me- close up!
@RonRay G'day Ron, the images were all long exposures (approx 35 seconds each) many still frames played back at a fast rate. The "Strobe" you speak of is the lens fogging up in the cold night. In between every shot, I had an 8 second break in which to wipe the lens with a cloth. The resulting loss of light was causing inconsistencies in the shots.
Thanks for replying. I see what you mean about the fogging lens... But this series of images shows so much detail that it almost looks more like a nebulae than our galaxy; it doesn't look "flat" like most other earth-based, non-telescopic sequences. Also, being in the southern hemisphere, you can capture a larger span than most do here in the N.H.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us here at YouTube!
As a courtesy, I wanted to explain that I removed your comment as I have removed similar comments that may encourage argument.Christians and Non-Christians can get pretty fired up so I do my best not to enter into it.
I watch lots of videos on Big Bang etc, and although i don't agree with it, I try to just appreciate the spectacle and not leave any negative feedback.
Regardless our beliefs, it IS a beautiful galaxy we live in isn't it? I hope you continue to enjoy the videos and wish you well.
@barryarmstead Well, that's a nice way to put it. Can't complain there, you have my apology. Though I would ask of your advice. I'm looking into doing some of this time lapse photography my self do you have any advice you can give to help an amateur in this particular field?
@GeneralArrow Hey mate, that's very gracious! Awesome. Happy to lend a hand if you are thinking of doing some of this yourself. You will need a camera that can take around 30 second long exposures, a nice wide lens, 18mm or wider (I used 18 for these but now I have a 16mm on a full frame camera even better) You will also need a decent, sturdy tripod, a shutter release cable or remote intervalometer. (You can do this via USB cable to your laptop) and some dark skies away from the city light.
@squirrelgecko Thanks for your input mate! It's amazing that He finds time for every single one of us in a universe this big. Makes one feel very special and very loved. I have to remind myself to worship the creator, not the creation, as it is so magnificent!
@redninja2010 I pray you get to see it bright and detailed mate!! When you lay on your back and see it properly, the awe saturates every fiber of your being! Seeing this side-on view of our home galaxy can really put things in perspective when you know you are looking at over 400 billion stars just in our little neighborhood!
@Yanco888 Short answer is no. However, you can see the milky way from a dark site VERY WELL and VERY BRIGHT, but not with so much colour. From this location I could see all the brightness and detail, but only in shades of light and dark. The human eye registers light and colour instant by instant. A camera can hold a shutter open for an extended period to accumulate this. The colour and detail is very real, but takes a long exposure to capture. Much better than in the city.
Sorry for my layman language. Is this seen from the ground or through a special place? I have never seen such beautiful sight and from where I live (Singapore) we hardly got any NATURAL BEAUTY (of course no disaster too). But is this really happening?
Hi lynnkue, it is from the ground in a dark forrest near my home city of Canberra, Australia.
I usually drive away from the city lights to a nice dark site in the mountains, set up my camera on a tripod to frame a nice looking skyline, set the intervals and exposure, then let the camera shoot all night. All I have to do is check the battery levels periodically and make sure the lens doesn't fog up in the cool night air.
I have a quick question, do you have to be looking through your telescope the entire time for your eye to get exposed to the stars light? Or do you just set your telescope there and you wait for it to pick up color?
Ah! Thanks mate. I knew about the mission, but didn't know the name of it. I don't think my telescope has the resolution to capture the impact, but the eastern seaboard of Australia won't be seeing it anyway.
very nice Baz..
redeyesinthedark 3 months ago
@redeyesinthedark Ta mate!
barryarmstead 3 months ago
Truly awesome. Thank you.
7heather 9 months ago
@7heather You are most welcome!
barryarmstead 9 months ago
Glorious.
Pandoranage4101 11 months ago
@Pandoranage4101 Thanks for looking! :)
barryarmstead 11 months ago
this is just so beautiful. If you put this on a dvd or better yet bluray and had it loop for an hour I would buy it, music is fantastic
maha77 1 year ago
@maha77 Thanks for your encouragement. Hopefully one day this year I will get back to work on more of these and improve 100% on my processing and video editing skills....
barryarmstead 1 year ago
Anyone who still thinks God is an old man with a beard has to look up at the stars more often. Well done Barry. This is beautiful.
Gabrielzelbo 1 year ago 2
@Gabrielzelbo God certainly has done an amazing job beyond comprehension yes? Thanks Gabriel.
barryarmstead 1 year ago
@supervanscott sounds like a great idea. I guess that would work. I have since purchased a Kendrick dew heater and strap, plus I have a car - power pack to run it, so more condensation problems for me!
barryarmstead 1 year ago
what is the music called?
JamesMajdali 1 year ago
This is awesome! How did you (if you did) get the "strobe" effect in the Milky Way, causing it to look like an actively pulsing nebulae? (From about 0:58 through 1:33.)
If you didn't "do" anything (other than photograph the sequence), then this is truly a RARE time lapse! For I've never seen colors and structure like this, outside of computer enhanced radio telemetry and Hubble photography.
I pray that one day, 'HE' will show it to me- close up!
RonRay 1 year ago
@RonRay G'day Ron, the images were all long exposures (approx 35 seconds each) many still frames played back at a fast rate. The "Strobe" you speak of is the lens fogging up in the cold night. In between every shot, I had an 8 second break in which to wipe the lens with a cloth. The resulting loss of light was causing inconsistencies in the shots.
barryarmstead 1 year ago
@barryarmstead
Thanks for replying. I see what you mean about the fogging lens... But this series of images shows so much detail that it almost looks more like a nebulae than our galaxy; it doesn't look "flat" like most other earth-based, non-telescopic sequences. Also, being in the southern hemisphere, you can capture a larger span than most do here in the N.H.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us here at YouTube!
RonRay 1 year ago
(: I can't get over what an awesome place God created.
If I lived in a big city where I couldn't see any of this, I'd go crazy.
iliveinmyownworldx3 1 year ago
As a courtesy, I wanted to explain that I removed your comment as I have removed similar comments that may encourage argument.Christians and Non-Christians can get pretty fired up so I do my best not to enter into it.
I watch lots of videos on Big Bang etc, and although i don't agree with it, I try to just appreciate the spectacle and not leave any negative feedback.
Regardless our beliefs, it IS a beautiful galaxy we live in isn't it? I hope you continue to enjoy the videos and wish you well.
barryarmstead 1 year ago
@barryarmstead Well, that's a nice way to put it. Can't complain there, you have my apology. Though I would ask of your advice. I'm looking into doing some of this time lapse photography my self do you have any advice you can give to help an amateur in this particular field?
GeneralArrow 1 year ago
@GeneralArrow Hey mate, that's very gracious! Awesome. Happy to lend a hand if you are thinking of doing some of this yourself. You will need a camera that can take around 30 second long exposures, a nice wide lens, 18mm or wider (I used 18 for these but now I have a 16mm on a full frame camera even better) You will also need a decent, sturdy tripod, a shutter release cable or remote intervalometer. (You can do this via USB cable to your laptop) and some dark skies away from the city light.
barryarmstead 1 year ago
creation is perfect...
AndyAngelZ 1 year ago
@AndyAngelZ Amen brother!
barryarmstead 1 year ago
We are truly a speck of dust in this world the lord is good to show us his creation
canonxsi79 1 year ago
@canonxsi79 And He does it with such style!
barryarmstead 1 year ago
music used in video?
Its beautiful....
Rith419 1 year ago
@Rith419 the soundtrack is from Battlestar Galactica season II, called "Roslin and Adama."
barryarmstead 1 year ago
I love taking and watching star time lapses! it doesn't take much for me to be amazed all over again of the sheer size of the lord's creation.
squirrelgecko 1 year ago
@squirrelgecko Thanks for your input mate! It's amazing that He finds time for every single one of us in a universe this big. Makes one feel very special and very loved. I have to remind myself to worship the creator, not the creation, as it is so magnificent!
barryarmstead 1 year ago
@barryarmstead agreed!
squirrelgecko 1 year ago
@redninja2010 I pray you get to see it bright and detailed mate!! When you lay on your back and see it properly, the awe saturates every fiber of your being! Seeing this side-on view of our home galaxy can really put things in perspective when you know you are looking at over 400 billion stars just in our little neighborhood!
Blessings,
Baz.
barryarmstead 1 year ago
FANTASTIC video! thanks so much!
maha77 1 year ago
@maha77 You're welcome!
barryarmstead 1 year ago
Can this be seen with the naked eye?
Yanco888 1 year ago
@Yanco888 Short answer is no. However, you can see the milky way from a dark site VERY WELL and VERY BRIGHT, but not with so much colour. From this location I could see all the brightness and detail, but only in shades of light and dark. The human eye registers light and colour instant by instant. A camera can hold a shutter open for an extended period to accumulate this. The colour and detail is very real, but takes a long exposure to capture. Much better than in the city.
barryarmstead 1 year ago
Can you tell me something about the soundtrack? What is it? This awesome sound fits perfectly with the vid!.
Kub99 1 year ago
@Kub99 Bless ya mate! The soundtrack is from Battlestar Galactica season II, called "Roslin and Adama.
barryarmstead 1 year ago
Great video and a great piece of music.
scottjohnstonnz 1 year ago
@scottjohnstonnz You're welcome!
barryarmstead 1 year ago
beautifull
DarkJedi8x 2 years ago
It sure is! I can't wait to get a wider faster lens and get back to it again! Thanks for the comment.
barryarmstead 2 years ago
breathtaking
nikbookworm 2 years ago
We live in an amazingly beautiful Galaxy don't we? Thank you.
barryarmstead 2 years ago
yes the whole universe is beautifull and the most beautifull thing in the universe is one small blue dot we call Earth
DarkJedi8x 2 years ago
Yep! And now I have expanded my photography to include the amazing beauty on the surface of this planet. see it on barryarmsteadphotographydotwebs
barryarmstead 2 years ago
Sorry for my layman language. Is this seen from the ground or through a special place? I have never seen such beautiful sight and from where I live (Singapore) we hardly got any NATURAL BEAUTY (of course no disaster too). But is this really happening?
lynnkueh88 2 years ago
Hi lynnkue, it is from the ground in a dark forrest near my home city of Canberra, Australia.
I usually drive away from the city lights to a nice dark site in the mountains, set up my camera on a tripod to frame a nice looking skyline, set the intervals and exposure, then let the camera shoot all night. All I have to do is check the battery levels periodically and make sure the lens doesn't fog up in the cool night air.
barryarmstead 2 years ago
Canberra...
BORING!!!
But it's a great place to squizz...
AV3NG3R00 2 years ago
I have a quick question, do you have to be looking through your telescope the entire time for your eye to get exposed to the stars light? Or do you just set your telescope there and you wait for it to pick up color?
Germanboy567 2 years ago
TY for posting.
any chance of a lcross video???
dgleason2 2 years ago
You are very welcome. What's an lcross video?
Baz.
barryarmstead 2 years ago
lcross is a NASA rocket, set to drop on the moon surface Oct 9th. the LRO will fly thru the debris, looking for water.
dgleason2 2 years ago
Ah! Thanks mate. I knew about the mission, but didn't know the name of it. I don't think my telescope has the resolution to capture the impact, but the eastern seaboard of Australia won't be seeing it anyway.
barryarmstead 2 years ago
neither will I. waited all this time too. maybe nasatv or something.
TY again for doing the video. be well.
dgleason2 2 years ago
OH MY GOSH. awesome! (: heh hope when i go backpacking in aust next year i might be able to drop by your observatory! ;)
kirb92 2 years ago
Thanks folks. I forgot to mention the soundtrack is from Battlestar Galactica season II, called "Roslin and Adama."
The ISO setting on the camera was 800.
Blessings,
Baz.
barryarmstead 2 years ago
That's is a beautiful capture. I love it.
flynnbrown2001 2 years ago
great vid@
jsf1905 2 years ago
This is amazing stuff..
RobinSchouten 2 years ago