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Hi! I'm professional photographer Paul Kerr,
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Throwback Thursday! Nanima Trails. I love a good s

Throwback Thursday!
Nanima Trails.
I love a good star trail. They look awesome and it allows me, as a photographer, to sit back and just lose myself in the night sky.🤩. Bliss.🤩

The end of the Milky Way season in 2019 was when I really started to get more confident in what I was doing with astrophotography. I had gone along with Ari to a new place, which has now become very familiar to those who undertake his workshops, to shoot. The high outlook here means that the Milky Way is visible for a long time into the season. We did a number of different shooting techniques this night, but this star trail has to be my favourite. Pushing the long exposure to limits; the longer you go, the more hotspots you end up with on the sensor. However, the single shot really shows how far, and how quickly, we travel through space on this gigantic space ship of ours, called Earth. 🌏

What is your favourite ways to pass time? Leave an answer in the comments.😃

Canon 5D Mk IV
Samyang 14mm
ISO 400
2560 seconds

Milky Falls. The Gibraltar Falls are a cascade wat

Milky Falls.
The Gibraltar Falls are a cascade waterfall on the Gibraltar Creek, in the ACT, approximately 50 kilometres from Canberra's city centre. The falls have a 50-metre (160-foot) drop. The falls were depicted in the 1966 oil painting titled Rescue at Gibraltar Falls, by John Perceval.
Having been a bit under the weather since last week and seeing the magnificent clear skies over the weekend where I didn't venture out, I made the call to head out for a short shoot last night. Still not 100%, as I was home by 9.00 and surprised my wife with how early it was. 😁
It was well worth braving the cold, magical skies and waterfalls with the Milky Way shining, high up above.
Yes, I may be crazy, but it feels amazing being out just enjoying the night sky. 🤩 What are the things you can't do without?
Canon 5D Mk IV
Sigma 35mm ART
ISO 5000
13 s 33 shots stitched in Lightroom
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Tracked. When it gets to this time of year the Mil

Tracked.
When it gets to this time of year the Milky Way gets high in the sky and it is hard to capture it with something of interest unless you wish to create a many picture panoramic shot. But you can use this time to get longer exposures which results in much less noise in your shots. These captures can be used for printing of larger sized prints. Or depending on the type of tracker you may be able to use a longer focal length lens to zoom in on specific areas of the galaxy.

With this capture I have used my @move to get a less noisier capture of the core, highlighting it's natural beauty. 🤩

Canon 5D Mk IV
Sigma 35mm ART
ISO 1600
52s x 8
MSM Rotator

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Happy Friday. Hope your pathway leads you where y

Happy Friday.

Hope your pathway leads you where you want to go...

Canon 5D MK IV
Samyang 14mm
ISO 6400
25s

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Star Trails or Star Wars! Star trails can be done

Star Trails or Star Wars!

Star trails can be done at anytime of the year and you can use a number of techniques to capture them. If you know where the South Pole point is you can create a star trail shot that will give you a circle which in my opinion is really cool. Pointing to a different part of the sky can create some amazing lines as well.

In this picture, created in the South of Canberra, I've aligned the lens to capture the pole but by using a wide angle lens. I've also been able to extend the view away far enough from it in the single frame. This allows an area of circular trails combined with a mixture of lines that divert away from the pole. The colour in the lower portion of the sky is the setting core of the Milky Way.

During the capture I've also walked out in front of the lens and then used a hand held torch to highlight me giving a holographic appearance standing on the bridge. Lastly, a car came past during the shot and added head and tail lights to the shot.

This was all in a single shot that took 962 seconds (16m 2s0) to complete. So many things can go wrong in that time, but I'm very happy with the final outcome.

Tell me your thoughts on what you think, and do you enjoy the description of what goes into a shot?

Canon 6D
Samyang 14mm f/2.8
ISO 400
962 seconds

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Sometimes you will find the thing you are looking

Sometimes you will find the thing you are looking for where you least expect it.

During lockdown last year I was working out where I could go in my two hour outside time. This led to exploration around my local area. Close by is the Urambi Hills and this, most amazing tree. To look at the amazing clarity in the sky, you would not think this is a 20 minute walk from a major road in a Southern suburb of Canberra.

A reimagined view of it under the Milky Way.

Canon 5D Mk IV
Samyang 14mm
ISO 6400
25s x 5 exposures

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