Hug Point

[dankearl]

Single exposure.
iso4000, 15 sec., f1.8, 20mm, D800

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[Tobie Schalkwyk]

What a nice spot to take this shot from, Dan! The image has a nice somewhere-in-space feel about it. It looks like you've had a few light sources to contend with and I think you've done well to contain them. Well done!

[Morkel Erasmus]

Hey Dan. I like this as well - lots of nice elements coming together (shooting star, milky way, foggy over the ocean, alien-looking rock formation).
Wasn't it possible to get a bit more in at the bottom? I might tone it all a tad darker just to see what the effect is - feels a tad too luminous to me?

[Andrew McLachlan]

Very nice Dan...do wish for a tad more room at the bottom. What 20mm lens did you use for this one...a Nikon? I ask because to me it looks like the stars at the outer edges are showing some signs of coma...I have heard that the Rokinon lenses are some of the best available for astrophotography.

[dankearl]

Thanks, Andrew.
The lens is the new Nikon F 1.8. I have the 14mm Rokinon. This lens is much better. I don't really care about coma anyway. I am attempting to make interesting night photos, not astrological science projects. The 1.8 is so much faster, you get so much light that my 2.8 lens (I also use the 24-70 f2.8), seem slow and not as sharp as this new prime lens.
Coma is impossible to measure I think. I can take shots with same settings minutes apart and they are different.

[Don Lacy]

Hi Dan, You have a lot of elements in this image competing for my attention but my eye settles on the bright area of the ocean since it is the brightest arae of the image. Not sure if that was you attention would prefer it to settle on the MW since it is the most interesting part of the image.