American Barn milky way

SquarePeg · Jul 21, 2020

Not a ton of detail in the milky way here due to all the light polution from nearby cities but - to be able to get even this less than an hour from Boston was great. Was out there with 2 photo friends on Sunday night but it clouded up right before the mw rose above the horizon. One of them called me last night at 9:30 to say she went back there and skies were clear so I jumped in the car (mw core visibility was to start at 10:30 and needed to catch it early before it was too high up to include the barn). There were some wispy clouds in the way, but all in all I am happy with it. Going to try a stack later to see if I can bring out some more of the mw. Maybe went a bit too far with the noise reduction...

Americana by SharonCat..., on Flickr

Soocom1 · Jul 21, 2020

VERY WELL DONE!!!!

480sparky · Jul 21, 2020

Jealousy just oozed out of every pore of my skin.

Smashingly excellent!

Space Face · Jul 21, 2020

Yeah, fantastic stuff. I like the 'stars' and stripes theme. Clever.

PJM · Jul 21, 2020

Very nice image.

Mike Drone · Jul 21, 2020

Beautiful image. =]

SquarePeg · Jul 21, 2020

Soocom1 said:
VERY WELL DONE!!!!

Thanks!

480sparky said:
Jealousy just oozed out of every pore of my skin.

Smashingly excellent!

Thanks! Are you a barn fan? I know a lot of photographers are into them. I have a pic somewhere of a half collapsed barn that is pretty cool I'll have to dig it up.

Space Face said:
Yeah, fantastic stuff. I like the 'stars' and stripes theme. Clever.

Thanks! Yes we Yanks are very clever

PJM said:
Very nice image.

Thanks. Not far from where you live! This is in North Hampton. I may go back for a sunrise shot before they take the flag down. I read that they put it up on the 4th and take it down a few weeks later so time is running out...

Mike Drone said:
Beautiful image. =]

Thank you.

SquarePeg · Jul 21, 2020

Here's another version of this one with a photo bomb by Betsy the cow.

Moooolky Way by SharonCat..., on Flickr

SquarePeg · Jul 21, 2020

Last one for today of this one. Tried a stack with Starry Sky Stacker (first time using that software). I think I like the single shot better but what do I know!

Barn stack by SharonCat..., on Flickr

K9Kirk · Jul 21, 2020

Nice.

SquarePeg · Jul 22, 2020

K9Kirk said:
Nice.

Thanks.

@480sparky here’s that other barn I mentioned. It was just one of those “saw it from the road and pulled over” snaps. It’s too far away to go back for sunrise or sunset light.

Mike Drone · Jul 22, 2020

I hate to see barns run down like that, they are such beautiful buildings. Nice image set =]

Space Face · Jul 22, 2020

SquarePeg said:
K9Kirk said:

Nice.

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Thanks.

@480sparky here’s that other barn I mentioned. It was just one of those “saw it from the road and pulled over” snaps. It’s too far away to go back for sunrise or sunset light.

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There is something very photogenic about once loved but now neglected buildings and machinery. Sad yes but also affords good photographic opportunities.

terri · Jul 22, 2020

Beautiful!

You're really killing it this month. I just nominated one of the comet images for POTM - please someone, for pete's sake get this girl another nom! :lol: