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"Forces of Nature"

Winner - 2016 Untracked DSLR section of Astronomical Association of Queensland annual astrophotography contest


Mt Bromo billows ash, Semeru expels lava illuminated steam, lightning strike, Milky Way overhead.
Volcanic ash, clouds of steam mixed with sulfur dioxide billow off Mt Bromo, Java, Indonesia passing behind Batok, the dormant volcano in the foreground. Unseen, hundreds were climbing to watch sunrise from the rim. This photo was taken on the first day the climb was reopened (March 13, 2016) following the November 2015 eruption. Behind Batok and Mt Bromo in the distance is Semeru, the largest volcano and highest peak on Java. A small puff of ash and steam emanating from Semeru is illuminated by the glowing magma. In the far distance, a large thunderstorm is in progress, the anvil and lightning seen in this exposure. Framed by the milky way. At latitude -8, the south celestial pole sits just above and to the left of Semeru.

Pentax k5 ISO3200 7 x 20s exposures Pentax 12mmf4 ED lens.

The lightening, stars, and Mt Bromo were in one 30 s exposure, the puff of steam lit red by lava was taken 
4 mins later. The landscape was black in the 30s exposure so I added 7 images to get some detail on the land.

Camera : Pentax K5 DSLR ISO 3200
Pentax 12-24mm ED AL (IF) operating as 12mm

Sky, stars, Mt Bromo and lightning................30s @ f4 x1 sub
Red gaseous eruption Semeru.......................30s @ f4 x1 sub (taken 4 mins later)
Landscape around base of Bromo & Batok......30s @ f4 x7 subs (taken over a 10 min period)

"Moonrise On Golden Pond"

3rd place - 2016 Untracked DSLR section of Astronomical Association of Queensland annual astrophotography contest


Took this with the Moon just below the horizon (15mins before moonrise)
Pentax k5 DSLR  ISO3200 3 x 20s exposures Pentax 12mmf4 ED lens  ISO6400 4 x 15s stacked and aligned (sky)
landscape retained from just one of the four 15s exposure used for the landscape. Other three had landscape masked out.







"Glasshouse Rocks II"
Narooma N.S.W.

Pentax K1 ISO3200 93s exposure Pentax 18mm f3.5 lens






Emu on it's head, southern cross and Milky Way with a faint auroral glow on the horizon from a Kp4 event
Pentax K1 with Pentax Astrotracer active / ISO1600 / single 65s exposure / Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens






Blended composite of the setting Milky Way taken during "Murrumbidgee Midniight Madness"
Milky Way:  Pentax K1 with Pentax Astrotracer active / ISO1600 / single 180s exposure / Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens
Landscape: Pentax K1 with Pentax Astrotracer inactive / ISO1600 / single 240s exposure / Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens






Murrumbidgee River with Fog
Pentax K1  / ISO3200 / single 15s exposure / Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens
Illumination of ridge provided by a rising Moon and foreground painted with LED torchlight





Murrumbidgee River
Pentax K1  / ISO6400 / single 10s exposure / Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens
 




Murrumbidgee River
Pentax K1  / ISO6400 / single 50s exposure / Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens
 



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