American Pyramid Arch at Night

[JimFox]

Not sure on the title but I am sure I am happy with how this pano turned out from Ames Memorial in Wyoming that I captured the other night.

This is 7 vertical frames. I didn't get the Pyramid perfectly centered under the arch of the Milky Way, so at the final stage of processing where I did a small crop, I moved the Pyramid over more to the left in the frame itself letting it balance hopefully with the Milky Way core and the small barn on the horizon. Hopefully that works at least, I do have plenty of space to reframe the crop if I decide after looking at it a while more.

Nikon Z6II (Visable + Ha Astro Mod by Spencers Camera)
Viltrox 16mm f1.8

20 secs
ISO 1600
f1.8

Stitched and Processed in Photoshop

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

The result certainly works fine for my eyes. I like this better than the star trails image.

 

[JimFox]

The result certainly works fine for my eyes. I like this better than the star trails image.

Thanks Alan, glad you like it.

I am not a huge star trail fan either. I think they can work once in a while, but I don't do many of them.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Nice looking arch on this one. Where is this located?

 

[Jameel Hyder]

The arching MW over the 'pyramid' works. Nice imaging.

 

[MonikaC]

I see how you would have liked the Memorial more to the right.......sigh.....you couldn't just ask the MW to shift itself?

 

[JimFox]

Nice looking arch on this one. Where is this located?

Thanks Kurt!

It's off the I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie.

 

[JimFox]

The arching MW over the 'pyramid' works. Nice imaging.

I appreciate that Jameel!

 

[JimFox]

I see how you would have liked the Memorial more to the right.......sigh.....you couldn't just ask the MW to shift itself?

Thanks Monika!

Well... if I was like the majority of photographers (it seems) who now use trackers to capture the Milky Way and then composite it onto a previously captured ground layer, I could have easily moved the Milky Way over to center it better on the Pyramid.

But that's not my style. Plus, this I think gives it a little character.