Author: Basudeb Chakrabarti / Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Image Details:
Nikon D750
Samyang 135 mm F2.0 lens
I-Optron Sky Guider Pro
Sky: 2 Panel Mosaic
Each Panel: 75 X 60 sec at ISO 500 at F2.0
Foreground: 60 sec at ISO 100 at F5.6 at Blue hour
Basudeb says,
“During my solo Astrophotography tour at Yousmarg, Kashmir at the end of August, it was raining when I had reached at the spot and the sky condition was terrible. I had a video-con with other members of my Astrophotography club “Astronomads Bangla” who were equally excited. Raj assured me that there can be a sudden weather change in the mountains and there was a forecast for clear skies. As the sky did not clear till 8pm in the night, I went back to my hotel room. Around 9pm, I went to the valley and saw that the sky was getting slowly cleared. I was so excited that I ran to grab my equipment and started setting up. While I was setti g up, the sky became completely free from clouds. I posted a test shot of the Milky Way in our Astro-club “Astronomads Bangla” group. It won’t be suitable to share the wonderful curses that Goutam made after seeing the test shot.
It was also my first time using a z-bracket for a mosaic and it worked like a charm.”