AORAKI - 4K - Astrophotography timelapse in a dark sky reserve.

[@ianbrooking9098]

☮️💓Our backyard so stunning

[@lookspacethings]

Really amanzing video! Where to start? Well chosen song, high quality time lapses. Liked so much the usage of different Lens. I guess you used a 135mm for the close up. Really nice!

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks for the comment. Yes, the tighter shots are either 135 or 105mm lens.

[@OrphanRed]

This is beautiful!

[@lastquarterphotography]

@@OrphanRed Thank you.

[@sainathmishra5622]

Its so hard for me to believe that people can see the milky way from earth. I live in a light polluted city and have never seen such a sky. Here I can barely spot 10 or 15 stars. Someday I will definitely visit Aoraki Mackenzie international dark sky reserve to see this amazing view. Its literally jaw dropping.

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thank you for the comment. I hope you will get to see the milky way under dark skies sometime.

[@robncoly]

What a fabulous collection of images. Thanks for posting them.

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks. You're welcome

[@yuuki844]

Wow very stunning shoot 😲

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thank you.

[@Space_Team]

Absolutely BREATHTAKING omg ur so underrated

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks, I think so too 😄

[@tujuannamayo6675]

The most beautiful, ever!!!-

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks very much.

[@allinwith2sChip]

Superb video amazing footage. Congrats on a brilliant compilation all the best with it 👍🏻😉

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks

[@bikermon]

Stunning timelapse, great job

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thank you very much.

[@carlreid4161]

Thanks for sharing these incredible nights with us Chris such an amazing place Mt Cook Aoraki NP.

[@lastquarterphotography]

You're welcome and thank you.

[@timmydlx]

Owesome

[@joelfriendorf]

Love your stuff! Subscribed! :)

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks Joel

[@Beadlion]

OMG Chris! What an amazing compilation of your photography in Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve. I am so delighted that we got to see the Aoraki area first hand when we were in NZ. Especially since you were the best guide ever!! It was the highlight of our trip! Hope to see more of your work soon. Love from California.

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks Lynette. I'm so glad I got to show you around too.

[@apalotas]

Amazing video, congrats!

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thank you

[@RobFall]

this is really great, well done

[@andynz7]

Your work continues to absolutely blow me away Chris!! Utterly enthralling. Your composition work is incredible. The image quality is beyond incredible. The musical accompaniment is perfect. Bravo!

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thank you very much Mr Davies.

[@AbsiTimelapse]

The quantity of stars is really impresive 🤩

[@BevanPercivalPrimalEarthImages]

That's an incredible body of work - very inspiring Chris!

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks very much Bevan.

[@carolloftus7167]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing the link at the IDA 2020 Global Conference :)

[@lastquarterphotography]

Hey Carol, I'm confused. Are you saying thank you because you shared the link at the conference?

[@StephenPatiencePhotography]

An awesome collection of night sky scenes that obviously have taken some time to accumulate. Very nice production and beautiful music to match. Well done mate !

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks Stephen. An honour to get a coment from one of the big names in NZ timelapse.

[@theeccentricgemini]

Three years well spent Chris! Stunning footage!

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks very much. Are you the Carolle who appears on Good Morning to talk about astronomy? 😲

[@amazinggraceministriesinte9801]

Fantastic! 😎❤️👍

[@rukaks]

Absolutely spectacular! I attended my first astrophotography workshop a few weeks ago, and I can’t even comprehend how what you’ve done here is possible! Incredible!

[@lastquarterphotography]

Thanks very much. A location like this really helps. The rest is just time and practice.

[@thearabiansahara]

Amazing

[@paolobrigadeci]

Can I know you photographic equipment? It's a wonderfull video!!!

[@lastquarterphotography]

I used two Nikon cameras - D810A (astro modified) and D750. Many of the wider shots I used a Sapphire Pro motion control mount and slider by Dynamic Perception. Thanks.

[@elismoothie8896]

Is this actually what you saw for yourself? Or is this with the help of editing? Obviously there’s some editing I’m just curious as to how much YOU actually saw

[@lastquarterphotography]

@@elismoothie8896 It's not really what I saw while shooting although it's all really there. You don't see any colour in the milky way because our eyes are not sensitive enough to colour in such low light. The camera sees the colour which is really there and enhances it through a long exposure. You don't see so many of the faint stars that the camera sees although you still see thousands of stars and you can see the milky way clearly in 'black & white'. In very dark places like this you can see the subtle dark structures within the milky way too, not just the milkyness.

[@chandler2927]

If this video was all shot in one place, why is the sky rotating in different directions? Sometimes it’s rotating clockwise and other times it’s rotating counter clockwise. Please enlighten me.

[@lastquarterphotography]

Hi Christopher. The sky appears to rotate differently based on the direction you are looking. Simply turning from north to south will make the stars appear to rotate in the opposite direction. The same reason some constellations look upside down in the southern hemisphere. Since I am only using one non fisheye lens for each shot in this compilation I can't fit the whole sky in one shot. I'm also using many different focal lengths. Sometimes wide, sometimes tight. In the southern hemisphere if you watch or shoot the stars to the south they will appear to rotate around the south celestial pole in a circle. If you shoot east they will appear to rise up from the earth. If you shoot west they will appear to move towards the horizon before disappearing. All the stars are in fact doing circles around the celestial poles from our point of view however this may not be obvious depending on where you are on earth and what direction you are looking. Hope that clears it up.

[@mykhei32]

Go Pro?

[@lastquarterphotography]

Oh no 😛 . Mostly Nikon D810A with some Nikon D750

[@uchihamadara3747]

Is this really visible from naked eyes?? If yes then plsss tell the location of this place

[@lastquarterphotography]

Yes and no. You don't see the colour with your naked eye and the camera sees many more of the faint stars than your eyes. However, everything in this video really exists. It's just the camera is showing more stars than you can see. The locations are all in Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve in the middle of the south island of New Zealand. Thanks for the comment.

[@uchihamadara3747]

Didnt expected a reply that fast but thanks for the info. Now this is really part of my aim and one day (i hope i dont forget) i will surely visit this place.

[@rexyhuilie]

Oh Shushu, you do not need any self promotion.Your pictures tell their own stories.

[@AndyBrownlie]

Photoshop much?

[@lastquarterphotography]

Are you asking how much I use photoshop or how much of this video was created using photoshop? If the former - Sometimes. There's tons of reasons to use photoshop that aren't making 'fake' images. If the latter - none. For this video compilation I used LrTimelapse and then colour graded in Adobe Premiere Pro, neither of which I used any compositing or created anything that isn't actually there when shot. This is made from literally millions of still images shot from trips around the dark sky reserve over about 3 years.