Photographer captures Milky Way in Atacama Desert (Plus Benro Giveaway!)

[@jeroexx]

1. Polar alignment 2. Panoramas 3. Very subtle and precise adjustments I think the best images you've made in your videos are in this one. I love pretty much every single one. Especially the one with the reflections.

[@Astrolavista]

Absolutely incredible! I'm not ashamed to say I welled up a bit looking at these astonishing images, thanks so much for sharing!

[@MarcoRoccabella]

It's always incredible to see how much work there's behind a shot! Great vlog as usual! For the contest: - Panoramas - Fine adjustments for alignment and tracking - Polar Alignment

[@mixiah]

Really enjoyed these, lovely to see someone working hard and enjoying it. For the comp: 1. Panorama with 50% overlap for easier stitching 2. Minute adjustments on 2 axis 3. Degree markings to set latitude on the y axis for correct height

[@Ed-yj8ts]

Thanks for putting in all of the work for this VLOG. Very useful. When you said 4,000 meters, I remembered Mauna Kea at night (same altitude). You can't think, walk, or talk well. Then the sickness.

[@martinob26]

Unreal as always. 1. Easy panoramas. 2. Polar alignment. 3. Fine adjustments

[@SunnySharma-ym3dr]

1. Fine adjustment 2. panorama photography 3. polar alignment Always an inspiration for astrophotography. Love watching your channel. Cheers from Sweden!

[@kellyvodrey3367]

Polar alignment. . Panorama. . And fine tuning ... best of luck .. its a great prize .. thank you

[@scotty4418]

Wow, Alan, been a bit of time since we’ve seen you release a vlog but when you do, there’s no half measures. That was absolutely phenomenal and those images were simply breathtaking. Going need to watch this again, not to get the answers for the give away, but simply to let the chin hit the floor through looking at these images once more 👍🏼👍🏼

[@tomwatphoto]

Awesome work mate, been looking forward to the vlog! ANSWERS; 1) absolute precision positioning/fine tuning 2) panos 3) mount for tracker/alignment

[@MikeHeller]

Very cool shots. I don't do a ton of astro, it's a totally different ballgame. Tons of work to get to the right spots, and spending a lot of time being awake at night. I have spent time in the Atacama, it's a surreal landscape, I love it. Answer: alignment of the tracker since you don't have Polaris in the south. Making panoramas with multiple overlapping shots. Fine adjustments to composition.

[@ErwinChung]

Super inspiring work! Keep it up! Answers: 1. To do your polar alignment in S. America using the 135mm lens 2. To make your panorama easier 3. Ability to make fine adjustments with sag

[@taraskravchuk9139]

Wow! I've been there last November! In order to get used to altitude, go to Peru first, and travel from Lima all the way along the cost through Nazca, Arequipa, Puno to Cuzco. Get used gradually. Take some trips there to the Andes. After these exercises, in Chile you would feel great. The sky in Atacama is the best indeed. Thanks for amazing job you do and your channel. Regards from Ukraine!

[@curtis6861]

1. fine adjustments with no sag like a ballhead, easier to keep objects in frame. 2. Makes panos much easier. 3. Easy to polar align when using a tracker. Thanks Alyn! Great video as always!

[@rajagrossi2459]

Stellar as always! Loved the valley of the rainbow! 1.polar alignment 2. Easy Panoramas 3. Fine adjustments / alignm

[@spencedunc]

Awesome video as always Alyn! Answers are to do panos easier, make fine adjustments better than on a ball head and for better polar alignment with a tracker!

[@TheTsog]

Great Video as Always! 1. Panorama 2. Tracking/equatorial wedge 3. Fine adjustments

[@ivanlupi5123]

Awesome pics. What an efffort. Will be heading that way next year. Hope I can shoot half descent pics.

[@chris6442]

This is such an excellent an highly informativ channel! Your pictures and panoramas are one of the best out there! For the Benro comp: 1. Fine adjustments, especially with long lenses 2. Easier panoramas 3. Polar alignment and equatorial wedge (degree markings on y axis) Keep up the outstanding work!!

[@Neilooooo]

Smashing set of videos and well worth the wait for each. Those reflections are magic looking! I'll throw my name in the hat here and best of luck to all! :) 1.Polar alignment 2. Easier panoramic 3.Fine adjustments

[@adamgroves2596]

Polar alignments. Panoramas. Fine tuning. Fabulous shots and great vlog as usual

[@rebeccajosteelman563]

Really great work you guys, beautiful, just awesome astro photography. What a gorgeous universe.

[@pkh540]

Oh, forgot one... No sagging! Fantastic videos! Now I really want to visit Chile. For the contest, 1. Panoramas 2. Polar alignment 3. Fine tuning / micro adjustments Now going o go check out Adrien’s stuff. Great work and thanks for bringing us along, cheers!

[@aet96]

Amazing photos!! 1. fine adjustment 2. making panorama photography 3. polar alignment

[@scrumpyhead2000]

You've taken it up another notch mate. Stunning work. For the Benro gear: 1. fine adjustments 2. makes panoramas easier 3. better for polar alignment All the best.

[@joefunny6495]

Wow, beautiful shots. 1. For fine adjustments 2. For panorama photography 3. For polar alignment using the tracker.

[@ash201191]

Incredibly photo's as always! 1. Easy rotation of the camera to ensure 50% overlap when doing pano's 2. Easier to make small adjustments to the the geared head to maintain your framing 3. Ensures polar alignment when using the star tracker Looking forward to the next video!

[@dogleg144]

Those are the most AMAZING Milky Way panos I have ever seen!! Thank you for sharing with the world.

[@joshglaister]

Fantastic Video again, so informative. For the giveaway I think the three aspects you used the geared head for was, 1. Using the Geared head to create the polar Alignment 2. To keep the sun in frame by micro adjusting the rotational axis 3. To make stitching for panoramas more efficient

[@markprice470]

Some amazing shots as usual. Uses for gear head 1. Polar alignment 2. Panoramic shooting 3. very fine accurate adjustments :-)

[@mountain_goat1]

So love watching your videos. Watched this one again and again.👍🏼⭐️👌🏼

[@ade14299]

Another great vlog and some stunning images 1. Polar Alignment 2. Panoramas 3.Fine adjustments

[@tonygameaddict_1168]

What camera were you using for this shot 0:21 - 0:30? It was a live view and I don't know any cameras that can see the LMC while in live view so I am very interested to know.

[@judithestradaphotography]

1. Easy Panoramas 2. Fine Adjustments 3. Polar Alignment The views are stunning!😍

[@hammett10ify]

In my opinion, these are some of, if not the best photos I have seen on any of your vids

[@AlynWallace]

Thanks!

[@focalthingy1767]

Hi Alyn, an inspiration as always! Phenomenal work. Answers are polar alignment, panoramas and fine tuning.

[@gabriel-lanaro]

I had to pause the video in the last shot (18:44) to appreciate it a little longer, the colors are so beautiful, such an amazing photo, congratulations! You used the Benro Geared Head in your videos to do panoramas, polar aligment with the tracker and fine adjustments.

[@jeffmiller8950]

All I can say is wow... those shots were phenomenal. Great job and great video!

[@Silty78]

Great video as always, love the last Milkyway Pano. 1) To aid with the polar alignment with your Move-shoot-move SIFO tracker. 2) Panoramic's made easier to stitch together 3) being able to make adjustments without out any lens sag or drop.

[@MichalJuul]

Always beautiful shots from you 👏🏻🏆👍😃 1. Panoramas 2. Polar alignment 3. Fine adjustments

[@GrandmasterBBC]

Some of the most amazing astrophotography I have ever seen.

[@richardallen1835]

Always look forward to these vlogs but that was the best one in ages. Some stunning shots in there :-) For the answer to the question: use it for panoramas, for polar alignment and for fine adjustments.

[@michaelrusso3845]

Alignment Taking panorama photos Fine adjustment Three things that are essential for astrophotography. And of which I have none XD Only started taking photos a couple of months ago. Great videos, really insightful for new photographers!

[@RugbyLock2668]

Love the vlogs! 1. Making minute adjustments with no sag like a ball head 2. Making the panoramic stichting much easier. 3. Using the head to make the polar alignment.

[@brenttomlinson7871]

great video with stunning shots 1. Used the gearhead to slowly track the eclipse. 2. Used it to do panoramas 3. Used it to help with polar alignment with the star trakker

[@cowboyspook]

Great nightscapes ! These are the first I've seen taken with an astro-modified SONY. The ways in which you used the Benro Geared Head: 1. Tracked panorama of the Milky Way core at Atacama. 2. Keeping the sun and moon centered during the total eclipse. 3. Panorama of the ALMA radio telescopes and the Milky Way.

[@guyulin5157]

Beautiful Alyn, now I want to spend the winter in Chile. Answers: 1. panorama rotation at the observatory 2. fine adjustment to keep the sun in the center, and 3. to mount the star tracker.

[@nightscapeimages.richard]

This was a truly remarkable video Alyn, one of your very best. It must be that beautiful southern hemisphere night sky that agrees with you ...!!! Well done, awesome images. Richard

[@AlynWallace]

Thanks a lot Richard. You've certainly got it good down there in the South!

[@keegantheveganat0r]

loving the Chile vlogs man... Cheers for the advice on the Move Shoot Move! I got mine and it really is a boss bit of kit! I'm just waiting for some decent time off to coincide with some clear skies so i can proper check it out. For the benro competition the three ways you used the Geared head were for -Polar Alignment -Panorama's -Fine tuning

[@pkh540]

Fantastic videos! Now I really want to visit Chile. For the contest, 1. Panoramas 2. Polar alignment 3. Fine tuning / micro adjustments Now going o go check out Adrien’s stuff. Great work and thanks for bringing us along, cheers!

[@PaulApplebyphotography]

Thanks Alyn! 1. Tracker alignment 2. Accurate and fine adjustments 3. Making panorama's quicker and easier to execute.

[@FilippoMasoni]

1) To keep the sun in the middle of the frame with minute adjustments and no sagging necessary for a telephoto lens for the Solar Eclipse. (this is the use I'm most interested since you showed us the gear head the first time) 2) Panorama of the telescopes at Alma, easy to get 50% overlap when working in the dark. 3) Used as a mount to do the polar alignment with minute adjustments and set the latitude straight away. Amazing vlog as usual, but this one was quite special, 20 minutes long and full of incredible photos, so many great pieces of information and a nice story to wrap everything, well done! I watched it straight away but then I had to rewatch the other vlogs to get the answers, which was still entertaining. I would appreciate a video of you explaining the entire experience in Cile, from the Solar eclipse to shooting in one of the best places in the world, as well as maybe sharing all the gear you brought (which looks like you had a lot) and how it was useful and maybe some extra tips for travelling in those countries. Thanks for the amazing content, cheers!

[@Capturethemoment1976]

Stunning pictures! 1. Enables polar alignment using degree markers 2. Enables fine adjustments 3. Helps more precise panoramics

[@helencogan2187]

This is one of your best vlogs..incredible work.... thanks for taking us along... 1: Gear head for: moon shoots with longer lens: moon/sun centered 2: Observatory shots with MW and moon: Pano shots 3: polar alignment w'star tracker, longer focal length. Thanks again for sharing!!

[@mvivas01]

Hey Alyn, In this awesome video you used the Benro Geared Head to: 1. Have awesome polar alignment 2. Taking and creating easy panoramas 3. Making fine adjustments Keep up the awesome, helpful videos!

[@florianw210]

Nice Video. Thank you 1. easier panoramas 2. Fine adjustments 3. polar alignment and equatorial wedge

[@pilleeeee]

Awesome video and photos from an awesome place! You used the geared head to keep the sun in the center of the frame during the eclipse. At the observatory you used it for a panrorama (that's what I would do all the time with a good geared head). And finally you used the geared head to mount the star tracker and get the polar alignment.

[@aharshephotography]

Yo, Love the pictures in this video... superb shots, Hope you guys are ok with altitude sickness. The Gear head you mainly used for 1. Polar alignment 2. Panoramas 3. Fine adjustment with degree labels.

[@doplinger1]

Those are some incredible shots Alyn! Thanks for sharing. The one in the gorge was my favorite.

[@xDarkHGx]

love how accurate the milky way shots are to how it really looks to the naked eye

[@a.k2156]

Awesome work dude. 16 shot panorama of the milky way was really good, mindblowing detail! 1 - precise adjustment, no sag, no surprises 2 - tracker alignment 3 - panoramas, panoramas, panoramas (3 times, cause panoramas are awesome)

[@willknight3164]

Arrrrggghhhh, this is making me want to go travelling so bad .... amazing video, well done. 3 uses: tracking the eclipse with fine adjustments at long focal lengths, fast and easy overlapping panos, and polar alignment for the sky tracker. Keep the awesome content coming 👍

[@greezyy5654]

Incredible to see the moon set, looked like day light. Definitely in my to do list, I know high levitation will be a challenge I’ll have to prepare for!

[@cstl9]

Beautiful shots! Kepp that benro gear in chile!! 1) take easier panoramas ahora. 2) polar alignment 3) precision for a perfectly shot

[@Phillyo118]

Great video! That altitude sickness would've broken me lol. 3 uses: 1) Small/fine adjustments that allowed you to keep the sun in the centre of the frame 2) Makes the process of making a panorma much easier than when using a ballhead plus no sag 3) Eases the polar alignment when using a tracker especially in southern hemisphere due to no Polaris.

[@atomikmaster1]

Another master upload👍🔭✨ 1.making fine adjustments. 2.polar alignment 3. Panoramas

[@marysmith5015]

I absolutely love your videos! Your work is phenomenal! And as for the answers for the benro head.....panoramic shots to overlap each shot, fine adjustments to keep sun/moon in shot, polar alignment! Thanks for the chance to win!

[@andrewpoynter7887]

once again stunning video and photographs, inspirational. Answers on a postcard 1) Panoramas 2) Polar alignments 3) Fine adjustments

[@homesteadandvideo]

Another great one Alyn -polar adj. -panoramic -some fine tuning Clear skyes💫

[@echoauxgen]

AGAIN EPIC!!! Great education on the panorama mount! The Benro gear head looks great for a perfect level while sitting up lighter than a fluid head, looks better than a ball head! Also great example of the 2 week window for MW capture, yes a crescent moon (looking full), but if bad weather on the new moon able to go out early or later!!!

[@cwalter24]

Pictures are unreal. AW for the win!

[@gr8matmal]

Amazing shots as always Alan 👍🏻 The answers are: For Panorama For fine adjustments And for Polar alignment Thanks for the opportunity 😁✌🏻

[@EJosesA87]

Polar alignment, panoramas, and fine adjustments! Great photos!

[@megtube9825]

Great vlog! 1) for panoramas 2) for polar alignment 3) for fine adjustments

[@simonbaigrie2485]

Great episode Alyn! Loved the pano at 18:45! Alma Observatory - horizontal pano Solar eclipse - tracking the sun with a telephoto lens Atacama Desert - polar alignment

[@S81YT]

That's awesome you are able to do a giveaway! The three things you mentioned: 1) Panoramic shots (some of my favorite) 2) Fine adjustments 3) Ability to polar allign Good luck and clear skies everyone! :D

[@marieta.s]

As most people have already mentioned you used the head for polar alignment, shooting panoramas and fine tuning (adjustments) your shots. By the way these shots were amazing. I really appreciate what you do because in my few attempts to shoot the galactic core my results did not come anywhere near your shots. Of course it takes practice and commitment, so maybe one day I will be good enough to hang one of my pictures in my wall too.

[@huexley]

Getting the right polar equivalent alignement, panoramas, and easy fine tuning ajustements. This channel is so underated. Your shots are amazing especially the moon-o-rama. !

[@pistax0]

Thanks for another damn great video. Cannot wait till next adventure! Regarding the Benro gear head usage: 1-Panoramas 2-Polar alingment 3-Fine adjustments

[@baadbetaa]

Panoramas, Polar Alignment, and Fine Adjustments. Loved the shots! Great video.

[@aaronjenkin]

Amazing work as usual mate, that geared head looks very useful. 1. Micro adjustments to keep the sun in the frame for the eclipse. 2. Easier panoramas with the geared head. 3. Used it to align the star tracker.

[@BryanDillonPhotography]

It’s like your work is on a geared head... taking it up a Degree of excellence every new VLOG!!! 1) minute adjustments for tracking the solar eclipse with a telescopic lens 2) better Panoramic photographs making sure the degree of over lap is correct 3) polar alignment for the MSM sky tracker Cheers Alyn 👍🏻😁

[@AlynWallace]

Haha thanks Bryan

[@richardvernon7019]

Great shots, Alyn, I particularly liked the one with the four visible galaxies. Looks like you guys made the most of such a fantastic opportunity......

[@InsightImagingPhoto]

Awesome video man. I am about to embark on a 26hr drive to get to a desert salt flat lake in Utah. Hoping I can get good skies to get some creative shots like these. Keep up the amazing work.

[@aaronuws]

Fine alignment of the tracker, macro (focus stacking), panoramic stitching and leveling. Love the adventures you take us on, keep them coming! And glad you both recovered from the high altitudes so quickly. Safe travels!

[@FeatherzMcGraw]

Glad you managed to acclimatize after what looks like a miserable first night experience for you leaving Adrian to have all the fun! :). Some amazing shots. Using the gearhead for polar alignment in Atacama desert. Helping reduce parallax and making minute adjustments with a long focal length Tele lens to keep sun/moon centered. Reducing parallax (nodal slide) and ensuring correct overlap/alignment for panoramas with gearhead.

[@stevef7699]

Fantastic vlog and thanks for sharing the experience. The three features highlighted: Easier horizontal and vertical panorama; Polar alignment for star tracker; and fine adjustments to keep Sun/Moon in frame.

[@OliPayne26]

Great video as usual and some fantastic images. Geared Head Uses: 1) Fine adjustment when using telephoto lens to keep sun in the center of the frame. 2) Creating a Panorama, ensuring each shot has 50% overlap even in low light. 3) When using a star tracker it allows for fine adjustment to ensure that it is polar aligned.

[@Kabouterplop01]

Super crisp pano's Alyn, great vlog.

[@yinghungwong]

polar alignment with tracker panorama shots fine adjustment amazed by the place and your technique

[@Rwm18]

1 - To make minute adjustments to manually track the sun/moon in the centre of the frame with no saggy sag of the telephoto lens 2 - To make the pano of the telescopes easy in the dark by use of the degree markers for a decent overlap 3 - Used with the star tracker moveshootmove to polar align in the Southern hemisphere with use of the degree markers Fingers crossed for everyone but more so for ME! 😏 the image of the milkyway dipping into the valley and the river leading to it was brilliant. Thanks Alyn, thanks Benro!

[@steveuow]

Mate .. some of your best vlogs to date, what an experience :-) Also kudos for fighting the altitude sickness! For the competition You used the Benro Geared head to, Keep the sun in the middle of the frame for the eclipse with minute adjustments in two axes. Rotate the camera a certain Number of degrees when creating the panorama at ALMA. As a mount to do polar alignment with minute adjustments.

[@simonresch9677]

very good video for panoramas, polaralignment and fine adjustments

[@PaulMDillon]

As usual, remarkable photos. I started shooing astro a few weeks before I discovered your work. After binge watching your astro-vlogs I got super inspired to shoot the night sky and now have fell head over heels in love with it! Keep up the great work! LOVE LOVE LOVE these vlogs man. You used that Benro for tracking, pano and just the ballhead by itself. I’m impressed with the fact you said it has no sagging. I always have to over compensate for the sag.

[@arjunupadhya2631]

1 polar alignment 2 panoramas 3 fine adjustment PS: admire your work so can't believe you are giving away gear 🙈 thank you 🔥

[@fatcatcbr]

Panoramas, Polar Alignment, and Fine Adjustments ,Great Video Alyn

[@neilcamden1365]

Great blog, as always. I'd love to win the Benro setup.... And The three uses for the Benro geared head were: 1) Making minute adjustments to keep the sun centred in the frame. 2) Making panoramas easier by using the degree markings. 3) Polar alignment for use with your star tracker.

[@tony_r_pierce]

Enjoyed the video, Alyn. 1. For the solar eclipse you used the Benro head's two-axis adjustment knobs to re-center the sun at intervals during the shooting. 2. At the ALMA observatory, you used the Benro head to rotate the camera by a specific number of degrees for creating panoramas. 3. In the Atacama Desert, you used the Benro head as a base for the Move Shoot Move tracker to obtain polar alignment in the southern hemisphere.

[@anitamiles5125]

Love From Ecuador....Alyn you are an amazing photographer!

[@pedro_da_silveira]

Excellent job! Answer: for panoramas, polar alignment and fine adjustments.