Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:57 pm

mch3898: Well, if you had seen the hoards of European tourists cramped up at the lookout point, you would not think so! Heh... Anyway, the place is very touristy, the only danger is frost-bite from the cold (0-5 deg C) night air.

jiahao1986: You peeped into the EXIF?

swat_pup6433: Yes! Were you there too? Seems like a popular place for tourists to stay!

Anyway, here's another from the telecom tower beside our lookout point (ISO3200, 16mm, f/3.5, 14 secs):

swat_pup6433 · Post by **swat_pup6433** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:14 pm

haha yes! i was there in march! lol too bad that day we had the smoke blowing in our faces when we climbed up bromo. same for mount ijen. thick smoke in our face followed by a nice cold acid rain! LOL i was too busy climbing out of the barricade at the top of bromo down to the slopes in the early morning to take any nice starry shots though~

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:36 pm

swat_pup6433 wrote:haha yes! i was there in march! lol too bad that day we had the smoke blowing in our faces when we climbed up bromo. same for mount ijen. thick smoke in our face followed by a nice cold acid rain! LOL i was too busy climbing out of the barricade at the top of bromo down to the slopes in the early morning to take any nice starry shots though~

Cool.. so I guess u went for the SGTREKKER trip with Melvin too?

swat_pup6433 · Post by **swat_pup6433** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:49 pm

yes! melvin and adrian! LOL i have a video on their sg trekkers facebook homepage. they are planning on a trip to egypt nx year june and we are planning on the nepal trip in march~ wanna go for the egypt one?

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:24 pm

Some more (but nothing like Jia Hao's!):

wintertriangle22 · Post by **wintertriangle22** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:13 pm

photographs are exceptionally clear, [smilie=wow.gif]

swat_pup6433 · Post by **swat_pup6433** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:18 pm

yeah! that lens did u used for the close up bromo shot?

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:56 pm

swat_pup6433 wrote:yeah! that lens did u used for the close up bromo shot?

That was the Canon 100-400mm which I also used for the Solar Eclipse shots.

swat_pup6433 · Post by **swat_pup6433** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:06 pm

lol u carried the lens all the way for the ijan and bromo trek!? LOL i walked up with my 24-70 with 70-200 and tripod already half dead~

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:32 pm

swat_pup6433 wrote:lol u carried the lens all the way for the ijan and bromo trek!? LOL i walked up with my 24-70 with 70-200 and tripod already half dead~

For Bromo, I carried my Tokina 11-16mm, Canon 17-40mm, and 100-400mm - two in my Thinktank pouches, and one fixed to the camera. Since the Landrover drove us up to the viewing point, the load was not exceptional. Then I left everything in the vehicle and only carried the 17-40mm to walk up to the crater rim.

For Ijen, I only carried the the 17-40mm. Anything else and I would have fainted!