Making a 350-megapixel Milky Way Panorama

Winner of the "best of 2016" PF photo contest

By bruno.cirou in Photo Contests on Sep 6, 2017

Magic Maïdo: Best Pentax Forums Photo of 2016 (Click for larger version)

First I would like to thank Pentax Forums for giving us the opportunity to participate in the best of 2016 photo contest.  I have already thanked those who commented on my photo but I'll do it again: THANK YOU!

The photo you see above is a panorama of 40 images (in a 4x10 grid) taken with the Pentax K-1 full-frame DSLR and the excellent Samyang 24mm F1.4.

The Making of "The End"

The winning image in our "Junk" photo contest

By bruno.cirou in Photo Contests on Oct 7, 2015

Thank you all for your comments, nominations and votes. Some are funny; some are very flattering. Special thanks to Marc H. for his long analysis.

"The End" by bruno.cirou

I took this photo during an extraordinary journey in Namibia. This place is called "SOLITAIRE". There is only one lodge, one restaurant and one gas station.

My intention when I started this series of pictures was to shoot the Milky Way with a special foreground (the car). But the moon and some clouds were also present.

After the first shot I realized that the clouds formed some sort of a gloomy bird. My bad luck, moon + clouds, became a chance for a special photo. Even the flare and the halo "round off" the movement  of the "cloud bird."