File:My First Milky Way Panoramic. (EXPLORE) - Flickr - Ryan Hallock.jpg

Flickr Explore, 6/28/15, number 453. Shot with my Sony A7, and Minolta Celtic 28mm f/2.8. No EXIF data available due to the stitching process.

Like the title says, this is the first panoramic shot I've done (aside from phone panoramic and camera panoramic modes), ever. I've been taking photos a little over 10 years now, and I've never attempted one. Reasons? NONE.

So, the other night while at Beaver Meadow Observatory in Java, NY, an hour south of Buffalo, I framed up 4 shots the best I could. I was using the stars as reference points. Luckily the sky was dark as could be, and the Summer Triangle gave me 3 bright stars to go off of. Unfortunately, it turned out a little off. This was mostly due to far too much camera tripod movement in between shots.

It's an extremely hard thing to do, especially at night. Big respect to those of you who have such gorgeous panos. Seriously!!

I used Hugin software just to try the pano out. I'm getting PS CC as we speak, I've always used Lightroom for photos and I've been perfectly content. I'm excited to get it better next time.

I don't ever think of things like this as failure. The human brain takes 21 days to learn and remember anything so that it's instilled for life to be used daily "without thought." However, the basis to those 21 days is practice. Always shoot, and shoot more, keep producing. Things aren't handed to you, there is no luck, no coincidence, no fate. It's life reacting to how you react to it.