Monday, May 29, 2023

Ralf Rohner

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With over 25 years of experience as a professional airline pilot and as an avid amateur nightscape photographer, I am equally at home both in aviation and in astrophotography. Presently I fly as a Captain on the Boeing 777-300ER for Swiss International Airlines Ltd., the national carrier of my home country Switzerland. I started photography during the film age and expanded into deep sky imaging at the beginning of the millenium. In 2015 I went the "wrong" way and "downgraded" to nightscape photography because I not only love the stats but also like visiting great landscapes. So this was the logical path. During my night flights, I have been pushing the limits and quality of my airborne astrophotography out of fast-flying jet airplanes. https://ralf-rohner.pixels.com https://fb.com/skypointer2000 https://instagram.com/skypointer2000 https://flickr.com/skypointer2000

Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI: The Perfect Mount for Mobile Astrophotography?

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The longer I am engaged in shooting astro-landscapes, the longer focal lengths I seem to use. Some 2 years ago, I started shooting "deepscapes,"...

Going Deep – Pushing the Limits of Nightscape Photography

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You have probably seen them on social media: Composite images combining landscapes with totally unrelated deep sky images. These pieces of fiction seem to...

Airborne Astrophotography

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Commercial pilot Ralf Rohner shares tips and tricks on how you can photograph the Milky Way and night sky from a jet airplane.