Twenty-one year old Tom Rae has wowed judges of the global contest, again, with a shot of The Remarkables.

Young photographer Tom Rae tramped over snow and ice, camping overnight in the Southern Alps, to get one of the winning shots of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition.

The competition, run by Capture the Atlas, selected 25 photos from over 6,500 submitted from around the world.

His “Night at the Remarkables” shot shows the Milky Way arched over The Remarkables in the Southern Alps, while the lights of Queenstown glow far below.

“I thought, ‘Hey, why not climb to the top of The Remarkables ski field in Queenstown and spend the night up there, have a wild adventure, and be able to have a look down and see an element of civilisation in amongst all of this vastness in the night sky,” Rae says.

His shot was among five other winning images from New Zealand photographers taken in different iconic locations.

  • Takahe@lemmy.nz
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    18 days ago

    These are so cool, does anyone know where one might be able to get a high resolution copy of these?

    • MadPsyentist@lemmy.nzEnglish
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      15 days ago

      They are realy cool. It is important to note that they are almost garanteed to be a composit i.e the sky is from a different photo than the mountains in the foreground, and probably Queenstown in the background is probably its own photo aswell.

      Some people say thats cheating, others say its fine if they were all taken in the same place. Im not saying either way, i am more on the side of “as long as it was all taken from the same location im fine with layering” but i do know people who take the stance of “if you are layering then its already fake and i dont like it. Why not add a dragon and Mikey mouse for effect”. You are never going to get the sky like the picture in the same shot as the mountains or even Queenstown because both are throwing off too much light to get an impresive starfield.