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Snag in Sagittarius, Shenandoah National Park
Here's my first Milky Way shot of 2021. This was captured on the evening of Friday, June 4th from Trayfoot Mountain Overlook in Shenandoah National Park at mile post 87. I had seen this old snag on previous drives and thought it might make for a fun foreground as the overlook looks out to the south and east.
The only downside is the Milky Way was rising right over the light dome of #charlottesville Virginia so the effects of light pollution are evident in the photo, although I've tried to minimize the impact through processing.
Specs:
Canon EOS 6D, Sigma EX 50mm lens, iOptron Skyguider Pro tracker for the sky shots. Aperture was set to F/3.2 for all shots.
12x60" tracked sky shots at ISO800 stacked and denoised with 12 dark frames, merged with a single untracked foreground shot of 120" at ISO1600. I used some dim light painting for the tree from my cell phone's flashlight to make it show up a little better.
Snag in Sagittarius, Shenandoah National Park
Here's my first Milky Way shot of 2021. This was captured on the evening of Friday, June 4th from Trayfoot Mountain Overlook in Shenandoah National Park at mile post 87. I had seen this old snag on previous drives and thought it might make for a fun foreground as the overlook looks out to the south and east.
The only downside is the Milky Way was rising right over the light dome of #charlottesville Virginia so the effects of light pollution are evident in the photo, although I've tried to minimize the impact through processing.
Specs:
Canon EOS 6D, Sigma EX 50mm lens, iOptron Skyguider Pro tracker for the sky shots. Aperture was set to F/3.2 for all shots.
12x60" tracked sky shots at ISO800 stacked and denoised with 12 dark frames, merged with a single untracked foreground shot of 120" at ISO1600. I used some dim light painting for the tree from my cell phone's flashlight to make it show up a little better.