Hello Orion! DSC_6221
The constellation of Orion is returning to Northern skies after spending our winter shining over more pleasant lands. However, at 56° North, we don't actually see it for very long before the summer twilight takes over (it is only properly dark between midnight and 2am in mid-April).
With Covid lockdown restrictions and not being able to get to a dark sky area, this was the best shot I could get for springtime 2021, but the Orion Nebula is visible in the sword area. Horrendous light pollution courtesy of my local supermarket car park, but the impact of that has been reduced quite considerably with post-processing.
Technical - this is a stack of 9 ten-second shots with a 20mm prime lens at f/2.2 (so equivalent to 90 seconds exposure). The foreground was taken from the eighth shot, where a fire engine raced along the road with its blue lights on for a bit of interest.
The title is an homage to OzzRod.
Hello Orion! DSC_6221
The constellation of Orion is returning to Northern skies after spending our winter shining over more pleasant lands. However, at 56° North, we don't actually see it for very long before the summer twilight takes over (it is only properly dark between midnight and 2am in mid-April).
With Covid lockdown restrictions and not being able to get to a dark sky area, this was the best shot I could get for springtime 2021, but the Orion Nebula is visible in the sword area. Horrendous light pollution courtesy of my local supermarket car park, but the impact of that has been reduced quite considerably with post-processing.
Technical - this is a stack of 9 ten-second shots with a 20mm prime lens at f/2.2 (so equivalent to 90 seconds exposure). The foreground was taken from the eighth shot, where a fire engine raced along the road with its blue lights on for a bit of interest.
The title is an homage to OzzRod.