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“Nightfall Navigator”
“Nightfall Navigator”
I loaded up Lightroom intending to find one of my cracked mud Milky Way images to share… and well, I got a little distracted. It opened to the fireworks photo I used for Canada Day. The next thing I knew, I was deep into editing shots from my trip to Peggy’s Cove to photograph the Milky Way. They were the thing I did right afterwards, Shot last year on July 2nd.
I had originally hoped to capture the new viewing deck along with the Milky Way and lighthouse, but I quickly abandoned that idea. I was using my 24–120mm ƒ/4 lens, which normally isn’t an issue—except it’s the one that was on my camera when it took a swim a few years back. I removed the first two elements, but there's still some residue inside. Most of the time it doesn’t affect my shots… unless bright lights are shining in.
That’s exactly what happened here. With the long exposure needed for the scene, the lights made it look like an alien invasion—so I moved on.
Still, I decided the foreground image was worth saving, so I gave a composite a try. This is the result. The Milky Way was captured on the same night, just behind the lighthouse, and I placed it in a realistic position with the Dark Horse Nebula hovering above this iconic beacon.
“Nightfall Navigator”
“Nightfall Navigator”
I loaded up Lightroom intending to find one of my cracked mud Milky Way images to share… and well, I got a little distracted. It opened to the fireworks photo I used for Canada Day. The next thing I knew, I was deep into editing shots from my trip to Peggy’s Cove to photograph the Milky Way. They were the thing I did right afterwards, Shot last year on July 2nd.
I had originally hoped to capture the new viewing deck along with the Milky Way and lighthouse, but I quickly abandoned that idea. I was using my 24–120mm ƒ/4 lens, which normally isn’t an issue—except it’s the one that was on my camera when it took a swim a few years back. I removed the first two elements, but there's still some residue inside. Most of the time it doesn’t affect my shots… unless bright lights are shining in.
That’s exactly what happened here. With the long exposure needed for the scene, the lights made it look like an alien invasion—so I moved on.
Still, I decided the foreground image was worth saving, so I gave a composite a try. This is the result. The Milky Way was captured on the same night, just behind the lighthouse, and I placed it in a realistic position with the Dark Horse Nebula hovering above this iconic beacon.