Milky Way along the Horizon

I’ve been imaging the Milky Way with a hacked point-and-shoot camera for a few years, stacking and tracking using a LEGO barn door tracker I designed. Building on what I’ve learned from that process, I wanted to try a Milky Way along the horizon for my first 6D image.

 

 

This park is a few hours south of San Francisco at the end of a long winding road. We planned to image from a picnic table near the main campground. But on our way in, cars were parked along the road in every conceivable location, even the overflow lot was full .. it was Memorial Day weekend. We were considering alternate plans when we noticed the only available spot within miles .. was right next to our table! We pulled in just in time to catch the Milky Way rise.

 

EXIF

 

Canon 6D 20 sec f/2.8 ISO 6400 .. 5 sequential images

Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM .. Set to manual

Processed in PS

 

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5/27/2017 11:20 PM

Done