Utah Astrophotography
Just Stars
Normally when I'm at this location I'm getting a wide sweeping view of the lake, surrounding mountains/peaks, and the (usually) awesome reflections. I've been working with this Nikkor 85mmS lens the last month or so and I decided that rather than go with the standard reflection shot I'd focus completely on the most prominent peak and the Milky Way/stars above. I've always wanted a very high quality shot of this mountain and the core behind it, the only thing that would be better would be if Rho Ophiuchi and Antares aligned every so slightly to the right, all well as it's still an awesome composition. We had some clouds roll in as we started doing the sky shots, luckily the clouds didn't completely spoil the sky, leaving some nice enhancement of the larger stars and colors while leaving the core exposed.
11 exposures for this image, all shot with a Nikon Z7 and Nikkor 85mmS on a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Tracking Mount. Sky exposures are 2.5 minutes at ISO 640 and f2.5, foreground exposures are 4 minutes at ISO 640 and f1.8.
Just Stars
Normally when I'm at this location I'm getting a wide sweeping view of the lake, surrounding mountains/peaks, and the (usually) awesome reflections. I've been working with this Nikkor 85mmS lens the last month or so and I decided that rather than go with the standard reflection shot I'd focus completely on the most prominent peak and the Milky Way/stars above. I've always wanted a very high quality shot of this mountain and the core behind it, the only thing that would be better would be if Rho Ophiuchi and Antares aligned every so slightly to the right, all well as it's still an awesome composition. We had some clouds roll in as we started doing the sky shots, luckily the clouds didn't completely spoil the sky, leaving some nice enhancement of the larger stars and colors while leaving the core exposed.
11 exposures for this image, all shot with a Nikon Z7 and Nikkor 85mmS on a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Tracking Mount. Sky exposures are 2.5 minutes at ISO 640 and f2.5, foreground exposures are 4 minutes at ISO 640 and f1.8.