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Milky Way Over Cathedral Gorge (2015, Canon 5DMarkIII)

Single press of the shutter release, several adjacent images moderately post-processed (about a minute to capture and a couple of minutes to adjust). Done.

No compositing/time-shifting.

No tracking mount.

No noise images, no long exposure foreground images.

No special lighting, or added light.

No new camera or back-lit sensor.

No multiple focal lengths, no focus stacking.

No Photoshop, no layers, no sky or foreground substitution (just Lightroom and a shareware app or two).

 

Night photography doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming, or involve special gear beyond camera, lens, tripod. Many cameras produced in the last 13 years and probably all in the last 4-8 years can capture shots like this. I've re-processed images and produced great results from my 2009 Canon 5D Mark II and crop sensor 70D. Join our workshops to find out how!

 

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Uploaded on February 8, 2021
Taken on March 28, 2015