skypointer2000
The Old Man and the Universe
The peak in the background on the right is called Altmann, which means “Old Man” in English. It is crowned by constellation Scorpius, with the bright star Antares and the planets Mars and Saturn, while a bright meteor is plunging to a fiery death. The core of Milky Way is setting behind another peak called Marwees.
This image is a “byproduct” of my night on Aescher.
In order to get my bearings and to setup my equipment, while there is still some natural light, I tend to arrive at my shooting sites rather early. Therefore, I walked down to Aescher during sunset, only to find the guesthouse ablaze with lights. Like this, there was no hope to get decent nightscapes until everybody was asleep. Fortunately, bedtime is rather early in the mountains …
While waiting for the lights to be extinguished, I setup about 100 meters below the guesthouse, where those lights would not ruin my shots. After triggering my interval timer, I chatted with the people, who wondered about the strange guy with a camera in the dark of the night. During this I saw, but immediately forgot the bright meteor passing above our heads.
As the “core season” of Milky Way photography is over now, I finally found time to look a bit closer at my images and rediscovered the meteor I captured that night.
Canon 7D mk ll
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
Sky:
33 x 10s @ ISO3200 stacked with fitswork
Foreground:
44 x 10s @ ISO3200 stacked in PS
My Aescher images can be found here:
Thanks for your faves and comments.They are highly appreciated.
The Old Man and the Universe
The peak in the background on the right is called Altmann, which means “Old Man” in English. It is crowned by constellation Scorpius, with the bright star Antares and the planets Mars and Saturn, while a bright meteor is plunging to a fiery death. The core of Milky Way is setting behind another peak called Marwees.
This image is a “byproduct” of my night on Aescher.
In order to get my bearings and to setup my equipment, while there is still some natural light, I tend to arrive at my shooting sites rather early. Therefore, I walked down to Aescher during sunset, only to find the guesthouse ablaze with lights. Like this, there was no hope to get decent nightscapes until everybody was asleep. Fortunately, bedtime is rather early in the mountains …
While waiting for the lights to be extinguished, I setup about 100 meters below the guesthouse, where those lights would not ruin my shots. After triggering my interval timer, I chatted with the people, who wondered about the strange guy with a camera in the dark of the night. During this I saw, but immediately forgot the bright meteor passing above our heads.
As the “core season” of Milky Way photography is over now, I finally found time to look a bit closer at my images and rediscovered the meteor I captured that night.
Canon 7D mk ll
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
Sky:
33 x 10s @ ISO3200 stacked with fitswork
Foreground:
44 x 10s @ ISO3200 stacked in PS
My Aescher images can be found here:
Thanks for your faves and comments.They are highly appreciated.