Mudcracks [Explored]

In May 2022, I spent several nights in Death Valley National Park. During the day, I talked to the rangers and scouted for possible shooting locations. The rangers told me that the mudcracks had not formed nicely thus spring, but when I found this area, I decided that it was nevertheless worth a visit at night.

 

I like the resulting image, because of the huge contrast between the pale, barren foreground and the colorful splendor of the Milky Way core section.

 

EXIF

Canon EOS R, astro-modified

Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART @ f/2

IDAS NBZ filter

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Sky:

Panorama of 3 panels, each a stack of 5x 45s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 3x 105s @ ISO6400, filtered

Foreground:

Focus stack of 5x 60s @ISO3200, f/2.8

Done