Ominous

I visited this spot during my trip to the Oregon Coast in January. While I have seen several Milky Way core images from this place, I do not remember any Orion shots.

 

The composition with Orion proved a bit tricky for a single frame, as it already rides rather high in the sky when it is in the image center. I therefore went for this composition with the Winter Milky Way still hiding behind the trees on the left.

 

One word of caution: I chose the image title, because reaching this place is dangerous. Slipping or a wrong step can make you drop several hundred feet into the abyss. There have been several fatal accidents here, and I will, therefore, not share the location. Thanks for understanding.

 

EXIF

Canon EOS-R, astro-modified

Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 24mm

IDAS NBZ filter

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Sky:

Stack of 6x 60s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 3x 180s @ ISO6400, filtered

Foreground:

Stack of 5x 5s @ ISO400, during twilight.

Done