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One of the sea stacks at Ladram Bay, Devon. It was another amazing MW viewing albeit you had to wait to 3am to get it. A composition of three shots from the same evening including the iridium flare.
From the rugged Alabama Hills, the vivid colors of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex and the Dark Horse Nebula drift low over Lone Pine Peak. The scene captures intricate molecular dust clouds illuminated by starlight, revealing one of the most colorful and dynamic regions in the night sky as it meets the dramatic Sierra Nevada landscape.
EXIF
Canon EOS-R, astro-modified by EOS 4Astro
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L ll IS USM @ 70mm
IDAS NBZ filter with Canon EF-EOS R drop-in adapter
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sunwayfoto T2840CK tripod
Sky:
Panorama of 3 panels, each a stack of 6x 90s @ ISO1600, clear filter & 3x 180s @ ISO6400, IDAS NBZ
Foreground:
Stack of 5x 60s @ ISO3200
My favorite shot from early this morning and therefore my second ever attempt at shooting the Milky Way galactic core. By the time I shot this one "astro dark" had given way to "civil twilight" but I rather like the resulting tones, even if the core was a bit less visible. The light pollution is from Reno Nevada I believe as this shot was captured in the western Nevada desert, not far from the California line. Decent start for a nightscape noob, if I say so myself :)
Cradle Mountain reflecting in Dove Lake as night sets in. This image is slightly earlier in the night than some of my other shots - some cloud still in the sky that later cleared revealing a perfectly clear starscape.
The Milky Way core season is slowly approaching its end here in Switzerland. September is the last month with more than just a few minutes of core visibility.
For my first September Milky Way shooting, I revisited this spot, where I captured Orion in January this year. Not only the sky was totally different now, but also the rest of the conditions. The snow-covered landscape was replaced by lush green meadows and forests and the pleasant late summer evening was some 35°C warmer than the bitter cold winter night.
The Milky Way was nicely positioned between the picturesque chapel and the scenic twin peaks above the town of Schwyz and a dissipating thunderstorm was adding some drama to the scene. It was the perfect night to capture a huge panorama of one of my favorite views in Switzerland.
The light on the foreground was cast by a nearby house. I considered reshooting the scene after the lights were extinguished, but decided that I like how the yellow-orange stripe and the dark shadows of the fence seem to mirror the band of the Milky Way in the sky.
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EXIF
Canon EOS Ra
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 50mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
2 row panorama of 42 panels, each a stack of 3 x 45s
@ ISO1600
Foreground:
Panorama of 23 x 90s @ ISO1600
The weather so far this year around where I live has been terrible for astrophotography. This image was taken on only the third relatively clear night this year. Either the moon is up or it is overcast. Even on this night I had to wait for a brief break in the clouds to get in a shot. Getting serious cabin fever!
During my June trip, I had a short phone conversation with my friend and fellow photographer Eugene Louie and we were very surprised to discover that we were both planning to shoot near Lone Pine, CA the next night. Of course, we immediately decided to do the shooting together.
After meeting in the afternoon, we had an early dinner and, while discussing our plans over a burger, we discovered that we favored two totally different places for our night together.
After checking our planning apps, we agreed that shooting at both spots was possible during the next night, as the MW would be nicely placed over the arch I desperately wanted to shoot, while the late night vertical MW would nicely fit Eugenes preferred scene.
This is the result I got at "my" arch. We arrived there shortly after sunset and, while talking about how to set up the low level lighting, I noticed that Eugene was quite a perfectionist about it. We decided to light the scene with 3 LED panels and I let Eugene play with the lights. He kept shuffling them almost until the end of our shooting and, although he never was totally happy with his setup, I think he did an excellent job lighting the scene.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Low Level Lighting
Foreground
6 x 30s @ISO1600
Sky
10 x 30s @ ISO1600, tracked
Milkway, check....
Moonrise, check....
Starscape, check....
Seascape, check....
Shooting star, check....
Nice point of interest, check.... oh a comet - wasn't expecting that!
Whilst this is a noisy shot, capturing a gorgeous location with a moon rise, the galactic core and comet 252P makes me happy. So much captured in 15 seconds.
The Milky Way, from Mount Tamalpais
A blanket of fog covering the cities made for the perfect opportunity to see the stars. Such a chance is all too rare in as populated an area as this!
After traveling the US for 9 days and shooting nightscapes for 8 nights in a row, I am pretty tired.
To profit from continuous clear skies, I had to adapt my planned route on short notice, but I had a great time and met some interesting and outstanding photographers along the way.
As I had no time yet to process my images, I post a shot from my trip last year. It is the last shot I took during my May 2017 trip to the southwestern US. After beeing busy for 6 nights, I finally found some time to contemplate - after all the work was done...
A few nights ago in Chamonix, I had the chance to join Benjamin Barakat, Sadeq Hayati, and Jeremy Singer for another stretch of their Alps tour.
While the group focused on the setting Milky Way core, I caught sight of Jeremy, perched on a higher ridge - perfectly outlined against the jagged peaks, Saturn gleaming in front of his lens, and Cygnus arching majestically overhead.
The scene was too good to pass up, so I turned my camera and framed the moment.
EXIF
Canon EOS-R, astro-modified by EOS 4Astro
Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART
IDAS NBZ filter with Canon EF-EOS R drop-in adapter
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sunwayfoto T2840CK tripod
Sky:
Panorama of 4 panels @ f/2, each a stack of 6x 30s @ ISO1600, clear filter & a single panel of 3x 90s @ ISO6400, IDAS NBZ
Foreground:
Single exposure of 10s @ ISO12800, f/2.8
320 light frames + 20 dark frames + 20 bias frames, taken on 14.07.2018.
EXIF: IR modified Canon 550D, Tamron 600 mm f/6.3, iso 6.4k, 25'' on an iOptron Skytracker. Stacked on DSS. Processed in Photoshop.
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"Rainier Blues"
I try to arrive at my photo spots early, but normally I only start shooting after astronomical dusk, in order to get maximum detail in the sky.
During my visit to Mt. Rainier in August, I was fully set up early and began exposing when the Milky Way started to show through the darkening sky. While capturing the foreground I tried to adapt my exposures to the fast changing light.
While processing this image, I had to adapt my workflow, as the 5 tracked images I captured for stacking, had strong gradients and were far from equally bright.
The final result kind of reminds me of my beginnins in nightscape photography, when I processed my skies very blue. This time however, the sky was really blue - at least until after astronomical nightfall.
Of course I stayed long enough to also capture the scene in my preferred light too - stay tuned.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Tamron 15-30mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky
5 x 30üs @ ISO1600 f/2.8
Foreground
5x20s & 5x30s @ ISO1600 f/2.8
Love this old tree near Zeal Monachorum (love that name too) Devon. With a recent close bereavement it made me feel very wistful. But looking up at the stars I always have a sense that while entropy is eternal and universal so is rebirth and eventually new life. May we all find contentment within our mortal nature.
Be Lucky!
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.
"The King and Orion" by Aaron J. Groen - @HomeGroenPhotography
Taken this morning at Palisades State Park, Garretson, South Dakota.
12/3/2015 – 3:38:52 AM
Canon EOS 6D and EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
@ 30.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 1250, 16mm
with about a half moon behind me, fog rolling up the creek and hoar frost all around me at a cool 2F/-17C
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is composed of resistant red sandstone beds, formed from deposited silt and desert dunes and cemented by infiltrated carbonates. The rocks are intensely colored by red iron oxide and other minerals, particularly bluish manganese.
This creates incredibly beautiful structures and hues. The most famous formation is The Wave in Coyote Buttes North. However, there are countless lesser-known spots with enough hoodos, arches, slot canyons, and brain rock formations to keep a photographer busy for a lifetime.
Paired with extremely dark skies, the area is a landscape astrophotography paradise, and since my first visit, in 2016, I have been waiting for my chance to return. In MayI plannec to spend one week in the area. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate, but at least I got one partially clear night.
This image, showing amazing layers of reddish rocks in front of some white brainrock formations beneath a perfect Milky Way, is one of my favorite compositions from that night.
EXIF
Canon EOS-R, astro-modified
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
IDAS NBZ filter
Sky:
Stack of 6x 45s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 3x 105s @ ISO6400, filtered
Foreground:
Focus stack of 5x 2s @ ISO100 during twilight
During a blue sky afternoon I picked out a spot where the Milky Way would seem to arise from the San Rafael Swell at 1 AM. I returned with appropriate time to set up, but as I walked to the spot that I had scouted, I noticed clouds moving in from the south. Those clouds were not predicted and were not welcome.
Annoyed, I hurriedly took the 25 shots needed to put this photo together. Under clear skies I would have walked a half mile closer to the Swell so that its size would appear to rival the size of the Milky Way.
I will return next year. The clouds admittedly add some drama, but my plans required clarity.
The two bright objects to the left of the Milky Way are Saturn and Jupiter. The red object to the right of the Milky Way is Antares.
The nigh sky was 24 photos, 8 s each, rotated by StarryLandscapeStacker, then joined with a 225 s landscape shot illuminated by starlight.
深夜の沖縄県東村の慶佐次湾にて。
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Another night in the Bisti Badlands. This alien landscape is diverse to say the least. Hike in and stay the night.
Some nights are more than just darkness. They are invitations to look beyond the noise, beyond the city, beyond ourselves. On this quiet night, I stood still under the stars, and for a moment, I believed in infinity.
Certaines nuits ne sont pas faites que d'obscurité. Elles sont des invitations à regarder plus loin que le tumulte, plus loin que la ville, plus loin que soi. Cette nuit-là, sous les étoiles, je suis resté immobile… et j’ai cru en l’infini.
There are not many castles that show the extravagance of the French Kings better than Château Chambord, but to me it still pales under the splendor of the starfilled sky.
During one of my trips to France this year, I had the pleasure to shoot one night with @benjaminbarakat at the famous Château Chambord in the Loire Valley.
The illumination of the castle is extinguished at 1 a.m. - something that should be considered for all illuminated landmarks to reduce light pollution and energy consumption and to allow visitors to witness these structures in a truely dark setting.
Unfortunately, the hotel next the castle was less considerate. Although they finally shut down the worst of their lights at 2 a.m. the complex stayed brightly lit all night.
In addition to the lights, we were fighting with clouds that night. They were moving pretty fast, but the Milky Way arch was never completely free of clouds. I captured two full sky panoramas and I was able to stitch the clear parts into a Milky Way arch.
For the reflection I also applied a new technique: For minimal displacement of the stars in the reflection, compared to those in the sky, I stopped the tracker after each sky panel and captured the foreground with the reflection, before I moved the camera to capture the next panel.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro-modified
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
7 panels, each a stack of 6 x 30s @ ISO3200
Foreground:
7 panels, each a stack of 6 x 60s @ ISO3200
The time window to capture the rising Milky Way core in February was very short. I therefore decided to continue shooting during early nautical twilight.
While the Milky Way is still visible during these first minutes of twilight, it has less contrast and the sky quickly turns blue.
On the other hand this allowed me to capture the rising Venus and the foreground showed more detail. Of course I happily accepted the bonus time.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L ll @ 70mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of
Stack of 3 x 30s @ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Stack of 9 x 30s @ ISO1600
What a gorgeous aurora display we had couple of nights ago, it was seen vividly from as South as Southern part of South Dakota.
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As a kick-off for the Advent Season, it is time for another image with a spiritual touch...
For me, there is hardly a more metaphoric subject than a lone chapel under a starry sky and the wooden bridge over the small ravine at this remote spot in the Swiss Alps packs the image with even more symbolism.
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EXIF
3 panel vertical panorama
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Low Level Lighting
Sky:
2 panels in landscape orientation, each is a stack of 6 x 30s @ISO1600 f/2
Foreground:
Stacked single panel of 3 x 60s @ISO1600 f/2
...wait for no man. But it is great to capture them in a moment of time. Worth waiting for in my book.
Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon
Can the sky be on an LSD trip? Looks like. At least I got this impression during my visit to this little known fire lookout last June.
While capturing this 360° panorama, the airglow was so strong that I was able to see it with my naked eyes. When the images popped up on my camera screen, I shortly wondered whether the colors weren't caused by a northern light. Of course, this is impossible under the Milky Way arc in Northern California, but I am still not sure if the strong reds along the northern horizon weren't caused by an Aurora display extending this far south.
EXIF
Canon EOS-R, astro-modified
Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART
IDAS NBZ filter
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Panorama of 20 panels, each a stack of 7x 45s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 3x 105s @ ISO6400, filtered.
Foreground:
Panorama of 20x 4s @ ISO100, during twilight.
Tuesday Memories
World Turning
Double Arch
Arches National Park
Moab, Utah
November 2015
A ten-minute exposure gazing up through Double Arch, where the night sky painted its trails across the frame. With the moon about 75% full, its soft glow lit the sandstone perfectly for star trail photography—a fun adventure shared with fellow landscape photographer Calvin Jennings.
Nikon D7000, tamron 17-50 f2.8, tripod, 100 photos (1600iso, f4.0 x 30'' for every photo) and stratrails program..
During a visit to the Creux du Van in northwestern Switzerland, I hiked past these peculiar limestones. As I had a different shooting location in mind, I did not stop to check them any further, although thought that they looked kind of cool.
After a long and cold shooting, I finally called it a night. On my way back to the car, I passed these stones again and when I saw how nicely the Milky Way with Cygnus on the horizon aligned with these limestones, I immidiately knew that I had just lost some more of my precious sleep.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D, astro-modified
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of 10 x 60s @ ISO3200
Foreground:
Stack of 7 x 60s @ ISO6400
An starscape from the Dorset coast where there are some amazing cliff quarries whose entrances sometimes face due south over the English Channel. At the right time of year and night they perfectly frame the Milky Way in the night sky.
It was an amazing sense of awe and adventure to make such captures and I am truly grateful to Kevin Ferrioli for leading the way.
Winspit, Worth Matravers, Dorset
Close-up images of the Milky Way core always remind me of Olbers' paradox. Olbers' paradox, named after the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers (1758–1840), is the argument that the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the assumption of an infinite and eternal static universe.
If the universe was static, homogeneous at a large scale, and populated by an infinite number of stars, any line of sight from Earth should end at the surface of a star and hence the night sky would be completely illuminated and very bright.
This contradicts the observed darkness and non-uniformity of the night. The darkness of the night sky is, therefore, evidence for a dynamic universe, as postulated by the Big Bang model.
In a photograph of the galactic core, however, the stars are so densely packed that there indeed is nothing but stars if the line of sight isn't blocked by interstellar dust.
For me, a foreground with a solid wall of stars as a backdrop is one of the most stunning scenes in landscape astrophotography. I hope you like it as much as I do.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM ll @ 88mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of 6x 60s @ ISO3200
Foreground:
Stack of 3 x 60s @ ISO3200