I was keen to see if I could capture some good Milky Way images whilst on a holiday in the Northern Territory recently and wanted to do this whilst not having to lug too much around in the way of equipment. To this end, a Canon 60Da DSLR was used on a fixed tripod to capture the foreground data and the Milky Way data.
The location for the image is from the Yulara resort approximately 10Kms from Uluru and it is a composite comprised of a single foreground image taken at twilight and a second set of images taken a few hours later to capture the Milkyway. 30 x 15 second exposures (ISO 3200; f5.6) were taken to capture the Milky Way plus an additional 30 x 15 second dark frames. These were combined and processed in Pixinsight prior to merging with the foreground data using Adobe Photoshop CC. Things went reasonably well for the photo shoot though there were some clouds scudding across the sky above Uluru that had to be dealt with. That said, they probably add some additional feature to the final image.
Link to image on Astrobin here.
Clear skies,
Rodney