The Milky Way Galaxy, shining from the light of billions of stars hangs over the shining light of the
Cape Leveque Lighthouse, in the beautiful
Kimberley region of north west Australia.
If there’s one person I can thank for this photo, it’s Cheryl – our guide from Kimberley Wild. Without her, this photo wouldn’t have been possible.
On the first night of our stay at Cape Leveque, I saw the potential of this type of shot, however there was a big fence with a locked gate around the whole lighthouse area and as much as I tried to poke my camera under, through and around the fence and gate, I couldn’t compose my shot without getting part of the gate in the shot.
So I issued a challenge to our amazing guide Cheryl, to see if she could find the key and get permission to open the locked gate so I could get inside to get the shot. The next night, she came through! She had to wait with me so I had to be quick, but I spent the next 10 minutes walking around the lighthouse trying different compositions to get the lighthouse with the Milky Way above. And the first shot is my favourite from the night.
I've also attached 2 other compositions. Which one is your favourite?
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Settings: Single 30 second exposures, captured with a Canon 5D Mk II and Samyang 14mm lens, f/2.8 @ ISO3200.
It’s so rewarding when you see an idea for a shot in your head, and it actually comes out as planned.