Crows Nest Milky Way

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

I was camping at Crows Nest National Park (north of Toowoomba) for a couple of nights last weekend. It was cloudy with patchy drizzle much of the time, but when I stuck my head out of the tent just at the beginning of astronomical twilight (4:30am) on Sunday morning I was greeted by the beautiful Milky Way overhead. Just had time to put the camera on the tripod and grab a shot before the dawn light intervened. And then it was drizzling again by 6:30 am!

Single 30 sec exposure with 50D and Tokina 11-16mm at 11mm, f/2.8 and 3200 iso.

Cheers,
Stephen

[iceman (Mike)]

Lovely image Stephen!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Blissful

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That's nice, Stephen

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Mike, JJJ and Laurie! It was a nice sight after all the clouds in Brisbane recently.

Cheers,
Stephen

[gregbradley]

Good one Stephen. It was handy being prepared eh?

Greg.

[Satchmo]

Nice shot. Rotated 90 degrees clockwise it makes sense, but then it must have been overhead.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks for the comments Greg and Mark.

Cheers,
Stephen

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very cool shot. The trees perspective gives it real depth.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Marc! It was nice to be able to frame it with the trees.

Cheers,
Stephen

[CDANVERS (Craig)]

Nice one Stephen, very natural looking picture, the way I like them.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Craig! Glad you like it.

Cheers,
Stephen