Travelling for the night

[iceman (Mike)]

Amateur astronomers travel to distant and remote locations to find magical dark skies – a place where they can observe and photograph the night sky in all its beauty.

My IceInSpace friends Chris (Omaroo, from South Sydney) and Jeanette (jjjnettie, from Queensland) travelled to Lostock Scout Camp for the dark skies at IISAC2011 star party. Chris’ landrover and Jeanette’s little sedan feature in this star trails image taken at IISAC2011. The red lights from their headlamps can be seen tracking back and forth to their cars, no doubt for supplies such as camera gear, chocolate and beer

Taken with my Canon 40D and a borrowed 15mm Canon f/2.8 fisheye lens. An hours worth of exposure @ ISO1600, f/2.8, 30s exposures stacked in StarStax.

Large version here:
Travelling for the Night

Thanks for looking.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

The picture turned out beautifully Mike.

[atalas]

Nice shot Ice.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Man!

Getting dizzy looking at that!

Nice work Mike, making me feel woozy, but in a good way!

Cheers

Chris

[Huginn (Aaron)]

wow amazing shot.

[astroron (Ron)]

Cool shot Mike,
Cheers

[gregbradley]

Very aesthetic shot Mike.

Greg.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Very charming indeed Mike, thanks for sharing, makes me feeling as I were there as well under the stars

Clear Skies
Marco

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

I had about another 30+ minutes of data to add to it, but the lens fogged up. Those fisheye lenses with their big bulbous eyes

[zardos123 (Brad)]

Very nice, looks like maybe friday night? its interesting that the light cloud that was so frustrating for a while for the telescope shooters adds a nice background for the stars in a time exposure.........well done
regards brad

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Very nice shot Mike ..

Ciao,
Leo

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks Brad and Leo.

And yes Brad, it was taken on the Friday night. The cloud on Friday was frustrating for astrophotographers, but good enough for observing, and great for timelapse

[Ross G]

Great photo Mike.

I love the composition.

Ross.

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks Ross

[midnight (Darrin)]

I like the way that you've managed to capture some high cloud in there which adds another dimension to just having a trail of stars Mike. I think this has added in a very positive way to the image. You've given me some ideas!!

There's a lot going on in there!!

Cheers,
Darrin...