It had been over 2 months since I was last out under the night sky with my camera! June was incredibly wet, and it’s also been cold! So when it has been clear, I’ve just wanted to stay in the warm bed
But I forced myself to get out there this morning, knowing it was going to be clear (and cold!), but I still had to go to work after. So I didn’t travel far – just to Yattalunga, near Davistown. Only about a 20 minute drive from home – still in the middle of ‘suburbia’ on the Central Coast, but on the edge of the Brisbane Water, with a nice wharf, so it gave me a great foreground scene to get back into the groove shooting some nightscapes.
I had two cameras going – my 6D doing individual nightscape shots, and my 5D Mark 2 shooting the sequence for this star trails shot. It’s facing West, with the Milky Way setting in the west.
Damn it was cold! My fingers froze. Couldn't find my gloves when packing last night!
Anyway, here's 40 minutes worth of 2 minute exposures, f/4, ISO1000, Canon 5DMk2, Samyang 14mm lens.
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More info on capture and processing on my blog.
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Was happy to be out under the stars again, even though it wasn't particularly dark. Technically happy with the shot too, with well preserved star colours and virtually no noise.
Thanks for looking.
