Crux area with Lambda Centauri (Running Chicken Nebula) nebulosity. Taken from Atacama Lodge, Chile, March 18, 2010, with modified Canon 5D MkII and Canon L-Series 135mm lens at f/2.8, for stack of 5 x 3 minute exposures at ISO 800 x 2 x 3 minutes with Kenko Softon filter
Scorpius rising over Atacama Lodge near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile (latitude -23°). Taken in March 2010 with modified Canon 5DMkII and Sigma 50mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 4 x 1.5 minute exposures at ISO 800. Ground is from one frame.
A 4-segment mosaic of the southern Milky Way from Orion (right) to Vela (left) taking in Carina and Crux (centre). Part of a larger 10-segment mosaic of the entire southern Milky Way shot in March 2010 from the Atacama Lodge, near San Pedro do Atacama in Chile. Each segment is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/4 with a Canon L-series 35mm lens and modified Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800, plus an additional 6-minute exposure with the Kenko Softon filter layered in to add star glows. Segments from Pan #3.