The Twelve Apostles sea stack formations on the Great Ocean Road, lit by the light of the rising nearly Full Moon off camera to the east, with Orion setting in the west over the cliffs. This is a stack of 8 x 20 second exposures for the ground and sea, to smooth noise and the waves, plus a single 20-second exposure for the sky to minimize trailing, all at f/2.5 with the Rokinon 14mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800. Serves as a good demonstration of Rule of Thirds framing and composition.
A 210° panorama from southwest to northeast taking in the full sweep of the auroral arcs this night, January 29, 2017 at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, on the shore of Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba. Orion is at far left. The Pleiades is over CNSC. Arcturus is at right amid a bit of an isolated arc to the east. This is a stitch of 9 segments, each 15 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
The autumn stars of the watery constellations of Capricornus, Aquarius, Piscis Austrinus, and Cetus over the Athabasca River and the peaks of the Continental Divide, from the Athabasca River Viewpoint (the “Goats and Glaciers” viewpoint) on the Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, Alberta. Illumination is from starlight. Thin cloud provides the natural glows around the stars. This is a stack of 8 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens, and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.
