The southern Milky Way with Crux and Carina at centre rising in the southeast in deep blue twilight on April 17, 2017. Above is the False Cross, below are the Pointer Stars of Alpha and Beta Centauri. The Carina Nebula is at centre, the Southern Cross below. Below the Cross is the Coal Sack. This is a stack of 8 x 20 second exposures for the ground to reduce noise and one 20-second exposure for the sky, untracked. All at ISO 1250 with the Canon 6D and f/2 with the 35mm lens. Taken from Tibuc Gardens Cottage at Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
Orion setting from Australia in deep blue twilight, over gum trees. This is a stack of 5 x 10-second exposures for the ground and one 10-second exposure for the sky, at f/2 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.
The nearly Full Moon rising over the sea cliffs and sea stacks of the Twelve Apostles formation along the Great Ocean Road near Port Campbell, Victoria, Ausrtralia, on April 12, 2017. This is moonrise, not sunrise – there are stars in the sky. This is a panorama of 4 segments with the 85mm Rokinon lens, stitched with Adobe Camera Raw, each 8 seconds at ISO 1250.
