The Big Dipper (left) and Little Dippers, Polaris (centre) and Cassiopeia (right) over the sandstone concretions of Red Rock Coulee Natural Area in southern Alberta. Capella is just above the horizon. Perseus is rising at right. Illumination is from the Full Moon. This is a single 19 second exposure at f/5 and ISO 800 with the Canon 60Da and 10-22mm lens.
The Big and Little Dippers, Polaris and Cassiopeia in the northern sky, in the moonlight, July 8, 2014, from Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, on the Saskatchewan side. This is a single 30-second exposure at f/4 with the Canon 10-22mm lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 1600. The focus is a little soft. Slight star glows added in Photoshop.
The northern circumpolar constellations including Ursa Major and Minor, the Big and Little Dippers, and Polaris, as shot from Reesor Ranch in the Cypress Hills, Alberta. Taken at 3 am with dawn twilight breaking and some low noctilucent clouds on the horizon. This is a single 30 second exposure at f/2.8 with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 2000. Star glows added in Photoshop to emphasize Big Dipper and Polaris.
