The Big Dipper over Double Arch in the moonlight, at Arches National Park, Utah, on April 6, 2015 with illumination from a waning gibbous Moon. This is a two-panel vertical panorama with the 24mm lens and Canon 6D, each panel a stack of 4 x 40-second exposures at f/4 and ISO 1600 to reduce noise in the landscape and shadows, but the sky coming from just one frame in each panel to keep the stars as points. Stitched in Photoshop with reposition command.
The Big and Little Dippers circling Polaris over South Window Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, with the rising waning Moon lighting the landscape and sky. This is a stack of 4 x 40-second exposures with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. taken April 6, 2015.
The Big Dipper and the Little Dipper turning around Polaris (at left) over the North Window Arch at Arches National Park, Utah, with a sky brightening with moonlight. A wash from an LED flashlight provided some foreground illumination. This is a stack of 4 x 45-second exposures with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.
