The southern Milky Way over the beach at Smoky Cape, NSW, Australia, looking into Hat Head National Park. I shot this from the back garden of the Smoky Cape Lighthouse, April 28, 2016, looking south toward the Magellanic Clouds and the main section of the southern Milky Way. The Southern Cross is at upper left; Orion is setting at far right. Sirius is at right and Canopus at centre. The lights on the horizon are from Kempsey. Sky colouration is from light pollution and from airglow. The sky is from a single 1-minute exposure at f/2.8 with the 15mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200, untracked. The ground is from a mean combine stack of four 1-minute exposures to smooth noise in the foreground where it is more noticeable than in a starry sky. The beams from the lighthouse were sweeping across the scene as I took these exposures but the long exposures and fast motion of the beams blurred them out of visibility. They are lighting the hills. Foreground illumination is from house lights and a yard light.
Orion above moonlit gum trees from Tibuc Cottage, Australia. A single shot with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D.
