Orion and the stars of a northern winter rising in the moonlight over a snowy landscape at my house in southern Alberta, on a very cold and frosty -20° C night on January 3, 2017. Illumination is from the waxing crescent Moon. Orion is at right, Gemini to the left, and Taurus at top right. This is a stack of 4 images for the ground to smooth noise, and one image for the sky, all 15 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 1250 with the Nikon D750 and 24mm Sigma lens.
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.
