Orion and northern winter Milky Way from Australia, March 2008. With Canon 20Da and 15mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 3 x 5 minutes at ISO400, with 3rd layer Gaussian blurred to add glows around stars.
Orion, taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, March 2008, with Canon 20Da and Canon 35mm L series lens at f/2.8 and ISO 400 for stack of 2 x 4 minute exposures + 2 x 4 minutes with frosted filter (those frames Lightened stacked to add glows around stars).
Orion to Carina area of Milky Way, taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, March 20008, with Canon 20Da, and Canon 15mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures at ISO400. Shows Barnard's Loop and Gum Nebula SNR loop at bottom.