The northern winter constellations setting in the west and the Zodiacal Light in the western evening sky, shot from Chiricahua National Monument, at Massai Point, 6800 feet, in southeastern Arizona, April 29, 2014. Orion is setting at left of centre, and Sirius is at the left edge. The Pleiades are just going down behind the ridge at right, while Aldebaran and the Hyades sit amid the spring evening Zodiacal Light. I shot this as part of a 300-frame day-to-night time-lapse sequence using the Canon 6D and 24mm lens. This is a 30-second exposure at f/4 and ISO 3200.
Orion, from Australia, March 2014, with it setting into the west. This is a stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens on the Canon 60Da at ISO 800, plus two stacked exposures taken thru the Kenko Softon filter layered in for the star glows.
An ultrawide-angle view of the Milky Way seen from the southern hemisphere, from Australia, March 21, 2014. This takes in most of the far southern Milky Way, from Orion at far right, to Canis Major, Puppis, Vela, and to Carina and Crux at far left. Jupiter is the bright object at upper right. Sirius and Canopus are right and left of centre. The Large Magellanic Cloud is at lower left. The vast Gum Nebula complex is at centre. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute exposures at f/4 with the Canon 15mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1000. I shot this March 21, 2014 from the Warrumbungles Motel, Coonabarabra, NSW, Australia.
