Eta Carina area and Crux and Centaurus, with Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera and 35mm f/1.4 Canon L lens at f/4 for 6 minutes at ISO400. Stack of 4 exposures. Taken from Queensland, Australia, June 2006. Slightly soft focus. Corner lens aberrations.
Eta Carina area and Crux, from Carina to Centaurus area of Milky Way. With Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera and Canon 35m f1.4 L lens stopped to f4, at ISO400 for 5 minutes each. Stack of four exposures. Taken from Queensland, Austalia, June 2006. Image cropped slightly in vertical dimension to take out silhouette of dewcap inadvertently included in frame.
Southern Cross (Crux) and Coal Sack, field oriented equatorially, with Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera with 135mm f/2 Canon L lens at f/2.8 for 4 minutes each at ISO400. Stack of 4 exposures, averaged stacked. Taken from Queensland, Australia, June 2006. Glow added in Photoshop to bright stars.