The constellation of Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, shot on a June night with a quarter Moon, with both its light and the solstice twilight illuminating the sky with a blue tint. The stars are top right are the Handle and part of the Bowl of the Big Dipper. The Coma Berenices star cluster is at lower left. The red star La Superba shows up to the right of the central bright star Cor Caroli. This is a stack of 5 x 30-second exposures with the Sigma 50mm lens at f/2.8 and Sony a7III at ISO 400, plus a single exposure shot through the Kenko Softon filter layered in to provide the star glows.
Canis Major, Canis Minor and Puppis area, with Canis Minor at top left. Orion is cut off at top right. This is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/4 and ISO 800 with the Canon 5DMkII camera and Canon L-series 35mm lens. A fifth exposure thru Kenko Softon filter added the star glows. Taken from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, May 2011.
Moonlit nightscape taken at Coonabarabran, NSW, March 28, 2007. With Canon 5D and 35mm lens at ISO800. Canis Major and Orion setting.
