The area of the Summer Triangle in the northern Milky Way, taken on June 29, a week after summer solstice at latitude 51°N, so the sky was not dark, and the waning Moon was about to rise. Taken with the aid of an Alyn Wallace/Kase StarGlow filter to add the glows to emphasize the stars and colours. Plus all images without the StarGlow were shot though a Haida Clear Night filter to darken the sky and punch up the red nebulosity. This is a stack of five x 2-minute tracked exposures through the Haida Clear Night filter, plus a single 2-minute exposure through the StarGlow filter layered in with a Lighten blend mode. All with the Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/2.8 and unmodified (stock) Nikon D750 at ISO 800. Taken on a very warm night with no LENR or dark frames.
A deep exposure of Taurus with Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.8 for 5 x 4 minute exposures, plus 3 x 4min exposures with Kenko soft filter for star glows. Note the lanes of dark nebulosity
The dark lanes of interstellar dust in Taurus known as the Taurus Dark Clouds, here in an image framing Taurus and Auriga, with some stars of Perseus at top. The area is filled wuth star clusters and nebulas, notably the California Nebula at top. This is a median-combined stack (to eliminate some satellite trails) of 7 exposures, each 2.5-minute at f/2.8 with the 35mm Canon lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Tracked on the Star Adventurer Mini, and shot from the Quailway Cottage in SE Arizona, December 15, 2017. Another exposure through the Kenko Softon A filter and blended in with Lighten mode adds the star glows accentuating the colours of the stars and the prominence of the bright stars.
