Gum nebula area of Vela. This is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/4 with the Sigma 50mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus 2 x 6 minutes with Kenko Softon filter for star glows. Taken from Atacama Lodge near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, May, 2011.
The constellations of Puppis and Vela in the southern Milky Way, plus the large Gum Nebula. This is panorama of two images, each a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/4 with the Sigma 50mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus 2 x 6 minutes with Kenko Softon filter for star glows. Taken from Atacama Lodge near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, May, 2011.
Hercules framed vertically Taken from home April 17, 2004 with Pentax 6x7 camera and 90mm lens at f/4 to reduce corner aberrations and vignetting and 25 minute exposure on Fujichrome 400F slide film (120-format). Glow layer added in Photoshop to add fuzz around stars. Some very slight trailing in RA.
