False Cross area of Vela-Carina, and Puppis clusters shot from Australia December 2003. Shows Gum Nebula well and various naked eye clusters of Puppis and around False Cross. Canopus at lower right. Shot with 90mm lens at f/3.5 on 120-format Ektachrome E200 slide film, for 23 minute exposure with Pentax 6x7 camera Glow layer added in photoshop to fuzz stars.
The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius and Scorpius rising in the east, from Australia, on March 30/31, 2014. All of Scorpius is visible as well as Norma, Ara, Lupus and Sagittarius. Scutum is just rising above the gum trees. This is stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 15mm full-frame fish eye lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 800. The ground is mostly from one layer. The stars are softened slightly with a gaussian blur layer.
The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius and Scorpius rising in the east, from Australia, on March 30/31, 2014. All of Scorpius is visible as well as Norma, Ara, Lupus and most of Sagittarius. This is stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 15mm full-frame fish eye lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 800. The ground is mostly from one layer. The stars are softened slightly with a gaussian blur layer.
