The Milky Way through Carina and Crux, with the Carina Nebula at right and the Southern Cross at left, and the Coal Sack beside the Cross. The Dark Doodad dark nebula streak in Musca is at bottom. The field is filled with dark nebula patches and streaks. This is a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 800, taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, March 2014. An additional exposure through a dewed up soft focus filter and layered in Photoshop adds the star glows.
Crux, the Southern Cross, at top, and the Pointer Stars, at bottom, over the Pacific Ocean in deep blue twilight from the Smoky Cape Lighthouse viewpoint. The Milky Way is just visible. The globular cluster Omega Centauri is at left. This is a single exposure for 5 seconds at f/2 and ISO 6400 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D.
Taken December 2003, from NSW Australia, Crux area (upper left) to False Cross area (lower right) framed diagonally. Taken with 55mm lens at f/4.5 or Pentax 6x7 camera with Ektachrome E200 slide film, 30 minute exposure. Some corner aberrations. Vignetting reduced with mask, Glow layer added in Photoshop for star glows.
