This is the open cluster NGC 6124 in Scorpius, a beautiful object and field for binoculars. This field is about 10° by 6° wide, so approximating the field of typical binoculars. Note the many dark lanes of dusty nebulosity that winds through this field. This is a stack of 6 x 2 minute exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 1250 with the 135mm Canon telephoto lens on the Canon 7D, and was taken May 1, 2011 from Atacama Lodge in central Chile.
The faint emission nebula NGC 6188 in Ara with the loose cluster NGC 6193, in a wide field shot to simulate a binocular field of view. Most prominent is the bright star cloud in Ara. This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute exposures with the 200mm lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. From Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Australia.
