The Big Dipper at right rising, and Deneb and Cygnus at left settting, over the moonlit badland hills of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on November 27, 2017. The DIpper points up to Polaris and the Little Dipper. The Moon was a day past first quarter. Polaris and the Little Dipper are at centre, so this is looking north to the circumpolar sky. Deneb is setting at left. This is a stack of 4 x 15-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 1600, with LENR on. I applied a 3-pixel Gaussian blur to a duplicate sky layer, blended with Lighten, to add an “Orton effect” style glow to the stars.
The Big Dipper on the ascent over the moonlit badland hills of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on November 27, 2017. The DIpper points up to Polaris and the Little Dipper. The Moon was a day past first quarter. This is a stack of 6 x 15-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 1600, with LENR on. I applied a 3-pixel Gaussian blur to a duplicate sky layer, blended with Lighten, to add an “Orton effect” style glow to the stars.
Orion and the winter stars and constellations rising over the moonlit badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on November 27, 2017. Orion is at centre; Taurus above, and Gemini at left. Sirius is just rising above the hill in the distance at centre. Serves as a good illustration of the Belt of Orion pointing up to Taurus and down to Sirius. This is a stack of 6 x 15-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 1600, with LENR on. I applied a 3-pixel Gaussian blur to a duplicate sky layer, blended with Lighten, to add an “Orton effect” style glow to the stars.
