Mars (at right) shining brightly near its May 22, 2016 opposition in the head of Scorpius over the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Saturn is to the left of Mars, with Antares in Scorpius below the two planets, forming a triangle of “stars” in the moonlit sky. A waxing gibbous Moon off frame at right supplies the illumination. The Milky Way is barely visible at left in the moonlit sky. Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site, preserving the world’s richest collection of late Cretaceous fossils from the end of the age of dinosaurs. I shot this the night of May 16/17 from The Trail of the Fossil Hunters trail. This was with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 24mm lens. I shot this at the end of a 3-hour time-lapse sequence.
Orion rising behind the iconic Hoodoos on Highway 10 east of Drumheller, Alberta, near East Coulee, on a moonless January night, with illumination by starlight and by a nearby yardlight providing some shadows and warmer illumination. Clouds are beginning to move in and are providing the natural star glows. This is a stack of 10 x 10-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, plus one 10-second exposure for the sky to minimize trailing. All at f/2.8 with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Taken January 10, 2016.
Orion rising behind the iconic Hoodoos on Highway 10 east of Drumheller, Alberta, near East Coulee, on a moonless January night, with illumination by starlight and by a nearby yardlight providing some shadows and warmer illumination. Clouds are beginning to move in and are providing the natural star glows. This is a stack of 10 x 10-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, plus 4 x 10-second exposures for the sky (registered in Photoshop). All at f/2.8 with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Taken January 10, 2016.
