The Southern Cross (Crux), the Pointer Stars (Alpha and Beta Centauri) and the stars of Carina (at top) rising in the moonlit sky over the sea stacks at the eastern end of the Twelve Apostle sea stack formation, on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. This was April 12, 2017 on a very clear night. The Moon, a day past full, is rising off frame at left, brightening the sky and lighting the landscape and seascape. This is a stack of 8 x 13-second exposures for the ground and sea, mean combined, to smooth noise and further blur the waves, plus one 13-second exposure for the sky. All at f/2.5 with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.
The Dark Emu of aboriginal sky lore rising in a moonlit sky over the Tasman Sea from a beach near Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia, April 2, 2017. Lights from fishing boats dot the horizon out at sea. Illumination is from the waxing crescent Moon behind the camera to the north. This is looking southeast. Crux, the Southern Cross, is at top; the Pointer Stars are below. This is a single exposure, from a 300-frame time-lapse, at 36 seconds at ISO 3200 and f/2.5 with the Rokinon 14mm lens and Canon 6D.
