Milky Way

[Ken Curtis]

I took this at a "dark sky" area in Pennsylvania with very little light pollution. Most of the night was cloud covered and it even rained, but there were two half-hour periods where the clouds dissipated and I was able to photograph the stars. Comments and suggestions are always welcomed.



This image is © 2013 CKCurtis

[Donald]

What a wonderful picture.

These are skies that I used to see as kid, but since becoming all grown up and sensible and living in more urban environments, light pollution denies me the opportunity to see something as spectacular as this.

However, am off to very remote areas in September and hope I'll be able to see a sky such as this.

[Brownbear]

stunningly beautiful

[kdoc856]

I've never seen a sky like that. That is awesome, Ken.

[Ken Curtis]

am off to very remote areas in September and hope I'll be able to see a sky such as this.

Good luck, Donald. It's amazing to see, and even more amazing to come home with the image.

[shreds]

When I am away from London, the stars are truly an amazing sight when there is no light pollution, but I don't tend to venture out with the camera to shoot them.

Were these long exposures, Ken?

[Digital]

Very nice capture. Truly awesome, Ken.


Bruce

[HiImTom]

Wonderful. I love the slightly cloudy skies in the distance.

[IShootPeople]

This is such a beautiful image, Ken!

[merlin1027]

Beautiful shot.

[RockNGoalStar]

That is awesome! I'd love to be able to shoot something like that... ...unlikely in central London :P

Could I suggest, looking at your EXIF data (30secs @ 1600ISO) that maybe next time you double the ISO and half the shutter speed (15 secs at 3200ISO)? The motion blur of the stars is obvious in your pic and should be less so with a faster shutter speed.

Still a fantastic capture

[terrib]

Gorgeous photo, Ken. I've yet to try that and now you've made me want to.

[Ken Curtis]

Could I suggest, looking at your EXIF data (30secs @ 1600ISO) that maybe next time you double the ISO and half the shutter speed (15 secs at 3200ISO)? The motion blur of the stars is obvious in your pic and should be less so with a faster shutter speed.

You are correct, Tommy. Thanks for the suggestion. I did not have enough time that night to experiment because the clouds returned. I plan to take another approach. My widest lens is 28-300 f3.5. I plan to order a 16-28 f2.8 so that I can get a much broader view of the sky and at the same time reduce the exposure time by half.