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I went away for a few nights and was staying in 'The Lost World Valley' approx 1 hour drive SW of where I live. Now while I live in a low populated area we do have some light pollution from the Gold Coast which affects the chances of 'good' night photography. The accommodation, a farm stay we booked into however was a little more remote, so no light pollution (when looking due west), we had clear skies and the moon rise was not until approx 10pm, all contributing to ideal conditions for a bit of night sky photography.

All of these images were shot with the Fuji XE1 and XF14. The first is a two image stitch with the last of the colour from the setting sun and with the Milky Way on the LH side of frame (will have to try and get a bit more detail out of it).







This image looking roughly NE and hence some light pollution from the Gold Coast.

Beautiful pictures.

An amazing look at what surrounds this dot

looks epic...I need to get out and try again.

The galaxy shot (#3) is quite nice

I prefer the 3rd pic. Did you use some telescope?

zafra52 wrote:I prefer the 3rd pic. Did you use some telescope?

As per opening post

All of these images were shot with the Fuji XE1 and XF14

so no telescope, just a wide angle lens equivalent to 21mm in FF bodies. Just goes to show how big the Milky Way is

#1 is an absolute delight!

I just find difficult to believe a prime lens like XF14
practically with no magnification can take photos like
that. My next question, is how long did it take? Because
that view is hidden from the human eye.

zafra52 wrote:I just find difficult to believe a prime lens like XF14
practically with no magnification can take photos like
that. My next question, is how long did it take? Because
that view is hidden from the human eye.

Exposure for the 3rd image, was 25 seconds @ f2.8, ISO 2000. Exposure time any longer than 25 seconds you will start to see movement of the stars particularly towards the edge of frame. As you rightly point out, you cant see this detail with the naked eye so framing for composition is a bit of trial and error.

Stellar!

Incredible imagery!!

My latest attempt taken Saturday from my backyard. Could not manage a wider view as the roof of my house and surrounding trees encroach the framing.

Beautiful work!

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Where did they all come from?

Welcome to the forum Adam. I like you thumbnail picture.

Matt. K wrote:This post viewed 1063 times!!!!! Must be a record......WOW!
Where did they all come from?

From outer space of course!

Adam Cavanagh wrote:Beautiful work!

Thanks Adam, welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy your stay.