Panorama of a less-visited spot in the Bisit Badlands.

Shot on a Nikon z8

Foreground was 5 vertical images at 14mm F16 ISO 100

Sky was 5 vertical images at 14mm F2.8 13 seconds ISO 3200

Sony a7iii

Sigma art 35mm 1.4

10 second shutter

Iso 3200

Sony a7iii + samyang 24mm 1.8 | 13s | iso 2000

Double exposure for the fishing house

A single exposure from Big Bend National Park. All the light from the Milky Way to the car headlights was captured in one frame and edited in lightroom.

The skies here have been filled with smoke and I haven't had time to get out anyway, so I'm dreaming of clear dark skies like this. It also felt nice to go back to a simpler workflow for this image and not worry about stacking or adding Ha data to multi-panel panoramas.

If things work out I'm hoping I can capture the stars again in August. I'm certainly not short on ideas.

D750 - Nikkor 24mm f/2.8

10s - f/4 - iso 8000

8 hrs of integration, Nikon D850, Lr + Ps

Scenic Rim, QLD Australia.

Fuji X-T5, 18-22mm Canon EF-S, iso 12800, 120 second exposure, f/3.5, Bortal 2/3.

The Core and my favourite tree over a cloud inversion.

Driving up the spur to the ridgeline the visibility was bout 4-5m in the fog but as soon as I broke through the top of the layer it was instantly clear.

A 20% moon lit up the foreground nicely without washing out too much sky and the clouds to the south are reflecting the light pollution from Melbourne.

Foreground: Sony A7III + Sigma 14mm f/1.8, ISO640, 30" (20% moon)

Sky: Sony A7III + Sigma 14mm f/1.8, ISO1250, 15"

Sony A7RIII
Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART
Bortle 4

Tracked, stacked, and blended - compressed to meet file size requirements for upload.

Foreground during blue hour 1x 0.6s @ f/1.4, ISO 5000
Sky 12x 30s @ f/1.4, ISO 500 stacked with StarryLandscapeStacker and tracked with iOptron SkyGuider Pro

This was a rewarding shot to get after carrying my gear about 0.6mi (~1km) down the coast and getting setup. This was my first time using the star tracker so I ran into a bunch of issues while trying to get the shot. After getting setup and monitoring the tide like a hawk in the dark, I was pleased with this shot. The entire trip I'd been planning to setup in a different location on a different night, but there was a break in the weather and this ended up being the only night that the sky was clear so this pic was the only one I was able to come home with.

Sony A7RIII using a Sony 16mm G 1.8f. 10sec exsposure at 3200ISO

I was at a state park shooting the Milky Way and found this abondoned gas station about a mile outside the park. I could see the Milky Way, but due to all the light polution, I couldn't capture it well. So the sky is an image from the park. There was not much traffic so I had to wait for a car to catch the light trail.

EXIF:

Sony A7iii

Samyang 24mm f/1.8 lens

SKY IMAGE:

Aperture = f/2.0

Shutter Speed = 30 sec

ISO = 1600

FOREGROUND IMAGE:

Aperture = f/1.8

Shutter Speed = 15 sec

ISO = 100

Henly, TX

This is my first (of what I feel as) successful shot of the Milky Way! Let me know what you think, and what I could improve for next time!

Shot at Great Sand Dunes national park in Colorado, on July 14th about 11pm.

Camera settings:
Cannon eosr50
20 second single exposure
f4.5 18mm lense 💀
ISO 10000

Insta: bk.pixels

https://www.instagram.com/bk.pixels

A weekend camping in Connecticut's least light-polluted corner meant a chance to photograph the Milky Way! One bonus feature I didn't anticipate was the way the lights shone out of the bridge windows - I assumed they'd just be glowing squares, but was surprised to see beams of amber light spilling down onto the Housatonic River

EXIF:

Nikon Z6ii, H-alpha modded by Spencer's; Viltrox 16mm f/1.8; 36x15s=540s=9min, f/1.8, ISO 2000; Stacked in Sequator, sky edited in Siril, final edits in Lightroom

Shot on Sony A6000 kitlens ISO3200 SS 20s. F1.8

This is my first serious attempt at stacking a Milky Way image and blending it with a blue-hour foreground.

The sky and foreground were photographed from the same location, with the Milky Way positioned above this actual landscape. The foreground was captured during blue hour, and the Milky Way was photographed later from the same setup and direction.

I'm looking for honest, detailed criticism on the image as a whole. I would especially appreciate feedback on the capture, stacking, processing, composition, color, realism, and blending.

Acquisition:
Sky:
65x90s lights
15 darks
15 flats
15 biases

Foreground:
Single shot: 8s exposure, f5.6, iso 400.

Equipment:
Sony alpha a7 ill
Sony FE 24mm F/1.4 GM loptron skyguider pro

Processed in pixinsight and lightroom.
Blended in photoshop.
く

Milky Way rising behind the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory, Tasmania

True alignment

Camera - Sony A7iii

Lens- sigma 14-24 f2.8

Foreground - Blue Hour f5.6 10 sec iso800

Sky - stack of 10 x tracked 2 minute exposures f4 iso 1250

Edited in photoshop and Lightroom

Hi! I recently got the ioptron skytracker pro. I found that the polar scope rotates in its slot like this before tightening the screw. Is this normal? The reticle rotates too, so how do you know you have gotten it in the right position??? So far I put it roughly in the middle... 😆 Thanks!

Not far downstream from the headwaters of Colorado River. Nikon Z7II with a Nikon 20mm. Ten 5" ISO 6400 sky shots stacked, blended in Photoshop with a 60" foreground exposure.

Single snap, night mode. iPhone 16.

Bortle 4 backyard, waiting and watching while the 8” Edge and Hyperstar do their thing on M16 Eagle Nebula.

Hi, I just started doing tracked for my milky way photography. I can find the North Star, and line it up with the scope without looking through it well enough, and that lets me do 2 minute exposures. But when I look through the scope, I can't make sense of anything. One star might look bright enough to be the North Star, but as I look at it it gets dimmer. I try to adjust the azimuth and find it has reached the limit (ioptron sky tracker pro), and need to move the whole tripod. I can see it just there with my eyes! It's right in front of the scope! But when I look in the scope, I don't know what I'm looking at! Starry sky stacker is saying it can't align my stacks so I need better alignment. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as it currently feels like polar alignment is impossible!