This location I had initially planned to photograph the milky way. Upon visiting this site after two o'clock in the morning I was disappointed that there was some outdoor lamp on a farmers lot that spread light all across the field. Without a second thought I left the scene for Plan B : a site closer to the small airport where for sure there was no lights. I was completely happy with my second location. The moonrise happened a little after 3 am and I packed my stuff for home, passing this scene again.
I stopped to take a "what if" shot, a 30 second exposure to see what the camera might produce. The milky way rising in this field was still visible with the naked eye. I was taken aback and swore to myself! Why didn't I stay here first of all? The light from the farmers lamp only helped the scene.
Although the moon was now risen I am sure that I could get a good shot of the milky way. I shot 20 frames at 30 seconds and combined these for 10 minutes of startrails. I ended up with a 2 minute integrated shot for the milky way seen here www.flickr.com/photos/rbs/3542221295 I regretted not starting here as the milky way shot would have been significantly better at this location than here www.flickr.com/photos/rbs/3553373448/
May 22, 2009
10 minutes of regret!
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Hi, Rob. I should try this too...
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