Milky way from a Pompey back garden

[Jonk]

Taken at about 10pm last Wednesday...single image, 20secs, iso6400, 14mm f2.8 canon 70d.

Looking S, slightly West. The top of a 6' fence can be seen and light from the road / houses etc.

Not perfect, but not bad for in a city methinks.

First time I've tried it the 14mm lens, so if this is the back garden, some dark sites and nice foreground landscapes should produce some good results.

[Stargazer33]

Nice shot, you've managed to capture one of the dust lanes quite clearly there. Well done!

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Very good for a shot from an urban location.

[baggywrinkle]

Nice one, Pompey has some serious LP issues.

[Vox45]

Well done !

A nicer foregroud would have been nice but I can relate to the difficulties of taking pics from a garden

[nightfisher]

Very nice image, and taken from my old home town

[PeteC]

Very nice, and a unique composition - you don't see many MW shots featuring a washing line

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Very nice, and a unique composition - you don't see many MW shots featuring a washing line

Makes sense to me, think of the drying power that many stars must have!

[Jonk]

The funny thing is, there's sometimes washing on it at 10pm!

Thanks for the kind words - the reason I posted it was because I as genuinely surprised at the detail considering the light pollution and the fact it was my first attempt.

I've tried it before with a slower lens (18-55 3.5) and the 40mm 2.8 but the Samyang 14mm 2.8 blows those lenses out of the cosmic water.

I'm just waiting for the darkness to get here earlier each night and for the humidity to disappear before me and my brother go nightscape hunting for some really good shots (hopefully).

[TimBarber]

Outstanding shot!!! Very well done

[PeteC]

I've hardly used another lens for astro since I got the Samyang 14mm a few months ago. Great for wide field MW shots and good wide open too.

[callisto]

This shot captures the urban scene very well

Mark