Ionian night sky from "Two Rock Bay"

[MartinB]

We are very fortunate to have a share in a yacht based in the Ionian, Greece. I've just been browsing some photos from our last trip in September and came across some RAWs I had done nothing with. The plan had been to get some deep Milky Way shots but time passed quicker than expected and just as I had everything aligned, framed and focused the big bright moon came up. The pics I had were basically framing shots which is why I hadn't really looked at them. Anyway, having another look and I quite like them

We were anchored at a place known as Two Rock Bay. It is an idyllic, remote spot on the mainland across the water and a little to the south of Paxos. Without the moon it has a reasonably dark sky.

Whilst taking one of the shots I thought I saw a meteorite flash across the sky and this actually shows up in one of the photos

All the pics were taken with a modded Canon 550D and, I think, a Tokina 16-50mm zoom at F2.8 ISO 800

[VigdisVZ]

Man, I wanna go back to Greece now.

Good shots!

[sologuitarist61]

Excellent image set!!

[MartinB]

Thanks guys, these photos do bring back happy memories! It's great sitting on a warm beach looking out to the boat bobbing at anchor under a dark sky, twiddling with the camera and having the occasional slurp of ouzo.

[ollypenrice]

Apart from the Ouzo it sounds great!!! (Well, it's just that Ouzo doesn't always sound great in the morning...)

Olly

[VigdisVZ]

Apart from the Ouzo it sounds great!!! (Well, it's just that Ouzo doesn't always sound great in the morning...)

Olly

If you don't fancy Ouzo, what do you make of Cretan Raki?

[laser_jock99]

Nice set. Would be good to time your next voyage for new moon- I image it would be pretty dark there?

[stellawolf]

Nice set of pics well done