MW from Cornwall

[Mike73]

Had a great night out with a friend shooting widefield Milky Way pics last night.

We started the night at a place near one of my observing sites which had an old mine engine house for a bit of foreground interest but although this spot is pretty dark at the zenith 6.2LM the light pollution from Plymouth spoiled the pics so we headed back to a beach location.

As you can see in the pics the LP on the horizon is pretty minimal with just a lightdome from Penzance 60 miles away.

More nights like that please!!

Both pics were-

f/2.8 / 6400iso / 40's

[fwm891]

Nice location - clear skies to you

[JamesF]

Lovely images, especially the second one. I think the composition definitely works better in the portrait orientation.

James

[Mike73]

Thankyou Francis/James

I quite often feel torn between portrait or landscape images, I think I prefer the landscape one above but copme tomorrow morning I'II probably pick the portait one!

Another image from the start of the night, same camera setting as the above images.

[tingting44]

love your last pic mate! there all nice but the 3rd is my fave

[Space Ranger]

Lovely milky way pics Mike73. I especially like the composition of the last one. It's good to see what the central region of our galaxy looks like - I don't get sight of it from the far north of the UK.

[laser_jock99]

Nice images!

[foundaplanet]

Blimey Mike you do have some talent... Grand stuff.

[Psychobilly]

All 3 are cracking pics Mike... Hard to pick a favourite... Nice to see what the FF sensors are capable of

Peter...

[jammo]

They are all great shots but the 3rd one is especially stunning :-)

[mistuk]

Great images! Are you using a tracking mount / astrotrac or similar?

[Mike73]

Great images! Are you using a tracking mount / astrotrac or similar?

Thanks, they are just single unguided images taken from a tripod with a fast lens at high iso.

[bigbox]

Hi Mike,

 Cracking images, I like the 3rd shot.

I'm visiting Looe in a few weeks time and hoping to take some descent pics of the MW while down there and other stuff to (weather permitting). Having seen your pics i'm now filled with more enthusiasm and can't wait....

Regards Ady

[andyman]

Stunning mw images well done

[Astroblagger]

what lens are you using, lovely shots!

[saturn5]

Superb shots Mike.

[Mike73]

Hi Mike,

 Cracking images, I like the 3rd shot.

I'm visiting Looe in a few weeks time and hoping to take some descent pics of the MW while down there and other stuff to (weather permitting). Having seen your pics i'm now filled with more enthusiasm and can't wait....

Regards Ady

Hope I'm not too late in replying but my local dark site is only about 5 miles from Looe, if you'd like to know where it is or need any other help in finding a dark site close to Looe then drop me a PM.

what lens are you using, lovely shots!

Thanks, I use a Canon 6D and 14mm f/2.8 Samyang for all my night images.