AstroLandscapes #13 - Zodiacal Light and Orion setting

[FenlandPaul]

We managed a brief escape to West Cornwall this week, the first time I've been to a properly dark site since getting into taking pictures when NEOWISE was around.  Last night I managed to see the Zodiacal Light for the first time with the naked eye, from the old clifftop coastguard lookout at Mayon Cliff, between Sennen Cove and Land End.  Here's an image that also shows Orion, saying farewell for the Spring, Pleiades, Hyades, Mars, Perseus and even the Andromeda Galaxy sneaking in by the flagpole.

Amazing to be out under truly dark skies.  Comments, suggestions and tips welcome.  😊✨📷

For those interested, 14x 8s exposures at ISO 6400 with Canon 6D and Samyang 14mm f/2.8.  Stacked in Sequator and blended with some light-painted foreground shots at f/8 in PhotoShop.

[Kon]

Amazing capture!

[clarkpm4242]

That *is* nice!

Paul

[davew]

That's a big area to light and you've managed it with aplomb. I also like how you've got the foreground sharp. 

Dave.