milky way

I took this last night at the Davenport "crack" just north of Santa Cruz. I've made several attempts at this composition over the last several years and was generally thwarted by the weather. The downside of trying to get the Milky Way core along the NorCal coast is that we often get a nasty...

The piece of land on which this church sits was donated by a local family in 1865, and a timber structure was then built for the district's worshippers, opening in 1866. The building was used as a school for 40 local children through the week and for worship services for up to 80 Christians on...

Two weeks ago, (Sept. 7), a fast moving cold front pushed through Washington. I was hoping for some dramatic clouds, and a good sunset photo. When I checked the skies in the late afternoon, it was completely overcast and I was thinking, there would be no photos tonight. I went back out about...

The limbs of these dead trees seem to be reaching up and grasping for the rich and colourful core of our Milky Way galaxy, and the planet Mars as well. Jupiter is about to be eclipsed by the trees on the left, while not far above it a pair of satellites reflects the light of the sun from their...

Last weekend (8 & 9 September 2018) I drove down to my family’s holiday shack at Tuross Head, Australia, in the hope of grabbing some more nightscape photos. Saturday night started out with the sky covered in clouds, so I read for a while then tried for an early night. A little after 11:15, I...

This is up at Upper Cathedral Lake in Yosemite NP California. The clouds continued to slowly dissipate as the stars came out, but it was a slow dissipation so after a couple of hours I climbed into my sleeping bag and slept for a few hours to look up and see the clouds finally gone, so I crawled...

We've all seen the shots of someone standing with their head lamp pointing toward the stars. I wanted to go bigger. So here is the Cape Disappointment lighthouse pointing into the Milky Way . I'll throw in Mars and a shooting star as a free bonus. Any thoughts are welcome.

Milky Way season (i.e. when the core is visible to the eye) in the Northern Hemisphere runs from Feb. to about Nov. approximately. Early in the season, the core comes up over the horizon approximately around 2 am depending on your exact location. By the end of the season, the core rises earlier...

I made a quick family trip to the Southern Washington coast this weekend, and was able to sneak out for some night shooting. Happily enough the skies were clear. After shooting some shots over the ocean (haven't processed those yet), I moved closer to the lighthouse to emphasize it against the...

The farmer who owns this property, located in the hills southwest of the rural town of Nowra, Australia, happened to come home as I was setting up my camera and tripod. Seeing him move toward the gate, right near where I was lurking in the dark, I uttered “hi there”, but it went unanswered...

The Milky Way from the White Mountains, CA July 2018

Hey guys! Finally found enough strength to tackle this one, i think this is like 5th attempt, its an 105 stack for the MW, 6 exposures for the trails, and 2 for the FG, i am glad i finally did it, but i need some perspective on how doe it look, so please feel free to C&C. _DSC9656-SV20 by...

Yalwal Camping Area, New South Wales, Australia. Despite having planned to get to this spot when Venus was higher in the sky, I ended up arriving just as the “evening star” was close to the horizon. By the time I lined up my camera and tripod to shoot this vertical panorama, the trees on the...

This is from the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains in California. As I was converting this I spent a lot of time trying to decide the WB. One of the keys I look at when I convert the Raw is if the stars are white when I change the WB. While I could cool this down to a nice...

So we head south - @lionking (Andrey Wagner) and me to the quiet and dark desert (I read that there where 10000 quiet people down there with us) to try and take the perseoids with the milky way but we were looking for a nice fg as well so after a while when it was too dark we found that unnamed...

Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of participation lately, too busy at work... This is taken on Sunday night, during the meteor shower, thanks to @Levy Davish who initiated our journey south, and the ride too. The FG is taken at Nakhal Gvanim (Tones(color) Gorge) the MW over "Pringles Mountain", at...

I went up to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains in California to shoot the Perseids Meteor shower last Saturday night. And this is just after it got dark and is one of my first shots I took. Until the clouds got a big thicker later, the meteors where powerful streaks of...

Another dam fine view Thank you to Jim Fox for inviting me to post in focalworld.com About three weeks back I visited this location, the Bamarang Dam, located on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. Arriving at the dam’s carpark a little before the orientation of the sky had the Milky...

Hello, everyone My name is Eunice Eunjin Oh and I am a new member of this awesome focalworld. This is my first posting to share with all of you. I hope that all we can share our experience and enjoy our photo life. Thank you very much!!

Hey guys! I am looking into Astro/Star trackers, any recommendations, por personal experience, i have no idea whats important, which features to look for... Thank you in advance.