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For many, the change of season from Winter to Spring is signaled by longer days and the rebirth of plant life; for me it is the beginning of Milky Way core season. For me, the past few months of shooting the Milky Way have been a bit like starting over. Sure, I’ve been heading out to the dark skies for the past 6 years, but I’m shooting them with a new camera and have quite a few more options available to me. I’ve had to learn which settings work and which ones don’t, when to include filters to reduce light pollution and how they affect the shot. The biggest advantage so far has been the ability to capture foregrounds with no light that was impossible with the crop sensor Samsung cameras(I’d have to shoot foregrounds with the Sun a bit closer to the horizon). I’ve shot at all of these locations in the past.
All shots were taken with a Sony A7iv and a Tamron 17-28mm lens at 17mm except where noted.
This is the earliest shot I’ve taken of the Milky Way core rising just prior to the Sun rising to the point that it washes out the stars. I had a rough night attempting to shoot the green comet due to strong wind at every location that I stopped at.
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