By Mandy Daniels | 2024-05-05
Milky-Way at Prtland Bill Lighthouse
On 05/04/2024 01:00 am by Emil Andronic| Portland Bill, Dorset, UK
With 3 days off and no moon about to mess things up, I really hoped to have at least one clear night to go out and try my luck at some Milky-Way shots before the UK will be losing the astronomical darkness.
The forecast looked good for one of the nights and because the last time I went to Portland Bill I didn't manage to get home with anything good, I thought of giving it another go. Even though it was a 4 hour drive from my house, I'm over the moon I went there because I haven't seen the sky so nice and clean in a very, very long time. It was just perfect.
Equipment:
To take the photos, I used my Astro-modified Canon 6d that never disappoints, but this time I used it with the Sigma Art 24-35mm f2 lens at 24mm f2.8 and my iOptron Sky-Guider Pro star tracker.
The foreground is a single image, 5sec, ISO 1600, 24mm f2.8 and the sky is a stack of 13 x 120sec, ISO 1600, 24mm f2.8 tracked images using my iOptron Sky-Guider Pro star tacker.
Software:
The editing was done in Lightroom Classic, Pixinsight and Photoshop and the blending with the final touches in Photoshop.