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Milky Way @ Stonehenge, Wiltshire UK

Well I've been a bit frustrated wrt the Milky Way core this year as when it's visible around 3am or so unless it's at a weekend I just can't shoot it as I wreck myself for work and weekends have been pretty crap so far.

I got myself a second hand fast prime lens through mpb earlier in the year and have been wanting to try it out for astro.

More recently the MWC has been 'visible' just after midnight but again far too many clouds most nights. However, the other night there was a forecast for skies to be clearing around midnight so I took a chance but wanted somewhere not to far away so despite the known light pollution I set off on the 35min drive to Stonehenge.

Experimented with f/1.4-f/2 shots and 2-2.5min exposures using the Move-Shoot-Move star tracker I have.

I can't say I think this is a great image and I'll try to convince myself it's more to do with the light pollution (I wish Salisbury's street lights went off at 10pm!) than my lack of shooting/editing skills. However I thought I'd post it just as a bit of a record of my first attempt with the Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens. 14mm would have been better but I'll cross my fingers canon will eventually see sense and let Sigma produce RF compatible glass.

For the record - the image is a composite of a 150s exposure at f/2 ISO100 for the sky and 30s f/4 ISO1600 for Stonehenge.

I'm planning on taking this lens to Iceland in October so wish me luck seeing and shooting the Northern Lights during the few nights I'm there on a Workshop.

Thanks for viewing and have a good weekend everyone..

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Taken on: July 25, 2023
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Camera: Canon EOS R5, f/2.0, 150 sec, 20mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: 20mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015
Aperture: f/2.0
Exposure Time: 150
Focal Length: 20mm
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Exposure Program: Unknown (9)
Metering Mode: Spot
White Balance: Manual
Color Space: Adobe RGB
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