After a long wait… - a photo on Flickriver

After a long wait…

            After all that social distancing, busy weekdays & weekends at work, then seemingly endless days of clouds and rain, last Saturday night offered a chance to get out for some nightscape photos. The Moon was due to set just after midnight, but I left home at around 7:00 pm to give myself time to enjoy a long drive and scout some new locations for future shoots. 

The sky was cloudless for the first half of my 290 km (180 mi) round-trip expedition, allowing me to get a dozen or so photos of the Moonlit countryside around Berry, New South Wales, Australia. I then drove to the spot I had in mind for my post-Moonset Milky Way photos, parked my car and slept for about an hour. Waking a couple of minutes before midnight, I was unimpressed to see that a canopy of high, thin clouds had moved in from the west. 

Sticking to my photographic philosophy that "every shot is practice for the next one", I decided to snap away anyhow. Fog and thin clouds do wonders for enhancing the colours and brightness of the stars in photos, and today's post is an example of just how much difference that airborne moisture makes. Featured in the image are the stars Alpha and Beta Centauri, aka "The Pointers", plus Crux, the "Southern Cross". The clouds are evident in the top half of the shot, but I don't think they ruined my night. 

This single-frame photo was captured using my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera fitted with a Yongnuo 50mm f/1.4 lens @ f/2.8, using an exposure time of 6.0 seconds @ ISO 6400.

Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Gerroa (show map)

Taken on: May 31, 2020

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Alpha Centauri

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II, f/2.8, 6 sec, 50mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Lens:	YN50mm f/1.4
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	6
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.2.1 (Macintosh)
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