Milky Way setting at Herron Point, Western Australia

            Nikon d5500
35mm
ISO 5000
f/2.2
Foreground: 15 x 15 seconds
Sky: 31 x 15 seconds

This is a 46 shot panorama of the Milky Way setting over Herron Point near Mandurah, about an hour south of Perth in Western Australia.          

I had intended to shoot another full panorama using my newly acquired 85mm lens but a persistent strong wind put an end to that idea. Instead I used a 35mm lens and halved the exposure to minimise any chance of the wind buffeting my camera and ruining shots. Vibration is less noticeable on a 35mm lens than it would be on an 85mm lens. To compensate for the lower exposure I bumped up the ISO a bit. 

I have taken a similar shot from this location in the past and looking back on that image, just four years earlier, I can see the light pollution from the nearby city of Mandurah has become quite a bit worse. 
   

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Taken in: Australia / West Coast / Herron (show map)

Taken on: October 11, 2020

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