Proud of these ones
Two shots, same location.
Same camera and body for both shots.
Nikon D850, Sigma 14mm 1.8.
Foreground in both is the same image. Single image | ISO 1600 | f/4 | 516 sec.
Milky Way - Stacked and Blended.
Background/Sky - 15 Images stacked and blended. | ISO 2000 | f/1.8 | 20 sec.
Star Trail - Stacked and Blended.
Background/Sky - 140 images stacked and layered in photoshop. | ISO 2000 | f/1.8 | 20 seconds.
Lower Fox Creek Schoolhouse, Strong City, KS
I love star trails, don't get me wrong. They are amazing. Sweeping arches of light are cool.
But the milky way shot, I'm proud of this one. Since getting into astrophotography 2 years ago, I have always wanted to get a picture of the milky way core with the golden yellow glow, the purple nebulas, the whole shebang. After years of seeing other people capture incredible, amazing milky way shots, I have finally captured one that I am so proud of. It makes me choke up a little inside.
Anyways, enough sappy stuff. I hope you enjoy these photos. One day, i'll make some YT videos on my process of capturing and editing one of these shots.