This is a 4 image panorama featuring the Spring arc of our Milky Way galaxy reflected in the calm water of Unity Pond, Maine. The structure on the left is a train trestle located on the unused train tracks. This is a tough spot to shoot from because of the rocky & marshy terrain but well worth it. There is quite a bit of green airglow in the sky and the orange hue on the horizon is light pollution. Nikon D600 & 14-24 @ 15mm f/2.8 - 4 x 30 secs - ISO 4000 05/07/14 – 2:45AM
This image is a composite of the foreground shot and 185 frames of the sky. These photos were taken with different cameras/lenses at different locations about a year apart. I stacked the frames of a Milky Way time lapse to make a standard star trails image and then masked in a single frame of the Milky Way using a blending method that I've been working on for a while. Sky: Nikon D600 & Nikon 14-24 @ 24mm f/2.8 - 185x30 secs - ISO 3200 – WB Kelvin 3570 04/04/14 – 2:56-4:46AM Photographed near Unity, Maine Foreground: Nikon D7000 & Tokina 11-16 @ 11mm f/2.8 - 20 secs - ISO 100 – WB Auto 04/22/13 – 5:28AM Photographed at Sand Beach in Acadia Nat'l Park, Maine
