2. Night Sky

Sky at Night

Look into the night sky and you look back in time. The sky at night is a vastness beyond comprehension, full of celestial objects like galaxies, stars, planets and the Moon. Gaze into a clear night sky and you get drawn into another world, a world as it was in the past. In this collection I am sharing my favourite night sky images and collections. All have been photographed in a natural environment and are real images. Many of my images tell a story, whether the subject matter or process of composition.
All photos captured with OM System.
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    StarTrail 25/26 May 2014, Leicestershire, UK. Reverse curvature startrail captured with Olympus OM-D E-M1 & 7-14mm lens. If you look closely the image contains 1 Iridium flare, 4 meteors and the 0225hrs ISS flyby. A nice composite capture :-) How did I capture it? - Camera on tripod F4, ISO 320, 15s. Manual focus set to infinity I pointed the camera due south to ensure a star reversal curvature. The first shot was captured/exposed through the lcd screen and then using the remote cable (set to lock) and turning off lcd (maximise battery) I depressed shutter. This allowed the camera to shoot continuous for 5 hours. To complete the process I transferred all images (High res JPEG) to MAC and imported/stacked in StarStax software. Plane trails removed using Pixelmator software. The final composite reveals stars reverse arcing above and below the celestial equator.
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    March 25/26 2012. Venus, Jupiter, Crescent moon, stars, Celestial North Pole, Celestial Equator, Meteor & Iridium Flare all in one shot. Can you spot them all :-) 10 hrs worth of exposures. Olympus E5 with 7-14mm wide angle on tripod capturing continuous 15s exposures (approx 2000 in total), F4, ISO 500. Stacked in StarStax software.