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15-AUG-2014

The Milky Way in a light-poluted sky

A shot of the Milky Way. Fifteen kilometers to the East (left) is the city of Clermont-Ferrand, spoiling the night sky with a lot of light polution, on top of that of a rising waning gibbous Moon. This shot was my first try at median stacking in Photoshop (ten 25s shots) to combat the noise of the iso 3200 exposures. Some of the apparent 'light polution haze' is actually due to thin clouds moving through the frame in some of the shots. Despite the less-than-perfect conditions, the result is pretty good in my opinion, and I can't wait for when conditions WILL be perfect.

Canon EOS 70D ,Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX
10 x (25s f/2.8 at 11.0mm iso3200) full exif

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Greg Van den Bleeken19-Aug-2014 21:48
Thanks Janos! True, the light polution does provide a splash of colour, and on top of that also delivered light to an otherwise nearly black foreground. Still, in the absence of city lights/the Moon/clouds, I'll be able to get the Milky Way to really stand out, including its own colours.
János 19-Aug-2014 18:44
Greg, this shot is really great (again)! I wouldn't mind the light coming from CF, it adds a beautiful strike of colour at the bottom.
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