03/aug/2022 - For Now, I Just Go Out To Relax And Commune With The Stars ~ Kathryn Stivers

For now, i just go out to relax and commune with The Stars ~ Kathryn Stivers
NightScaper
Photographer: Kathryn Stivers ·



The sparsely populated beaches in the Panhandle of North Florida
yields some of the darkest skies in North America.

Here, an area near Bald Point State Park,
a lonely salt-water soaked pine tree presents as a sentinel to the cosmos.

--As a hobbyist night photographer,
I've gone about as far as I can go with singe-frame exposures.

I'm undecided about upgrading to a newer modified body, tracker, stacker,
--and all the additional equipment that encompasses.

For now, I just go out to relax and commune with the stars.

CATEGORY: Single frame

EXIF: Sony a7riii, 24mm, f1.4, 13 seconds, ISO3200,
a little foreground light painting w/LLED panel

 

Susan Lynne Schwenger
is this fall 2022 ? is the sky different in each of the other seasons ? what season is best to shot in ? very lovely photo

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  Kathryn Stivers
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  Susan Lynne Schwenger this was taken on 03 /aug /2022 aka August 3rd, 2022. Currently, the galactic core of the Milky Way is only above the horizon during the daylight hours.
  
  So we are in the “off season” for Milly Way photography. There are of course still parts of the MW visible after dark, but not the brightest part of the band.
  
  MW photography does change a bit year after year, as planets align with the band. This past season was pretty clean, with no planets visible in the primary path.
  
  The core will re-emerge above the horizon, briefly, in late January. It will be a low arch horizontal to the horizon (roughly), visible about an hour or so before dawn.
  
  With each passing new moon, the MW will appear an hour or so earlier, and it’s rotational aspect will become more vertical through early Fall.
  
  This is a very simplistic explanation. I don’t think there is a “best season” I’m my opinion, but different rotational positions work better in some compositions than others.
  
  I would suggest using an app like PhotoPills to better understand positional behavior, and learn to plan shots.
  
  I always travel to a location having a pretty good idea of the shot I will come away with.
  
  Of course if you scout first in the daytime, with PhotoPills night AR, you can plan the exact shot
  you will get for any given time, (weather permitting). Experiment and have fun.
  
  Good luck!