June 27, 2018
The Milky Way…
It’s June and it’s prime Milky Way season. The Milky Way raises about sunset and by about 2am the galactic center is vertical in the southern sky. While the Milky Way is there every night, it’s highly susceptible to light pollution with the Moon being the 2nd greatest offender(the Sun being the first). I only made 4 trips out to shoot being somewhat limited by coastal Southern California’s “June Gloom”, and for two of my trips I had a photographic assistant(Madame). Two of these excursions were to familiar locations(Boy Scout Camp Road in Lockwood Valley and Twin Bush on PCH) and two were to new locations(Mt. Pinos’ Nordic Base and a location in the southern portion of Lockwood Valley).
Read MoreIt’s June and it’s prime Milky Way season. The Milky Way raises about sunset and by about 2am the galactic center is vertical in the southern sky. While the Milky Way is there every night, it’s highly susceptible to light pollution with the Moon being the 2nd greatest offender(the Sun being the first). I only made 4 trips out to shoot being somewhat limited by coastal Southern California’s “June Gloom”, and for two of my trips I had a photographic assistant(Madame). Two of these excursions were to familiar locations(Boy Scout Camp Road in Lockwood Valley and Twin Bush on PCH) and two were to new locations(Mt. Pinos’ Nordic Base and a location in the southern portion of Lockwood Valley).
Milky Way in Lockwood Valley(fisheye)
I almost didn’t take this shot and the foreground(what little there is) is from a framing shot. Since I can’t see anything but the brightest planets on the camera’s screen, I shoot framing shots at a higher ISO and short shutter speed(about 20 seconds) to frame the shot.
