Star Trails Over the Atlantic
Star Trails Over the Atlantic, I have always wanted to try and photograph the milky way over the ocean. So while we were here, one night the sky was clear and I could see the stars. So I grabbed my gear and headed out.
It isn’t wide open ocean here but it is still salt water. The problem was finding a spot with as little light pollution as possible. I had checked the star map and knew where the milky way was suppose to be.
I set up my time lapse first and took about 100 photos so I could stack them later. The results is the first photos here. The white line going all the way across the photo is two boats that were going back and forth.
The milky way was very hard to find. I could not see it with the naked eye like I can up home. But I knew where it was so I took a few photos in the general direction.
With the help of photoshop, I was able to edit the the photo just enough so you can make out the milky way. The brighter area on the left side. It just wasn’t dark enough to get a good photo.
I will take some again when I get back home where you can see the milky way every night.
Star Trails Over the Atlantic
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Beautiful – that reflection on the water is stunning Sandra!
Gorgeous, you are so skilled.
Thank you very much 😊
Great job, those can be really tough to capture.
Yes, It was so hard to see the milky way. Not like up at our farm where I can see it almost every night 🙂
Thank you Sandra. I appreciate all your effort in this. I remember your previous work and the circular star trail photos you posted. These are great.
Thank you very much RJ, it is quite the site to be out there in the middle of the night looking into the heavens. Breathtaking to say the least. Have a wonderful evening.
How amazing to be able to see the Milky Way regularly from your home. I’ve only seen it once…and that was at the ocean…and it was truly one of my favorite moments. I imagine there are many who never see it.
Yes, I wonder if there are younger children that don’t know what it is or don’t even star gaze in the summer. We did that all the time when we were kids.
I think these are really charming. Wonderful ‘feeling’ of a far away milky way.
Thank you very much 😊
They are amazing star pictures, Sandra!
Thank you very much Kellye😊😊
Nice photo in light-polluted skies.
Yes, there is just to much light down here.
The camera is really a third eye that can see what the other two cannot.
That is so true. 🙂