Come On Out
The Milky Way stretchs across the sky above Tom and Eva on Victoria's Great Ocean Road.
Wow.
With heavy clouds forecast looking we took a punt and headed out to the Tom and Eva lookout to see if we could catch a glimpse of the Milky Way.
When we arrived it looked like the forecast was right and the night would be a bust, but then just as we were ready to pack it up we saw the clouds clearing and just a few short minutes later the clouds had blown through and the Milky Way came out to say hello.
What made it even more special was the fact this was a night of high aurora activity and you can see the barest hint of it just above the band of clouds on the horizon. We didn't even realise we'd captured it until we got home and were reviewing the images of the night.
I think @louiseclarke_photography and @caseyskye got better photos as they were shooting throughout that entire time, but I'd messed up my settings so my camera wasn't actually taking photos during the peak period…. idiot!
Just goes to show all of us can make stupid mistakes and miss some great shots, but I'm still incredibly proud of this photo.
It is 15 shots stacked for the Milky Way for noise reduction, then a longer exposure for the foreground.
The details for this image are:
Nikon D750 with Nikon 20mm f/1.8
W-1204 tripod
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15s
f/2.5
ISO6400
Foreground
240s
f/2.5
ISO800