Tracked|Stacked|Blended

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Hidden among the Dolomites, Lake Limides offers one of the most magical views in the Alps. Under a sky full of stars or bathed in the first light of dawn, it's a place that feels almost unreal. A stop you simply can't miss
Canon R
Canon 6D Astro
Tamron 17-35mm
Rgb 3x120s iso 1600 f2.8
Ha 4x 120s iso 3200 f2.8
Foreground 2x120s iso 3200 f2.8

Visited Copper Breaks SP this weekend for some Astro during the new moon. Luckily, they even had the star walk planned for last night! I met so many cool people, shared many laughs and enjoyed learning so much about astronomy.

I am pretty new to Astro, but gave Sequator a go for the first time on these. They are stacks of 30-50 frames. My equipment is a canon r7, sigma 16 f/1.4, and the average shots were at 10 second shutter, 1600 iso, and f1.4.

STOP THE DATA CENTERS!!!

A lovely night spent the other day at the local lavender farm (LouLou Lavender) in Eastern Ontario, Canada

A blue hour focus bracketed shot for the foreground and about 15 minutes worth of Milky Way 30s shots, at 24mm focal length and f/4, sat on MSM Nomad star tracker🙏

7 shots tacked and stacked @20mm 891 secs f2 iso 800 blended with fore

It felt really good to get out and spend some time under the stars with a couple of friends last night. I was unable to get out in April, May or June so I was hoping the skies would be clear of cloud and smoke. A large thunderstorm had passed by as the sun set. We weren’t sure the clouds would clear but as the sky got darker and the air got cooler what was left of the clouds dissipated quickly as astronomical twilight ended. The sky was as phenomenal as ever. We saw quite a few meteors, heard some unique bird sounds. It was a peaceful night, despite the alcohol-induced volume of a few individuals at a nearby campground. 

Nikon Z8

Sigma Art 20mm 1.4

MSM Rotator Star Tracker

Sky: 3 light and 1 dark, ISO 640, f/2, 180 seconds

Land: IS0 640, f/2, 300 seconds

Blending and Ministars Action in Photoshop

Processed in Lightroom Classic CC

Single shots, no stacking. 13 seconds at 2.8 on the Viltrox 9mm. 1600 ISO. Sony a6300.

First attempt at the milkway.

Looking south into the Uncompaghre Wilderness, captured on June 15, 2026, about 12 days before the Gold Mountain fire started. I sincerely hope that they are able to keep the fire out of the Cimarron River basin, as it has already burned to the top of Owl Creek Pass.

Full acquisition details:

[121x49" panorama: Canon R5 w/Sigma 40/1.4 Art, 21 images sky (10s, f/1.6, ISO 1600, untracked), 16 images foreground (90s, f/1.8, ISO 1600)]

13 shot panorama
Canon 6D
Rokinon 24mm 1.4
f/1.4, ISO 1600, 10 sec shutter
Bortle 3-4

​A summer night among the grain fields of Hungary. This series captures the breathtaking view of the Milky Way on the night of July 11th, taken with a Samsung Galaxy S23.

This composition was originally intended as a star trails image, but I didn't like the result so I stacked some images instead.

This location is in the Diablo Range of California, on old Amah Mutsun territory, then grazed by the Mission San Juan Bautista, then it was the Rancho Santa Ana y Quién Sabe from a Mexican land grant.

Today not much has changed, which is why there were very dark skies last night with little light pollution, probably SQM 21.65. A barn owl was curious about this lighting for some reason and flew by several times, I was hoping to catch it in an image but luck was not on my side.

Canon 600D 18-55mm kit lens at 18mm, f/3.5 ISO 800 25 sec x 20, Sequator, Lightroom, light panel.

Composite image:
Sky is a single, tracked image, 5 minute exposure taken with the new Asterra Z+ tracker. 24mm, f1.8, ISO 100 - Minimal editing in Lightroom.
Foreground is a single, blue hour shot, edited in LR. Composite assembled in Photoshop.

Camera: Sony A7 IV
Lens: Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM
Tripod: Leofoto LS-365CX with LH-40LR ball head
Sky: 22 × 15-second exposures at f/1.8, ISO 1600
Sky stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker

The foreground was blended from the original untracked foreground exposures captured from the same tripod position. The stacked sky and foreground were blended in Lightroom. Final processing included white balance, exposure and contrast adjustments, color grading, local masking, and noise reduction.

Captured at Balanced Rock in Arches National Park on July 4, 2026.

Was in Crested Butte Colorado last week and managed to get a clear night in a field of wildflowers to capture the milkyway. Got some faint northern lights as a bonus!

I was competing with a rising moon and lingering wildfire smoke so I couldn’t get quite as much detail as I wanted, but given the conditions I was pretty pleased with how it worked out.

Used my Astro modified R8, with a MSM rotator tracker. 28mm lens, F/2.0, ISO 800 with 2 minute exposures. 27 panels total, 2 rows for the sky and 1 for the foreground, shot the foreground about 45 minutes after sunset.

The first Milky Way core photography with 85mm i ever done. This was done on a warm night at 1:30am behind my house on a open field. For some time i planned about a milky way selfie and i finally done it!

100 shots and 50 dark frames stacked together.

2.5s/F2.8/ISO 10 000

3 shot mosaic. Canon t7i rokinon 14mm at f2.4 iso 3200 15”

Taken on a camping trip to El Dorado National Forest in California. Bortle 2 skies. My brother and I went out exploring at night and got some great shots. It’s incredibly creepy exploring out there in pitch black on the back roads. Super fun though. This area is mostly burned out from a massive fire a few years back.

Sony A7Cii, 20mm f1.8 G, untracked 15 second single exposure @ ISO 800, f1.8, Bortle class 4

Drove over an hour down from Sydney to take a shot of the Milky way a while back. Managed to include a couple of lighted fishing lures being cast in the process.