Master the Milky Way

Charge up your camera and get out and shoot the night sky tonight, capture those meteors.

here's some of my images from the recent Grouse Ridge workshop. I didn't have much time to shot, as I was assisting the attendees, but i was able to grab a few images.

Thanks to all of the attendees at the Grouse Ridge workshop last weekend. The night was epic and everyone went home with a smile on their faces.

Are you ready to learn how to photograph the night sky and the Milky Way? Our first beginner workshop of the year is now open for registration. We'll have two evenings of free online training on May 19 and May 21, followed by a field trip to the Lake Wildwood Dam on May 30.
You can sign up online here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1328302210669?aff=oddtdtcreator

Are you ready to learn how to photograph the night sky and the Milky Way? Our first beginner workshop of the year is now open for registration. We'll have two evenings of free online training on May 19 and May 21, followed by the field trip to Alpha Diggins overlook east of Nevada City on May 23.
You can sign up online here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1328292973039?aff=oddtdtcreator

I went out at midnight last night (Sunday night) to photograph the perseids meteor shower from the dam at Lake Wildwood, and the aurora showed up. Another photographer arrived while I was starting to shoot. She had driven from Colfax. I said, you here for the perseids meteor shower? She said "What meteor shower? I just got an alert on my app that the aurora was peaking." So it was serendipitous. The aurora was only on the nothern horizon. It peaked as seen the image below, but nothing like the May event. Still it was a fun surprise. Image: 8 seconds, f2.0, ISO3200.

Milky Way image from our last field trip to Sugar Bowl / Soda Springs meadow.
This is a composite/stacked image where the Milky Way is stacked with 11 images each 8 seconds, f1.8, ISO3200 on a Sony A7iv, Samyang 24mm, and stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker.
The foreground was denoised in Topaz denoise.

Comet Leonard taken on Dec 3, at 4:30 AM from the west coast. 7 images at 30 second exposure, MoveShootMove tracker, Sony a6000, ISO1600, Soligor 135mm, f2.8, stacked in Starry Sky Stacker. Struggled a bit with the tracking accuracy.