Between heaven and ocean - a photo on Flickriver

            The moon set too late last night for me to stay out and get photos of the dark and starry heavens, so I settled for photographing the stars against the moonlit sky. Seeing that there was an electrical storm out over the Tasman Sea, I stopped in at the lookout at Stanwell Tops, New South Wales, Australia. The lookout there on Bald Hill gives fantastic views at any time of day.

Although shot at close to midnight, my photo displays a blue sky which at first glance makes it seem as if I took it during the day. The stars are the giveaway that it was night-time, though. The Southern Cross is high up near the top-centre of the image, just above the Coal Sack Nebula. The globular star cluster Omega Centauri is close to the left-hand edge of the scene, about 1/3 from the top. The moon’s light did a great job of revealing the clouds, and the flash from the lightning has revealed the rain falling from the thunderclouds onto the ocean.

For this single-frame photo, I used my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Rokinon 24mm lens @ f/2.2, with a 15-second exposure @ ISO 1600.

Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Wollongong / Stanwell Tops (show map)

Taken on: January 14, 2019

Tags:

Alpha Centauri

Astronomy

Beta Centauri

Crux

Lightning

Nightscapes

Pointers

Southern Cross

Stanwell Park

Stanwell Tops

Stars

Storm

Weather

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Sets appears in: • Explores • Nightscapes

Groups appears in: • Amateur Astro-Photography • Canon 6D + Samyang lenses more » • The Fog / The Mist and The Rain • We love Nature and Geology • Samyang & Rokinon Astrophotography « less

Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II, 15 sec, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Exposure Time:	15
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.1 (Macintosh)
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