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@RachelThornSub Thank you, Professor Thorn. 🫶 I'm glad you like it. I'm sure I can't be the only person to have wanted to shoot the Milky Way from a plane though. But probably not shown very often due to how many moving parts there are to trying such a shot?
If you look closely at this shot, you can see some blurry bits near the wingtip due to some dirt / ice on the window. But thankfully it doesn't obscure the actual galactic core.
@Reinald Thank you so much, Reinald! I didn't think I could pull it off, but so happy it all worked out!
@coldclimate Thanks, coldclimate! 🫶I'm glad you enjoyed the shot. Not the cleanest due to stupid dirty window near the wing tip, but at least the galactic core is clear.
@ScruffyJunco @LifeTimeCooking Thanks, Scout. I'm just glad I had something to show for all the planning I did! 🫶 Glad you like it.
@mlanger @Michigander Thank you so much, Maria. 🫶
@MichaelPorter @megsouth Thanks, although my camera did a lot of the heavy lifting. It's 16 seconds' worth of shots. The camera takes 8 shots at 2 seconds exposure in quick succession and then stacks them together.
The IBIS on OM System cameras are really amazing!
@GaldeSteen Oh man, what a beautiful sight! It makes me really sad that so many people don't care about, or look up at wonder at the night sky nowadays.
I read a statistic that suggested over 80% of the world's population now live under light polluted skies. That figure apparently rises to about 99% in Europe and North America.
Do many at sea still know how to navigate by the stars with all the GPS tech nowadays?
After spending many hours checking flight routes, moon phases, and the movement of the cosmos throughout the night, I worked out that around 00:00 GMT would be the best time for me to try and shoot the Milky Way from a flight I'd booked.
37,000 ft in the air over northern Armenia.
OM System OM-1 II • OM System 8 mm f/1.8 Fisheye Pro.
️ ISO 25600 • 16 seconds (2 seconds × 8 stacked) • f/1.8.
#MilkyWay #WingFriday #WindowSeat #AirTravel #Astrophotography #Photography
A juxtaposition between natural and artificial light.
It was -19°C. Ice crystals in the air reflect a car's headlights causing it to look like a pillar.
I love how the light shining over the snow makes this look like the surface of a different planet.
Lake Torneträsk • Sweden. OM System OM-1 II • OM System 7-14 mm f/2.8 Pro.️ ISO 6400 • 5 seconds • f/2.8.
#AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #Sweden #SwedishLapland #OMSystem #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Lapland #Astrophotography
