The Star Gazer

The Milky Way rising over Pedn Vounder, Cornwall, UK.

This was all shot from the same tripod position. The sky was tracked and stacked using six 4 minute exposures taken at f/2.8 and ISO 3200. The foreground was captured using two 16 minute exposures at f/4 and ISO 100. These allowed me to focus stack.

I then took another 30 second shot with myself and my flashgun in the frame at f/2.8 and ISO 1250 and merged this section using layer masking.

Lots of ships/boats to manage but very pleased about the meteorite I captured. It was part of the Eta Aquariid meteor shower during 2021.