Dark Skies

Dark skies over the Mediterranean. 

I was hoping I would get a spectacular Milky Way photo with my twenty second exposure. However I discovered that the 12mm wide angle lens was nowhere near wide enough. I also found the 20 seconds isn't really long enough, and it you expose for longer the stars start to streak. On the good side, my improvised lentil bag worked well and saved the weight and inconvenience of a tripod*

I also found that the sky isn't dark enough. You need to be up a mountain away from the damp air by the sea and miles from any sort of street light.









*Who takes a tripod on holiday anyway?

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