Mt Shasta fm North with Milky Way 20130210 and 20160703, Day 7 of Mt Shasta week, #174 of 365 Composite
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Location
This picture was taken from the NW side of Mt. Shasta (California) on a country road a few miles west of I5.Time
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No, but see below for post processingEquipment
Tripod with a star tracker. 90mm Macro lensInspiration
BeautyEditing
The stars are 10 tracked exposures of 65 seconds each, f4, ISO3200 at 90mm. They were stacked with StarryLandscapeStacker to reduce noise. Mount Shasta was one short image with no tracking.In my camera bag
I carry a minimal bag. I leave most of my gear at home and just carry what I need for the current shot. Lighter.Feedback
Practice. Getting good astroimages takes practice as well as a lens with great corner image quality. I went out 14 times last year and every time I had noticeable improvements.