[Dark Sky Places] Submission 143204 – Mike MacKinven

The Good Church - 143204

By: Mike MacKinven | mack_photography_nz

Location: Aoraki_MacKenzie

https://nzastrocompetition.com/new-zealand-astrophotography-competition-2024/dark-sky-places/?cid=324&cac=submission&ctx=page&cm=1&sid=143204

The Milky Way rising over The Church of the Good Shepherd. Timing a shot without any other visitors headlamps lighting everything up like a disco party is tricky, solution was to shoot a time-lapse and grab the best frame from it. The sky was captured with an iOptron SKytracker and 85mm lens to shoot a mosaic, which was then blended back into the Church image, matching the 35mm shot Milky Way nicely. In turn shows an accurate representation of the night sky in this location.

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