Stars In wonder - Do look on Black

A great one with reflection that makes this take so special!

I did not do any thing with it it was forgotten and left behind i had a look back at the milky way season and saw this shot . we are so close to the lake i am standing in mud to get this by the time i got back to the car i had grown 2" from mud under my boots but it was worth it for this photo when i look back at the night. well worth getting out into the outbacks to get in the black. the milky way was as bright as you see it here reminded me of my childhood in the tropics . glad you like it certainly some thing i should not have forgotten.

It is enriching to have such memories... here in south Portugal when I was born 64 years ago it was real wild, no tourism yet... I was born in an island of the Ria Formosa and my first memories from starry nights and big moon rising are still vivid. We had no electricity to pollute the sky...

My wife was born on the island of Madeira but never looked up in the sky her first look other than my photos you see in my Milky way and Milky way Bows was this

www.ipernity.com/doc/1073393/45701720

we both are of an age that know what black skies are, some thing these days not many people have see these days. I truly look forward to coming over to Madeira and Portugal with my wife i have lived it through her family and her word . i have walked almost all of Madeira on GE, all i can say is turn me loose. we may just meet i will look up your island.

Compared to the two in set shots the water was much calmer - well worth getting muddy boots for this!

I am glad you agree but kind of ruined by the growth to the horizon. the true black sky the stars shine just like the photo you get more detail to the stars. once i got down to the other site i had to was tripod feet and scuff my boots on the sealed road to get the sticky mud off the boots. yes it was worth it but one i did not look at before worth bringing out.

A great one, Steve!

Thanks i have to agree was worth all the mud i was lucky i had some other shoes to get into to drive and walk about with till i got them cleanish.

The mud was worth it ~

Enjoyed in -
www.ipernity.com/group/virtualexplore

sure was

marvelous milky way picture

Have to say we are lucky down under as we have very black skies from lack of people. Many thanks.

Ich bin einfach nur begeistert!

Thank you it was very exiting to see it in real life as well.

Fantastic, yes you must have enjoyed this experience

Nick not since i was a child in the tropics on a coral atoll in the middle of the pacific with no lights. the milky way is so vivid and bright and you feel you can touch it its stands out so much. i look forward to next years milky way season this year is over i may be lucky to get a shot in NZ this month or next but that depends on clouds in a cloudy land. many thanks

SPLENDID *******************************