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I had scouted the Copper Coast last Summer, and there are plenty of great spots for a night shoot. This was to be the last possible night of the season for a Milky Way shot. On the last Saturday of September, I headed down to the beach, unsure if the tide which was fully in would be a problem. It worked out very well. The water was only 6 feet from the tripod, but it stayed back just long enough for me to get the foreground shot during the Blue hour, and 24mins of tracked and stacked sky shots completed....

While I was hiking the Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail in 2023, I emerged from the woods at Olallie Lake, just North of Mount Jefferson. At the campsite there was a little jetty extending out into the lake. The lake and the mountain made for a dramatic foreground. Given I was looking South, I knew this would be a great spot for a night shoot. The lake is miles from anywhere, and its a very dark site. This went on my list of places to revisit. I was back in Oregon this Summer, and with the forecast promising,...

Three Castle head is one of my favourite locations in Ireland to shoot from. With the Lake, the Castle, the Cliffs and the Ocean, there is stunning beauty in all directions. Each time I have been there I had the place to myself, and its in a very dark location.This was going to be another Milky Way Arc shot with the 50mm lens to get detail in the sky. I took 3 rows of panels with 9 frames per row for the sky, An hour after darkness ended, I stayed in the same position to take 2 rows of 9...

This was my first attempt at taking a full Milky Way Arc with a 50mm lens. I had been to this spot before, but I felt I could improve on the previous image. I had to plan how many rows and panels would be needed to capture the Sky all the way from due South to due North. At Lough Inagh there is not one light visible in 360 degrees, which made for an excellent location to shoot from. During the 90min shoot, a few cars and a truck passed through the frames so I had to re-shoot a few...

On the Aran Island of Inis Oirr, the Plassy ship wreck has been beached for over 60 years on the South side of the Island. I was scouting locations for a Milky Way Arc, and the ship wreck seemed to line up with a full 180 degree sky during a trip in March. When I got there from the Doolin boat a few weeks later, I found that it didn't fully fill the frame to the East, and that a more close up approach was needed. With the light house spreading some light pollution from a few Kilometers away, I...