Milky Way - Fuji 16mm f1.4

[mostlyphotos]

I recently had the opportunity to visit a remote South facing beach in Wales, UK - I thought I'd try and capture the Milky Way with my X-T2 and 16mm f1.4

 

I wrote a brief article with further images and information on how I took the shot 

[woodlander]

Very nice shot. I like the details in the article.

[mcdesign]

The XT2 looks excellent for this sort of night photography, I am using the XT1 with a Samyang 12mm f2 lens with exposures of 30s or less at ISO 2500, our skies are darker here in Australia so the Milky Way really stands out well. Try using the clarity slider in Lightroom to bring out more detail in the sky, I find it very useful.

 

 

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[mostlyphotos]

The XT2 looks excellent for this sort of night photography, I am using the XT1 with a Samyang 12mm f2 lens with exposures of 30s or less at ISO 2500, our skies are darker here in Australia so the Milky Way really stands out well. Try using the clarity slider in Lightroom to bring out more detail in the sky, I find it very useful.

 

That's a beautiful shot. We do struggle with the light pollution in the UK... I was also on location a little early.. I think the light was improving (getting darker!) all the time. I swapped out the 16mm for my wide 10-24 but as that is f4 max aperture it struggled more... but the Milky Way seems clearer...  

[mcdesign]

That's a beautiful shot. We do struggle with the light pollution in the UK... I was also on location a little early.. I think the light was improving (getting darker!) all the time. I swapped out the 16mm for my wide 10-24 but as that is f4 max aperture it struggled more... but the Milky Way seems clearer... 

 

 

 

That is also a beautiful shot, it has foreground interest. You could bring out more in the stars in Lightroom or Photoshop with a bit of selective editing! The group (circle) of stars above the rock is Corona Australis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_Australis. I am beginning to learn the names of all of them thanks to the Sydney Observatory.

 

We struggle with light pollution too, it would be better inland but I am on the coast, I also struggle with getting foreground interest, I am too old to go climbing around the rocks   I am now experimenting with longer exposures for the foreground at lower ISO's and keep the sky at around 15-30s, weather has closed in now so won't have clear skies for a few days...we need the rain though!

 

I look forward to more of your Milky Way images, also, the 12mm Samyang is a very sharp f2 lens and pretty cheap over here.

[mostlyphotos]

@mcdesign - Thank you for the kind comments. I have a Samyang Fisheye that I might experiment with in the future. I live in London, UK and will struggle to find some dark skies... but hopefully I will get a chance soon to try again with the Milky Way... it's a fascinating subject.