Critique wanted Milkway Over Hatteras Lighthouse

[Whiskeybarrel]

Location

North America

Camera type

Mirrorless camera

Camera sensor

Full-frame

EXIF

Iso 4000 17mm f/2.8 10 sec
Single exposure (not stacked) with edits in LR

Single exposure of Milky Way. No star tracker. Thoughts?

 

[Morexp57]

Beautiful shot! Bravo.

 

[BH2]

Wow, that is beautiful

 

[Whiskeybarrel]

Wow, that is beautiful

Thank you very much

 

[Georgehphoto]

Milky Way is a bit lost in the background but it’s a nice comp

 

[Whiskeybarrel]

Agree 100% Not the we best night nor location/time to capture the MW. If I’d stacked the shots I think I could have done a better job brining up the MW relative to the lighthouse.
Thank you for the feedback

 

[DonnyWorzala]

Agree with others about bringing out Milky Way more. Looks like the light from house may have interfered with image too. Im not sure if that you could do anything about that. Maybe change the composition a little that the house was to one side. Like the image. Good job

 

[lightmuncher]

An amazing brilliant image

 

[TonyB]

I agree with the other comments about the stars and MW being adversely affected by the brilliant light from the lighthouse. You set yourself a very challenging task. What surprises me is the number of stars and the MW you have still managed to capture with a single shot. I enjoyed looking at your image. Thank you.

 

[Levend Yüce]

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Single exposure of Milky Way. No star tracker. Thoughts?

amazing

 

[markmullen]

Cracking shot. One of the few occasions where having the subject slap bang in the middle of the scene works IMO. Great work.