Astrophotography and old mill

This week, while on a business trip, I managed to find some free time and did a quick test of my new Viltrox 16 mm f/1.8 lens. I chose the night sky near the Koźlak windmill in Ostrzeszów, Poland as the subject.

The images show two faces of a December night:

• in the west – the setting Milky Way and the constellation Cygnus,

• in the southeast – Orion.

All frames were taken from a tripod. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring a lens heater on the trip, so a significant part of the session turned into a battle with condensation forming on the lens.

Data (the same for each frame):

• light: 60 × 20 s, ISO 3200, f/2

• dark: 30 × 20 s, ISO 3200

• foreground: 1 × 60 s, ISO 800

• processing: Sequator and Photoshop

Equipment:

• camera: Sony A7R II

• lens: Viltrox 16 mm f/1.8

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