Merrimu Milky Way - a photo on Flickriver

Merrimu Milky Way

I came back to this location after an 8 year absence to photograph the old Lime Works on the edge of the reservoir. In theory the Milky way was lined up beautifully in the west behind the old ruin. However, finding it again proved almost impossible.

Setting off before sunset, after 90 minutes of literally bush bashing my way through thick scrub with 2 tripods and a 15kg backpack of camera gear and getting lost at least 3 times, I eventually found a tiny little bit of it. The reason was the lime works were now 95% underwater! The reservoir level was much higher than the last time I was here and only the top 1 meter of the 20 meter high structure was above the water line!

It was another 60 minutes getting back to where I started (I didn't get lost as often) and it was now around 9pm. I made myself some dinner over the Jetboil stove, then headed off again (only a 10 minute walk this time) and found a nice bunch of dead trees at the waters edge.

It was time to break out the Benro Polaris to get a tracked star image before it got too low on the horizon. It took me nearly an hour of utter frustration to get it working and ultimately the only way was to use my older reserve camera. By now it was 11 PM and the Milkyway core was way too low.

With no other options left, I just shot a panorama otherwise I would have lost the entire night. This ended up up one of the most frustrating nights of my astro photography life but at least I have something to show for it.

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Taken on: September 16, 2023

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3, f/2.0, 8 sec, 50mm, ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M3
Lens:	FE 50mm F1.4 ZA
Aperture:	f/2.0
Exposure Time:	8
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.5 (Windows)
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