Beautiful. What is it?
The Pentax 6x7 with mirror lock up, a large format camera that weighs as much as a small town!
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Looks like it’s seen some use 
Heavy rains today on Koh Yao Yai but enough dry moments to bike around a bit
iPhone 15pro, main lens
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Nice reflections 
WOW! What set-up and setting where used to capture this amazing image?
Saw a lot of them in the Dorset area during our recent visit. We visited a lovely country pub in Lytchett Minster, (St Peters Finger) no sniggering. Some elaborate designs along the route back to Poole. I think it’s a great idea.
It does seem to be becoming a popular artistic outlet in many areas…
I used a dedicated (cooled) astrophotography camera attached to a prime 135mm/F2 lens (wide field). I took 120 frames with 60 seconds of exposure time each. The frames were stacked into a single one and processed using several astrophotography programs with a final touch-up with Affinity Photo.
Here is a picture of the hardware used:
The big red cylinder to the left is the main cooled camera attached to the lens. The small scope on the top (also with a small camera) is a guide scope used to accurately track a set of stars in order to keep the target centered on the frame. All is mounted on a tracking motorized mount (attached to the tripod) which is controlled by the guide scope. That is necessary to counteract the Earth’s rotation.
The small red box is a glorified Raspberry Pi with the software that controls everything through an UI on a tablet or cell phone using wi-fi (little antenna on top of the guide scope).
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Sky is still looking quite ominous and helped made a really Moody photo
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Very nice setup. Why is it necessary to cool the camera?
Is necessary when shooting long exposures to eliminate/reduce thermal noise on the sensor.
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Impressive stuff, thanks for the explanation.
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