When the Stars Come Out at Night

Today was a busy day with home projects and no time for photography. This evening we went out for dinner and by the time we got home it was close to eleven P.M. Walking down the walkway into the house I looked up to see the Milky way and all its mysteries blazing overhead. I went inside and grabbed my camera and a wide angle lens and started making some images of it. These two were my favorite. One is a selfie no less! Both images were made with a Canon 7D and a Canon EFS 10-22mm wide angle lens. Manual mode, ISO 3200, F 4.5 at 30 seconds. Camera was supported on a Manfrotto XPROB tripod with a Bogen ballhead. God's light and love to all, chris

Selfie

I'm not the usually the type of person to take a selfie. Last night I went out to get some stuff from my pick up and I noticed that there was a lot of moisture in the beam shining from my flashlight. I immediately thought to myself, "That would make such a cool photograph!" Knowing that no one from my family would probably want to pose with a flashlight in the misty rain I didn't even bother to ask them. I went back inside and set up my camera on a tripod and wrapped it with a plastic bag. Then I went back out and took some images with it of myself shining a flashlight into the sky. The end result looks pretty cool. Thank you Lord for the rain, chris

Camera Equipment Used- Canon 7D, Canon 28-105 lens at 28 mm. Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod with a 3055 Ballhead. Camera Settings- Manual Mode,ISO 400,F3.5, Shutter speed 30 seconds.