One of the closest star forming areas to our Solar system in the Scorpius Constellation.
Antares is the yellow star and the M4 cluster to the right.
Taken May 15 at Prineville dark sky park, Oregon, Bortle 2.
Click on image for better larger View.
Is this a composite: No
Nikon D610 modified
300 f2.8 lens
30-150 sec. light frames
15 flat, 15 bias.
Stunning work Dan! Abstract, colorful, and well composed (if you can composed the universe!).
Thanks Eva, I appreciate the comment.
You can compose in Astrophography, it is mandatory. Finding and composing at night is challenging, but I rotate the camera on the lens, rotate the mount, I know what I want the same as daytime photography, it just takes 20 minutes to compose the scene compared to 5 in daylight.
This is almost Full frame and like all aspects of photography, cropping is not ideal so composing in camera is everything.
