Kia Ora fam,

I spent the last weekend during the new moon on a beach an hour away from home. This is my first time really giving Orion and Barnard's loop a try and I'm quite pleased with the results.

The Wairarapa is one of the largest dark sky reserves in the world and I'm so grateful to live only an hour drive from these kinds of skies. Unfortunately we don't see these colours with our eyes because they suck and fortunately I have an astro modified Nikon Z6 to get these details.

Equipment

• Nikon Z6a

• Nikon 40mm f2

• iOptron Skyguider Pro

• Benro Mach 3 tripod

• Hanmel remote shutter

EXIF

Foreground:

• 1*2 mosaic

• f5.6

• 90'' shutter speed

• ISO 800

Sky:

• 1*2 mosaic

• 90*60'' per panel

• f2.5

• ISO 1600

Stretched in PS, Background extraction in Pixinsite Honestly, I have a different workflow almost every time and I really need to write down what I do haha....

If you're interested in more New Zealand scenery, feel free to check out my Instagram at: www.instagram.com/atleyd No worries otherwise!

Hope you enjoyed coming to my TedTalk.