There is a growing interest in a new kind of nighttime photography. Photographers have been taking photographs of the nighttime sky ever since film was invented. These photographs were generally long exposures that show beautiful star trails. But now they are taking clear, sharp images of the stars and planets literally stopped in their tracks.
Astronomers have always been taking photographs of the nighttime sky and their goal has always been to get sharp images of the stars. To do that they rigged their powerful telescopes with very precise motor drives that slowly turned the telescopes at the same rate as the stars move overhead, effectively holding the stars motionless in the field of view.
But with the advent of digital cameras the notion of photographing the night sky as part of a broader landscape has become increasingly popular. And it’s not just star trail images that photographers are capturing. They are capturing spectacular images of the planets, constellations and even the Milky Way over well known features on earth. Wally Pacholka is one of the best of this new breed of photographers and his work is an outstanding example of this genre of fine art photography. Check out Wally’s incredible Top Ten Night Sky Images to see what I’m talking about.
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