Number three of a variation on a post processing theme - this included the palm trees and kids playing on the beach for context

Big Boat Series in San Francisco Bay - shot from my sailboat.

A Street Performer, Las Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain.

A Street Performer, Las Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain -- I tried to put the background out of focus as much as possible but I ran out of shutter speeds !

lens shifted, hand held

This photograph is right at the limits of unguided fixed tripod imaging of astronomical subjects. I have been intrigued with other's photos that use "stacking" of multiple exposures to build detail in the Milky Way but I wanted to take a run at shooting it with a single pass shot in dark skies without an equatorial mount. This is the result.