Night at Waimea Beach

Large view preferred. This my first attempt at photographing stars. I was

trying for a milky way capture. The exposure was 30 seconds. It was

about 8:00 P.M., well after sunset. Your comments on how I could have

gotten the milky way effect would be appreciated. Is it time of night that's

critical or camera settings, etc? The image is on the Hawaiian island of

Kauai. Many thanks for your comments and help. Larry

It doesn't show your settings on here, but on the images I have seen of the milky way, the ISO has been cranked right up!

I quite like that exploding star effect on this one!

Best Regards

Alf

It looks like a hole has been opened on the night sky (the moon?)  and we can clearly see that in an other parallel universe it is day. I like it!

Alf,  Thanks for your comment.  My exposure was around 30 seconds, and the ISO was not up over 400.  The exploding looking orb is the moon.  When I took the image, there were only about two stars that were visible to the eye.  Thanks again,  Larry

Michail,   Thanks for your comment and compliment.  Yes the middle orb is the moon.  I appreciate your visit.  Larry