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Canon EOS 70D, Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM lens, 10 seconds @ f/5., ISO 200.

This week the photo challenge is go outside and get a scenic shot of the night sky.

Looking at the forecast for this week, Tuesday was going to be the only maybe clear night. We weren’t feeling too good, but we went out to Massey Memorial (a local tomb) around 9pm on Tuesday night anyway, and I tried to get some astrophotography done. I got a few shots (album on Dr yomcat shoots), but the shots of the stars were all bad due to motion blur. Turns out I have a maximum shutter speed of 13 seconds before I get motion blur, not the 60 I was using. Next time I’ll be ready.

However, I did spend a fair bit of time looking sideways, not up, and managed to make this real nice panorama of Mt Victoria, with Wellington city proper (the bright bit) in behind. The city really lit up the clouds, and they look cool. A full-size version of this pano is available.