Milky Byron Bay

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Milky Way Over The Byron Lighthouse - taken last night in Byron Bay. It was not an intentional time-lapse. I was trying different exposures with the same lens and mostly the same viewpoint. Only when reviewing the images did I noticed the light beam angles and made a short AV.

 

[JRR]

NIce time lapse, surprised the light beam was not much stronger

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2 hours ago, JRR said:

NIce time lapse, surprised the light beam was not much stronger

Hello

It was a F1.4 lens so exposures were very short some as slow as 1/2 sec. Most were 1 or 2 seconds only.

Regards

Mark

[Mike Reed]

Watched a TV programme about the Dark sky project in UK and in one case where a lighthouse beam was the only source of light the authority changed the beam colour to red the effect on sky visibility was amazing.

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On 7/26/2025 at 6:06 PM, Mike Reed said:

Watched a TV programme about the Dark sky project in UK and in one case where a lighthouse beam was the only source of light the authority changed the beam colour to red the effect on sky visibility was amazing.

Thanks, Mike, for commenting. This is not a Dark Sky area due to all the ambient light from Byron Bay, which is at my back immediately behind this shot. I have recently discovered an "Ambient Light" filter that blocks light from urbanisation. The beam is noticeable as the exposure is very quick (about 1 or 2 secs) compared  10 - 15 secs where the light beam is more spread out.

We also use a red light for viewing camera settings etc but if we look ahead into the amera scene, the red light in visible.

Cheers

Mark