Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Now I am FOUR NIGHTS in on the #TheGreatMilkyWayChase challenge of doing Milky Way Photography for 23 Straight Nights and I had to mix up the foreground subject. Keep things exciting! So I did my night of Milky Way Photography out at the Little Sahara Recreation Area.
The Little Sahara Recreation Area offered sand dunes to line up under the Milky Way that could give me great variety in my images with little effort. A short drive and then all I had to do was pick my spot. I ended up choosing an area merely 100 yards in to the dunes of the White Sands area of Little Sahara. I chose the spot because of the old tree. It broke up the horizontal planes in my composition and brought interest stemming from the bottom and reaching all the way to the sky and touched the Milky Way Core!
Finding this spot fast was required as I was running late that night and needed to hurry and find something good before the moon started rising and getting in the way of my darkest sky so far! My previous three images were all in Bortle class 3 areas and this one was a Bottle class 2! So I really didn’t want a pending moon rise brightening up my sky and changing the color in the sky and starting to wash out my galactic core.
I DEFINITELY need to come back to this area with Brendon and walk MUCH DEEPER into the dunes and get more of a classic clean sandy dune foreground with the Milky Way. Good thing I am doing this 19 more times!! :D
Keep checking back on the adventure as I go for 23 straight nights of Milky Way Photography! Night 5 Brendon and I battled light pollution and then clouds forced us to completely abort the first plan and move to a never before location and hope for the best! Check in later to see how it went!
Support us: patreon.com/photogadventures
Thanks for watching and see you next time!
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ABOUT: photogadventures.com/about
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Do you enjoy Photography Podcasts?
Check out our Podcast where we talk more in detail about what went well and what could have gone better in each of our adventures : goo.gl/6T4oJG
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If you are curious, below is a list of the gear we use. These are Amazon links, so if you were to buy anything from them it actually would help support Photog Adventures and we really appreciate it!
Camera Gear:
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Canon 5D MKIII: goo.gl/PmrmKq
Canon 70D: goo.gl/AcrCmq
Canon 6D: goo.gl/97a0VJ
Canon 17-35mm f2.8L: goo.gl/N7QUuu
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8: goo.gl/dKzIBd
SunwayFoto L Bracket: goo.gl/E3B4xS
Manfrotto Junior 410 Geared Head: goo.gl/3VTViD
Acratech GP Ballhead with Gimbal Feature: goo.gl/GltQvm
Manfrotto Tripod Aluminum: goo.gl/5AuRcV
Feisol Tournament CT-3442 Rapid: goo.gl/silJQV
Mindshift Gear 180 Horizon: goo.gl/AZC3XA
Canon Camera Bag: goo.gl/nXk9ON
Astrophotography Gear:
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Boruit Rechargeable LED Headlamp RJ-3000: goo.gl/FVrQKt
JClaw Tek LED Headlamp with Red Lights for Night: goo.gl/7bmz3l
F&V Z96 UltraColor LED Light (Same as Aaron purchased but as of today, out of stock.)
amzn.to/2oZGyHj
In-Stock option for F&V HDV-Z96 II Z-flash LED Light
amzn.to/2oZsm1d
Larger Capacity Battery for F&V light
amzn.to/2opJU86
YONGNUO YN300 Air LED Video Light: goo.gl/TewFMs
Rokinon/Samyang 24mm F/1.4 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens: goo.gl/IeBdaR
Vlogging Gear:
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GoPro HERO4 Session: goo.gl/fTGbYv
GoPro Hero4 Silver: goo.gl/h0gSgd
GoPro Hero4 Black: goo.gl/yZD5T3
Zoom H1 Portable Digital Recorder: goo.gl/RvKj5e
Rode SmartLav+: goo.gl/7qwAh2
Tascam DR-60DmkII: goo.gl/5uklXJ
Thank you for supporting us!
Now I am FOUR NIGHTS in on the #TheGreatMilkyWayChase challenge of doing Milky Way Photography for 23 Straight Nights and I had to mix up the foreground subject. Keep things exciting! So I did my night of Milky Way Photography out at the Little Sahara Recreation Area.
The Little Sahara Recreation Area offered sand dunes to line up under the Milky Way that could give me great variety in my images with little effort. A short drive and then all I had to do was pick my spot. I ended up choosing an area merely 100 yards in to the dunes of the White Sands area of Little Sahara. I chose the spot because of the old tree. It broke up the horizontal planes in my composition and brought interest stemming from the bottom and reaching all the way to the sky and touched the Milky Way Core!
Finding this spot fast was required as I was running late that night and needed to hurry and find something good before the moon started rising and getting in the way of my darkest sky so far! My previous three images were all in Bortle class 3 areas and this one was a Bottle class 2! So I really didn’t want a pending moon rise brightening up my sky and changing the color in the sky and starting to wash out my galactic core.
I DEFINITELY need to come back to this area with Brendon and walk MUCH DEEPER into the dunes and get more of a classic clean sandy dune foreground with the Milky Way. Good thing I am doing this 19 more times!! :D
Keep checking back on the adventure as I go for 23 straight nights of Milky Way Photography! Night 5 Brendon and I battled light pollution and then clouds forced us to completely abort the first plan and move to a never before location and hope for the best! Check in later to see how it went!
Support us: patreon.com/photogadventures
Thanks for watching and see you next time!
WEBSITE: photogadventures.com
ABOUT: photogadventures.com/about
**************************************************************
Do you enjoy Photography Podcasts?
Check out our Podcast where we talk more in detail about what went well and what could have gone better in each of our adventures : goo.gl/6T4oJG
**************************************************************
If you are curious, below is a list of the gear we use. These are Amazon links, so if you were to buy anything from them it actually would help support Photog Adventures and we really appreciate it!
Camera Gear:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Canon 5D MKIII: goo.gl/PmrmKq
Canon 70D: goo.gl/AcrCmq
Canon 6D: goo.gl/97a0VJ
Canon 17-35mm f2.8L: goo.gl/N7QUuu
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8: goo.gl/dKzIBd
SunwayFoto L Bracket: goo.gl/E3B4xS
Manfrotto Junior 410 Geared Head: goo.gl/3VTViD
Acratech GP Ballhead with Gimbal Feature: goo.gl/GltQvm
Manfrotto Tripod Aluminum: goo.gl/5AuRcV
Feisol Tournament CT-3442 Rapid: goo.gl/silJQV
Mindshift Gear 180 Horizon: goo.gl/AZC3XA
Canon Camera Bag: goo.gl/nXk9ON
Astrophotography Gear:
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Boruit Rechargeable LED Headlamp RJ-3000: goo.gl/FVrQKt
JClaw Tek LED Headlamp with Red Lights for Night: goo.gl/7bmz3l
F&V Z96 UltraColor LED Light (Same as Aaron purchased but as of today, out of stock.)
amzn.to/2oZGyHj
In-Stock option for F&V HDV-Z96 II Z-flash LED Light
amzn.to/2oZsm1d
Larger Capacity Battery for F&V light
amzn.to/2opJU86
YONGNUO YN300 Air LED Video Light: goo.gl/TewFMs
Rokinon/Samyang 24mm F/1.4 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens: goo.gl/IeBdaR
Vlogging Gear:
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GoPro HERO4 Session: goo.gl/fTGbYv
GoPro Hero4 Silver: goo.gl/h0gSgd
GoPro Hero4 Black: goo.gl/yZD5T3
Zoom H1 Portable Digital Recorder: goo.gl/RvKj5e
Rode SmartLav+: goo.gl/7qwAh2
Tascam DR-60DmkII: goo.gl/5uklXJ
Thank you for supporting us!
