My own first Milky Way shot - taken from an airplane

Well, this title was a little misleading. Last night I was about to climb into a small Piper Warrior and fly home from a day in Provincetown, Cape Cod. As we walked down the taxiway to the unlit grass parking area where the plane was sitting, we noticed the Milky Way stretching overhead to the horizon. I set my 7D on top of the plane's fuselage and took this shot using a new Tokina 11-16mm. I had no tripod with me, so I simply sat the camera on the camera strap to position it looking at the horizon. The row of little lights on the lower left of the image are the rivets on the fuselage, illuminated by the lights of the airport off in the distance. I'm more than a little satisfied with my very first try at this. As always, C&C welcomed.

Amazing shot! I'd be very happy with that as well. Great composition with the airplane in the foreground although without your description I would have been confused about what it was.

That is incredibly dope. Like it was already stated, the plane fuselage adds to the photo and makes it unique. Well done!

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Well, this title was a little misleading. Last night I was about to climb into a small Piper Warrior and fly home from a day in Provincetown, Cape Cod. As we walked down the taxiway to the unlit grass parking area where the plane was sitting,..............​. As always, C&C welcomed.

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That explains the lack of motion that would otherwise have been expected

nice pic keep up the experimenting

Dave

BioSci wrote in post #17698127
Well, this title was a little misleading. Last night I was about to climb into a small Piper Warrior and fly home from a day in Provincetown, Cape Cod. As we walked down the taxiway to the unlit grass parking area where the plane was sitting, we noticed the Milky Way stretching overhead to the horizon. I set my 7D on top of the plane's fuselage and took this shot using a new Tokina 11-16mm. I had no tripod with me, so I simply sat the camera on the camera strap to position it looking at the horizon. The row of little lights on the lower left of the image are the rivets on the fuselage, illuminated by the lights of the airport off in the distance. I'm more than a little satisfied with my very first try at this. As always, C&C welcomed.

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Very neat.
How do you like the Tokina 11-16mm?
I love mine using my 70D.
btw, your EXIF shows "Tokina AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX", I take it you just did not add your new UWA to your lens collection yet.

I really like this 11-16. It's a good match to my EF-S 17-55 f/2.8, extending the focal range without sacrificing speed of the lens. I'm looking forward to doing some real Milky Way photography, not just setting the camera on an airplane and hoping for the best.

Very cool. I love that you can see the plane in the foreground.