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Northwest Nebraska

It has been almost two months since the trip to Greece and time to get back out and shoot! Star photography, that is why we went to Nebraska.  We stayed in Chadron, visited the Museum of the Fur Trade.  Awesome place - they have tons of artifacts from the fur trade across the US and Canada.  Totally worth a a stop if you find yourself in Chadron, Nebraska.

There is another worth while stop located in the corn fields of Alliance - Car Henge.  Built by Jim Reinders in 1987, a replica of England's Stone Henge, made out of American cars all spray painted gray.  While I was shooting, I immediately envisioned it in black and white.  I love how the photos turned out.

Camera: Nikon D500







The main purpose of the trip was to do some star photography.  We went out to Toadstool Geological Park in the daytime, did some hiking and shooting. It is like a mini Badlands. We picked up a pizza and some warmer clothes and headed back out. We set up the tripods and waited for it to get dark.  Totally awesome!  We had a hail storm the day before so we were not sure if the sky would be clear enough, there was also a lot of smoke from the seasonal fires in the US. I think we nailed it!! This was our second attempt at shooting the milky way.  First time was in the Sahara, they didn't come out too well.  We did a lot more research this time.  






Nikon D500, Focal Length 10MM, F-4.5, ISO 250, shutter 20 sec

Nikon D500, Focal Length 10MM, F-4.5, ISO 400, shutter 20 sec

Used the fisheye for these shots.
Nikon D500, Focal Length 10MM, F-4.5, ISO 2500, shutter 30 sec

That orange glow in the bottom left is from a camp fire.  The camera sees more than the naked eye.
Nikon D500, Focal Length 10MM, F-2.8, ISO 1600, shutter 30 sec


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Location: Chadron, NE 69337, USA

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