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Photography

Bo Zarts

(26,449 posts) Thu May 7, 2026, 07:57 PM May 7

The Temples of the Sun (R) and the Moon (L) under the Milky Way

Capitol Reef National Park - Utah - March 2026
©2026 Bo Zarts Studio

Sony A7-R5 w/Sigma 17-40 f/1.8 shooting RAW files
Stacked images, so these are estimates ..
Sky: 10 images shot at 5-7 secs and ISO 3200
Foreground: 1 image shot at about 180 secs and ISO 3200

Processed with Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and Topaz (noise reduction and sharpening)

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The Temples of the Sun (R) and the Moon (L) under the Milky Way (Original Post) Bo Zarts May 7 OP

This is a fabulous photo, my dear Bo! However you did it, I am blown away. CaliforniaPeggy May 7 #1

Amazingly beautiful 🤩 Deuxcents May 7 #2

im planning my next milky way trip to big bend moonshinegnomie May 7 #3

Phenomenal. LoisB May 7 #4

Outstanding image! Grumpy Old Guy May 11 #5

Beautiful image Bo! Grumpy Old Guy Wednesday #6

CaliforniaPeggy

(157,016 posts)

1. This is a fabulous photo, my dear Bo! However you did it, I am blown away.

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Thu May 7, 2026, 08:46 PM

May 7

Deuxcents

(27,756 posts)

2. Amazingly beautiful 🤩

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Thu May 7, 2026, 10:21 PM

May 7

moonshinegnomie

(4,079 posts)

3. im planning my next milky way trip to big bend

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 10:42 PM

May 7

maybe aroudn the new moon in june

LoisB

(13,536 posts)

4. Phenomenal.

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 11:02 PM

May 7

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,399 posts)

5. Outstanding image!

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 05:03 AM

May 11

I'm planning on hitting Joshua Tree of Anza Borrego for the new moon next week. My single frame images don't match the beauty of this stacked image.

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,399 posts)

6. Beautiful image Bo!

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 03:15 AM

Wednesday

I really have to start stacking my images. My single exposure shots just don't match up to this kind of quality.

I've given up on Topaz. Lately I've been importing with DXO PureRaw. I'm much happier.

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