WINNING ASTRO PHOTOS
INSPIRATIONS
GREAT CANON IMAGES FROM THE ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15 / Louis Leroux-Gereu
01 CELESTIAL EQUATOR ABOVE FIRST WORLD WAR TRENCH MEMORIAL BY LOUIS LEROUX-GEREU
SKYSCAPES: RUNNER UP
Louis’ brilliant star trails above the preserved First World War trenches in the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park came runner-up in this year’s contest. His final image was composited from no less than 577 exposures, each 30 secs long and taken on his astro-modified Canon EOS 6D with a wideangle Samyang 14mm lens. This haunting image contrasts the conflict-scarred landscape with the ethereal beauty of the stars.
Lens Samyang XP 14mm f/2.4
Exposure 30 secs, f/3.2, ISO1000 (577 exposures stacked)
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15 / Brendan Alexander
02 AURORA OVER THE GREAT POLLET SEA
ARCH BY BRENDAN ALEXANDER
AURORAE: SHORTLISTED
Shooting with his Canon EOS 6D and a Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX DG, Brendan took two exposures, one at 7.5 secs for the sky and another at 5.5 secs for motion in the foreground, and stitched them together. He told us, “I took this photo after a Coronal Mass Ejection which allowed the aurorae to be seen in the UK and Ireland.”