Milky Way in Venice, Florida
by Liesl Walsh
Title
Milky Way in Venice, Florida
Artist
Liesl Walsh
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
I don't usually photograph in the middle of the night to do astrophotography, but it was on my bucket list. I just had to try it. So in March 2021 I used an app to find out when I would see the Milky Way in the sky, on the darkest night of the month. My husband Mike and I went to the Venice Fishing Pier and Venice Beach at 3:30 am to find it. We started at the pier first and it was so DARK! Kinda creepy and scary to be on the beach in complete darkness until our eyes got used to it. We could hear the waves coming to the shore which was nice. But it is a totally different feeling being out there in the dark than during the day. I was waiting for the boogie man or a critter to come out of the darkness, but we had our flashlights and Mike was right there with me. We got used to it and we found the Milky Way in the southwest area of the sky (Mike found it first!) It was right over Fins and Sharky's!
I figured out very special camera settings to photograph in such darkness and still get a sharp photo. Mike tried it, too. We both have cameras and tripods.
I got some photos at the pier and then we got some at Venice Beach. I used the lifeguard stand as a foreground element. I love the ethereal or spiritual mood of this image.
We were really tired after being out in the middle of the night for a few hours, so a good long nap really helped after getting home. I am open to doing this adventure again, but this is not my normal thing. I think this first try was a success!
This is at Venice Beach in downtown Venice, Florida. It sits on the Gulf of Mexico on the west coast. Venice is a historical town built in the 1920's with Mediterranean architecture and a quaint charming downtown. Venice is known for their love of the arts, and is the shark tooth capital of the world. Fossilized sharks' teeth can be found on the beaches here. Venice is south of Sarasota and north of Englewood.
This image was created by layering 4 different photos of different exposures taken at the same time.
SOLD:
Digital image to business in Venice, Florida to print on vinyl wrap on a company vehicle 8-9-2023. Thank you!
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March 20th, 2021
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Comments (15)
Nancy Carol Photography
Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "August 2023 Features."
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #17 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Shoal Hollingsworth
This is wonderful. I have nominated this for a Special Feature in the 1000 Views Group.
Jordan Hill
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group ‘The Outdoor Photographer' To ensure your feature remains available over time, post your featured images in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / photo archive
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.