Stars burn brightly for China in astronomy photo competition
Star Watcher © Yang Sutie (China) [Photo/The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 13 (2021) competition/exhibition]
As the photographer was driving on the mountain road late at night and turned the corner, he saw a mound on the right side of the road. The mountains lined up and the Milky Way was lined-up in front of the photographer, so he stopped and climbed up the side of the road, set the camera to shoot automatically, and then drove back and forth in this curve. Then he climbed up the hillside and integrated himself into the picture.
・ Ranwu, Xizang, China, Oct 22, 2020
・ Nikon Z 7II camera, 17 mm f/2.8 lens
・ Car lights and figure: ISO 1000, 2 x 25-second exposures
・ Sky and mountains: ISO 6400, 25-second exposure
Star Watcher, by Yang Sutie, was taken when, driving through the desert at night, the photographer saw an interesting-looking mound lined up with the Milky Way in the sky, and managed to set the camera to shoot automatically and incorporate himself into the picture.
Sunrise of the Magic City, by Jiajun Hua, consists of four different exposures from the same perspective of the sun rising over Shanghai's Lujiazui financial district.
The Milky Way on the Ancient Village, by Zhang Xiao, was taken in the early hours of the morning when the streets of Hongcun, a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the foot of Huangshan Mountain, were deserted, and the streetlights had been turned off.
