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Camera Versus Eye — Description
I am often asked if you can really see what I photograph at night with your own eyes. And the answer is sort of Yes and No. The image on the bottom is a good representation of what I can see with my own eyes from where I live which is blessed with really dark skies. I can easily see the Milky Way as a faint band running across the sky and I can make out the dark dust lanes within the Milky Way. Some of the stars are distinctly reddish, yellowish or blueish but for the most part the sky at night to the unaided eye is monochrome. I can even see the zodiacal light on occasion (top right of image streaming to the central bulge of the MW).
What the long exposure of a camera does (top image) is bring out the colours of the night sky and makes those faint unaided eye details much brighter and more defined.

A lot of those comments that I get are from people who have never experienced the sheer majesty and wonder of a truly dark sky. They live in cities where they may at best only see the brightest stars and planets at night.
To find out more about the importance of dark skies and how you can make a difference please visit www.darksky.org/ and/or follow the International Dark-Sky Association on Facebook.

10 image vertical panorama taken back in 2012. Canon 60D, 10mm, F/3.5, ISO 3200, 10 x 30 seconds.

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