# @milkywaychasers on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKOIQoGPHZj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32483895-milkywaychasers-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8347975329.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-29T02:30:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Milky Way Chasers (@milkywaychasers) — https://gondola.cc/milkywaychasers

## Caption

Kavan Chay in NZ

REPOST: kchayphotos from fb.com/groups/milkywaychasers chosen by tracyleephotos 

MWC Admin: tracyleephotos

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From Kavan about this image:
CATEGORY: STACKED, TRACKED, PANO, COMPOSITE
SOCIALS:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kchayphotos
FB: https://www.facebook.com/kchayphotos
Website: https://kchayphotos.com
STORY:
Here's a reedit of what I think is possibly my favourite image over the years (because I'd managed to lose the original project file), with this being the very image that I believe pushed me further into the alpine environment of NZ.
Years ago, this was a chance that I took after thinking about it for months prior. The climb up the brief but steepish rooty track was a familiar but hard slog (28ish kg on my back over 5km, with 950m in elevation roughly), but the snow at the hut was something out of a dream.
The night that followed was a gorgeous experience, with the sky dark and clear and a beautiful mild sunrise to top off the trip in the morning.
It's still one of my favourite memories, with this image perfectly capturing why I love the outdoor experience so much.
Anyway- it was nice to see how differently my processing skills have become over the years, with this improving on what my original vision was. Hopefully I'll have a second take on it.
EXIF:
Gear used: Nikon Z7 (stock), Nikkor Z 50mm f1.8S, Nikkor Z 14-24 f2.8S, Skywatcher Star Adventurer Pro
Settings:
Foreground: 2 x 5 frames x 2 rows (roughly), each frame shot at 24mm, f/5, ISO3200, 100 second exposures. Stacked to reduce noise in Photoshop prior to merge in PTGui.
Sky: 16 frames x 3 rows (roughly), each frame shot at 50mm, f/2.8, ISO1600, 60 second exposures. Merged together in PTGui. PixInsight was used for processing.

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