14th September 2023

My third night in Zante. The Church of Saint Dimitrios. Foreground in 720nm, sky in full spectrum. After discovering this abandoned church earlier in the day, I had a play with photopills and thought it was such a beautiful location to try a Milky Way shot. So I returned to the hotel and begged an early dinner so I could re-equip and get back before dark. Thanks so much to everyone at the Poseidon Beach Hotel in Laganas, I did this several times and they were so helpful and kind! I took 300 frames from 21:17 - 00:23 at 18 seconds, f2.8, ISO 3200. I spaced each frame 15 seconds apart to maximise the motion of the sky in the timelapse. For making the still image this time space caused problems with stacking so could only use about 30 frames. I used an LED floodlight inside the church for the foreground composite which was taken with a 720nm infrared filter. Most of this composite (apart from the light painting) was stripped away for the timelapse.