Focused Diffractions

I'm finally very happy to announce that this photo, "Dancing in the Moonlight" has been selected as a finalist in the 2023 South Australian Museum Nature Photographer of the Year (Astrophotography section). There are some excellent entries across all of the categories and I'd encourage you to take a look at their website https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/c/npoty/gallery or better still visit the exhibition in Adelaide when it opens later this year.
This photo was taken on the last night of my Kimberley trip with Dream Photography Workshops .The ambient light is from a setting, waxing crescent moon (25.9%). It is a stack of 7 images plus one dark frame. Stacking was done in Sequator and the rest of the post processing was done in Affinity Photo 2.
· Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
· Tamron SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD at 15mm
· f/2.8 20 secs x7
· ISO 5000
· Post using Affinity Photo software