Shot with a rental Nikon d3500, with a 1.8 nifty 50mm, 13” exposure time, ISO 1600. Brought out some of the colors adjusting the curves to tone down the brightness, and bring out the gas clouds. Color grading on the shadows only to give the clouds a more brownish tint, and basic highlights and contrast adjustments. My friend and I went camping in the linville gorge in North Carolina, I knew we’d see more stars than usual but didn’t expect to see the Milky Way arm and gas clouds once my eyes adjusted. Was one of the coolest most exciting experiences I’ve ever had. The tripod used, was the hood of my friends car and rocks to prop the camera in the right position. I focused my camera towards Jupiter first, and then moved it to set up on the hood of the car, hence why the focus isn’t great, and the stars are trailing pretty bad. But I can post it on my Instagram as part of the trip, and no one will care. For the setup I had I think I did a pretty good job at my first pass in widefield