I had a go at photographing the Milky Way the night after I went on an astro tour a couple of nights ago. I'm really happy with how they turned out considering I hadn't brought my tripod! I took this one with the camera facing straight up to the sky, balanced on a wooden chopping board. My widest lens is 24-70mm so I used 24mm at f/2.8 (the widest aperture it goes to) at 6 seconds and ISO 2,500.

 

For the second one I stood the camera on the same chopping board with a collapsible portable seat folded up on top to prop up the camera to the angle I wanted. The foreground scenery wasn't exactly photogenic.. I was standing on the grass verge on the side of the road with rural roads around me! This one was at f/2.8 at 4 seconds and ISO 4,000.

 

I wasn't sure how to colour them.. when I brightened them with Lightroom they had an orange hue, so I changed the temperature so they were more blue. Do you think the colour and brightness looks ok or would you recommend a different colour tone?

 

This is a photo I took three years ago by dripping red coloured water from a height into blue milky water and the drops looks like a seahorse. It wasn't using the same method as you taught in your course, it was using flash to freeze the movement. I found it more confusing to get my head around because to get this frozen in time movement I used a shutter speed of 1/40 and f/11! Taking water photos with a fast shutter speed without a flash will be much easier and I'll give that a go when I have more time. For now I just wanted to show you my astro photos because I'm so happy with how they turned out!