Driving to the Mountains for some Milky Way Photography

Since the conditions for milky way photography are very good at the moment, Stefan and I decided to give it another try and we drove to Windischgarsten at the lower Part of Upper Austria, border to Styria for some more pictures of the Milky Way. Since the Milky Way is very good visible at the moment and there is an ongoing star shower of the Perseides I had to try some more shots of it this night. Unfortunately we didn't find a nice chapel or good foreground like in the previous attempts but actually I am still happy with the results above the forrest and the mountains. Spots with very little amount of artificial light and nice buildings in the foreground are probably very seldmon, but I am keeping track of some that I will find in the future so I can return there on future photography trips. And of course I also need some spots where I don't have to drive so far, since I usually want to return the same night. But when the Milky way is visible in the middle of the night I always have to give up some time that I usually use for sleeping.

At the moment I am dreaming from a spot in the mountains with a little lake on top that has some reflection of the Milky Way and the mountain peaks that surround it in it, but something like this is probably very difficult to find.

Milky Way above the mountains and a forest. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Nice view of the Milky Way. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Milky Way behind the forest. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Milky Way behind the forest and unfortunately with lights on the bottom. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Milky Way above the mountains. Picture: Florian Glechner.