![]() When the date came closer, I got my stuff together and took a look at the promising forecast: a clear sky at night, a dream was about to come true. In fact, I couldn’t even afford a ticket at all. I was a student at that time and couldn’t afford to buy a train or bus ticket which might stay unused because of cloudy nights. I checked one of my favorite photography apps, Stellarium, and figured out that there were roughly a handful of days in the year, where I could shoot the Milky Way over that river bend - given the German weather plays its part. The only problem was the moon: If it shone, catching a glimpse at the Milky Way wouldn’t be possible. That’s where you’ll find the Milky Way early in the year. Photographing the bend, my lens would aim southwest. Having shot my first night skies already, I knew that it was possible shooting the Milky Way above the river. What I hadn’t found back then, was a photograph of the river bend at night. While searching for some photogenic locations in Germany, I discovered the “Saarschleife” a river bend located underneath a hill which is quite popular amongst photographers. One of my first neatly planned photographs was shot on a cold winter night. ![]() Planning, Waiting, Shooting: An Uncommon Scenery
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