Damianos Cave full spectrum. My last night in Zante. I discovered this cave earlier in the week and after checking PhotoPills the entrance was just about facing the right way for a view of the Milky Way.

When the floodlight came on after setting up I thought I was destined for problems but was amazed to see the light pollution in the camera wasn’t too severe. I think this shows there is often too much concern over light pollution in astrophotography and I think it's always worth a try!

The light trails under the floodlight weren’t insects, they were bats. While I sat here I enjoyed watching their aerobatics and seeing sudden clear snapshots of them as they flew through the light. They would occasionally see a praying mantis buzzing along in a straight line but would swoop away as they were too big to tackle!

I also took lots of light painted foreground shots of the cave with a visible spectrum filter but when I saw the colours taken in full spectrum for the sky I fell in love with them so very little composite was used.

For the timelapse I took 300 frames from 21:00 - 22.:45 at 19 seconds, f2.8, ISO 3200.