Preparing for the Milky Way
I tend to look for good landmarks for Milky Way Photos in order to get a dramatic time-lapse with the Milky Way appearing to rise over a mountain. I usually start looking at taking Milky Way photos in March when the Milky way is more visible during night and makes for impressive shots. Making sure its a new moon and as far away from city lights as possible. The darker the sky the better chance you will have to capture the Milky Way.
Test shots
Right now is not the best time to capture the Milky Way in Arizona so often I scout out locations in order to plan future shots and time-lapses. It could really turn out to be a full time job if you let it. I like to get around three to five new locations in advance every year and plan on hitting each location for a few nights each season. The photos and time-lapse .gif are some test shots I took the other night to evaluate a location for future shots.
14 mm Rokinon
Canon 6d
20 sec exposure
21 stills for the time-lapse