### A few weekends ago I was itching to give my newly made car setup a go so I threw it the back of my car, grabbed some camera gear, stopped at the store for some snacks and breakfast and headed to a location that I had my eye on for a few years. ![20220401-ILCE-6400-097.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/23yTjBc65R5eiQRc2GknqG24ipr36WehAoCbw8KXUVqTqLdRiCNxxMLyTSndwHzxXYe3t.jpg) --- After 90 minutes of driving I got to the dirt road turnoff to the lake only to find it was still very much covered in snow for the last 2 miles of the road. I had two options, hike alone on icy, slushy, uneven snow in the middle of the night with a very high possibility that the lake was still frozen over and covered in snow, or go to a backup location. I chose the backup plan. ![PXL_20220402_030955883.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/23wC172HkcPJatZN8CH7JL7EyNw1XY99zQahsYUfhCuVGbKcJTiGUWqF9sKRj6g7zrYH5.jpg) --- I first checked out the alignment with the milky way using my _Planit_ app, then I turned in for a few hours on my new bed. I found it to be comfortable enough, at least for using a backpacking air mattress. There's not much headroom because my car isn't very tall and I built the bed to sit off the seats so I can put bags and things underneath it. ![car headroom.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/23u5b6etMsnj3rXL8ULNcpSPHRoV6m4pmmzS87Z89QQHomGzAvWYhMA2sGtf4sjx8ekFJ.png) After a few hours of sleep my alarm went off and I went out and set up both cameras for a time lapse for a bit, then I figured I'd do some photos using my 85mm lens, so I stopped the timelapse on one camera and shot around with it. These next two images are 20 images stacked for noise reduction. ![20220402-A7RIII-387-Stacked.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/23t7D8HzBHvxfzKWVcba8T5BwU4Vfdu3N8t4cuRHaGfKGtYD5ZG3iRePuHD1Sjn317MTE.jpg) ![20220402-ILCE-7RM3-Stack-Edit.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/23tGVGGcQ7hXTfpn9DMrDtqbZXVKW6rcu31hvRZLm3LykLmEfJ4LR2eFkkezMzSLusQ33.jpg) --- I did a 3 image stacked pano (3x10 photos for 30 total photos) with a Sigma 30mm ƒ/1.4 (45mm equivalent) ![20220402-A7RIII-454-Pano-Edit.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/23tkmus4DZaH4neB96YXojfHXCkoV9XXz9SCcaicYRki3y99i2KkgU5WdQvw6bdXdnA52.jpg) I closed out the night by doing a wide pano of the full arch of the milky way. This was with my Sony A7RIII and 16-35mm ƒ/2.8. ![20220402-A7RIII-503-Pano.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/48TJWbjVSxemC2KBXZMGs7PGbH3r7Sogv8i8Y5kGzYm3dhLLPWaVcusMWMCBiozTYW.jpg) After a few hours some wispy clouds moved in and I figured I'd caught enough photos so I headed back to the car for a few more hours of sleep before sunrise. Sunrise wasn't very impressive so I didn't bother getting up for it. --- As I was leaving, I saw an Osprey nest with a couple Osprey, one of which had caught a fish in its talons. I pulled off the side of the road to get some photos and video of it flying around. ![20220402-ILCE-6400-366.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/23t7FVhUzN5GLRbcdNjWGR539kQqNwHxM6xc9mZBbzNyMfAJGkDd4jFmWkgwWYEGaUmjW.jpg) --- --- Thanks for reading my post! Upvote, leave a comment, and follow me. Let's connect! ![20201018-A7RIII-391-Edit.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/caseygrimley/AKNL11zDKK6mfC6L5f8rhrRj9QvMCYtskd2hLsw8wCRJYdfCm2ohjwJuALAbToe.jpg) [Social Links](https://www.caseygrimley.com/Links)