Failed attempt of capturing pictures of the Milkyway

Picture of the night I went star gazing

 I got a full frame camera, and I wanted to capture milky way. What I initially understood was it is easy to do it if I have a good equipment, I was proven wrong. I have nikon z5 with a zoom kit lens of f4.

I traveled to nearest hills where there is less light pollution, the thing is I should have stayed on top of the hill to get good glimpse of the horizon. In southern hemisphere during the time of November milky way rise and set in south west region, we don't get the full view of it. 

The failed attempt

I stayed in a valley where they grow coffee beans. The other gamble I made was trusting the weather, this year(2024) post monsoon has extended and lot of clouds can be seeing near horizon. One observation I did was early morning before all the fog drops down the sky will be clear like a still pond this will be early 3 to 4 am in the morning.

Next time I will try following what others are doing, get a tripod, also possibly a pollution filter just in case and try and capture the picture during summer months right before monsoon.

Fog in the morning

Note: The image have low brightness, please increase your screen brightness to view small details. I have done the best I can at my current skill level.