Vintage signs. Santa Cruz, CA. March 2026.

Left to rot.

An old bus in the middle of nowhere slowly decaying. Not a bad foreground subject for a wee bit of Milkyway action on the X-M5.

A semi-technical shot to execute, 22 frames to piece this together. A 20 image stack for the sky to help reduce noise, a blue hour shot for the bus and a final shot as it got dark to light the interior with a small flashlight. I pointed the light at the roof of the bus to allow for some reflected light spill onto the tussock surrounding it.

Something on my wishlist went on sale, and B&H was kind enough to let me know about it. So yeah, drop it in the cart. What’s that? Free 2 day shipping? - you bet.

So yeah, I picked up some 3rd party, Z mount glass for a song. Kinda looks like HAL-9000.

AF 20mm F2.8

Now all I need to do is get out to some landscapes, natural or urban.