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| 09/07/2011 04:53:57 PM |
Milky Way Over Banner Peak by BaldurTComment by BaldurT: Thank you Tome,
This was shot at about 10 or 11 at night and I did not try a higher ISO than 2000. This was the first night of 4 on our backpacking trip and I was tried from our 9 mile (all uphill) hike, carrying a heavy pack (the price you pay for being a photographer), so I did not play with the settings to much. The next night it as cloudy and the following night, we got back to camp at about 10:30 in the evening from climbing a 13000'+ peak (Ritter Peak), so there was no photography that night. The last night did not happen, since one of our party came down with Pulmonary Edema and we had to get down to lower elevations ASAP.
Like you said; it's hard to make out the constellations with all those stars, but tail end of Scorpio is to the left in the shot.
PS. I went back to check, and this shot was taken at 8:19 pm. As a matter of fact the glow at visible behind the peak is the from the sunset. Message edited by author 2011-09-07 20:11:42. |
| 09/07/2011 04:40:16 PM |
Milky Way Over Banner Peakby BaldurTComment by tome: Congrats on your first ribbon! You had a perfect sky, I'm trying to recognize the constellations and with this many stars it's not easy :). If I'm not mistaken, this is taken very late at night :). I'm curious if you've tried a shorter exposure with higher ISO. |
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| 09/07/2011 11:56:07 AM |
Milky Way Over Banner Peakby BaldurTComment by BaldurT: Thank you all for the comments and votes. It feels great to have my first ribbon. This was a 30 second exposure. That is Thousand Island lake in the foreground. |
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| 09/07/2011 05:16:13 AM |
Milky Way Over Banner Peakby BaldurTComment by stormlv: Congrats on your photo!
I'm really jealous actually. I've been searching to get away from the light pollution for a LONG time, but couldn't ever manage to get a pic like this. |
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| 09/07/2011 02:23:39 AM |
Milky Way Over Banner Peakby BaldurTComment by LevT: congrats on the first ribbon and PB! stunning shot! (for your personal use you may want to darken the white wall in the foreground completely) |
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