Just Look Up
by jimness

Comment:
Great shot and thanks for sharing how it was accomplished.

Milky Way Over Banner Peak
by BaldurT

Comment:
@bchico. This is Thousand Island lake and Banner Peak in the background (near Mammoth, CA). Thank You,

Takk fyrir mig Þorsteinn!

Message edited by author 2011-09-12 01:55:00.

Pin-Up Beauty
by BaldurT

Comment:
Thank you Alexkc!

Milky Way Over Banner Peak
by BaldurT

Comment:
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.

Milky Way Over Banner Peak
by BaldurT

Comment:
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.

Just so you know, I shot this with a broken cam. And that's LED on the black building, not halo. Ok?
by LandzEnca

Comment:
The shot speaks for it self. No need explain anything. It's a nice shot, and I like to colors.

Traffic Signal
by Melethia

Comment:
This has a raw feel, I like it.

Freedom
by pearlseyes

Comment:
Beautiful image! Big Congratulations on the blue. It's well deserved.

Dramatic portraits in 30 seconds
by Paul

Comment:
I really like that lighting.

Light Leaking Lens
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Love it.