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Starry Nights photography
The
False Kiva is named for the round stone circle structure and It’s a
category II archaeological site not marked on any maps or guides for a
good reason. The trail is treacherous and potentially dangerous, leading
along the edge of a very steep drop of several hundred feet. Some parts
of the trail require climbing and during wet weather can be outright
dangerous. False Kiva is located in the “Islands of the Sky” part of
Canyonlands National Park, Utah. The remoteness and relatively
unfamiliar location mean there is a good chance you will not encounter a
soul on your hike and that you will most likely have this unique and
astonishing site all to yourself.
One can only imagine the thousands of
times individuals through the ages saw the same view of the Milky Way
parade across the heavens.
Starry Nights photography. Bardenas Reales of Navarra. Spain
14 shots, 7 for the mountains and 7 for the sky.
This photo was taken from Costazza peak, above Passo Rolle.
Reaching the summit in the middle of the night in total darkenss with only a led-flashlight was crazy
The return was worse because of the continuous risk of slipping on the wet grass, but in the end everything went well.
I am pleased with this shot, I hope you like it too!
Startrails in the night sky above Stonehenge, one of the top five locations in the UK for stargazing.
The clear skies saw the temperature drop to well below zero, hence frost on the grass.
Wanaka
on the way to Haast, somewhere. New Zealand, taken on a full moon
raising over the mountains. the hard part of this was trying to find a
good spot to shoot this image, not knowing where the moon would raise,
it masks it hard due to the driving on winding roads so many corners you
sort of get disorientated and lost track of where you are sometimes,
well after about 3 hours and around 10:30pm i found a spot, finally. so
about this image, using a tripod i position myself not moving the camera
for about 3 hours i took about 60 shots but only used 4 different
exposures in the end, so as the moon raised and the stars came out with
the milky way just made for a great experience. photoshop – blending the
4 shots together along with levels and curves, colour balance, filter
effects, de noise, sharpening.
In
August around 3 am the Milky Way rises above the 14692 ft (4478 m) high
Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps. After moonset or at new moon millions of
stars belonging to our galaxy light up the sky. Realizing pointy stars
during the 4 minutes exposure time requires star tracking with the
camera to compensate for earth rotation. This causes also faint stars to
appear on the image so that the number of stars visible largely
increases. However, the reflection of the stars in the lake remain as
trails as the star tracking is mirrored and hence tracks in the wrong
direction. Hence this effect documents the dynamics of the earth
rotation. Under the vast firmament of the Milky Way the star
constellations of Sagittarius and Scorpius are setting below the horizon
to the left and right of Matterhorn. The twofold Milky Way intersected
by dark clouds of interstellar dust shows the constellations of Scutum
and the Ophiuchus. Just above three bright stars are visible that belong
to the so called summer triangle. These stars are Atair of Aquila, Wega
in Lyra and Deneb in Cygnus. The constellations atop the image belong
to Cepheus and the Cassiopeia.
August 2011
Canon 5D MkII, Rokinon 14 mm, f/2.8,
static and dynamic exposure of 4 min, ISO 1600, tripod, AstroTrac TT320
digital astronomical mount
Trees
silhouetted against the Milky Way stars, as they shine over Jenny Lake
and the reflecting Grand Teton peak, Grand Teton National Park. The
reddish-orange glow on the left is light pollution from the town of
Jackson (about 20 miles away). The lesser glow to the right is from the
small town of Driggs (15 miles), Idaho; and the city of Idaho Falls (75
miles), Idaho.
One of the many night shots made in the himalayas during the Annapurna Circuit trek
Looking
across the Kaibito Plateau, a late August Thunderstorm rumbles in the
distance to the west. As the storm slowly recedes, the sky above opens
up to the Milky Way.
The milky way, Northern lights and i can count 11 satellites in this photo.
I take my star shooting seriously. I will keep on shooting stars as long as it is dark and there are new ideas to try.
BUT, I
also find it highly important to laugh, relax, and occasionally just
flop down in the snow and look up to enjoy the sparkling show 
As
landscape photographers, I think we need to keep in the back of our
minds a priority to “Be Where You Are.” In other words, yes, get the
shot, bring home the winner, win contests, get in magazines, sell
pictures at galleries- but damnit, make sure before all that happens,
that you literally stop and smell the roses while shooting. Or lay down
to look at the stars. Or, skip an exposure to just watch the Golden Hour
show happen.
We
travel so far to take pictures of beautiful things, but I know for me, I
get there and then I can get all wrapped up in my intentions and focus
and completely miss the experience of being there. Yes, I came home with
beautiful pictures, but the whole time was wrapped up in ISO, aperture
and shutter speed. That, is a small tragedy.
“Be Where You Are.”
Or, for kicks, read the next line in your best Yoda impression:
“Where you are, beeee”
*laughing*
Thanks to Chip McAlpine for letting me join his trip, and especially for driving my snoring ass home afterwards!
This
is from our first night at Crater Lake, out by Rim Village. Evidently it
is against all things Holy to camp out within the lip of the rim.
*shrugging* I just followed a trail in the snow! The Ranger was quite
flustered when he found me here in the morning. My apologies to offended
Head Ranger, my thanks to Crater Lake gods for sharing a night of stars
and bedding within the off limits.
Milky Way arcing over the Steel Cliffs of Mt Hood.
Wow,
it’s been so long since I’ve posted a new picture! Lately, I have put
alot of time and attention on timelapse photography, so I’ve been short
on single frame material to share.
This is actually a single frame from a timelapse that seems to have enough “punch” to stand on its own. …What do you think?
The lone archway provides a portal to our
imaginative experiences, curiosity, inquiry, and interpretations of the
night sky. In the far off distance, the photographer renders a reality
that includes everything that is and has been. His art is based upon his
world view, experience, and perceptions of man’s search for meaning.
The milky way, northern lights and 3 satellites streaking over the sky in this picture taken in Ifjord, Finnmark, Norway.
This
is from a dark skies location between Baggs and Encampment Wyoming. It
is always so amazing to be in place with low light pollution like found
in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Cloud cover moved in not long after this
take on the Milky Way and brought my session to a premature close, so I
will have to go back for more night photography in this promising
location!
The
sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of
simply being. Therefore, Rekindled Flame remains within or beyond any
handiwork – invisible and refined out of existence.
to
reach this place 2 hours of walking around with equipment on his back,
my position was tilted about 40 degrees I almost fell back around, and
as if that were not enough to late at night, and I ‘came to pestering a
boar. .
Horsehead nubula B33 in Orion.
15
exposures 600sec. each are summed up in order to enhance the signal to
noise ratio. This results in an equivalent overall exposure time of 2.5
h.
With the naked eye only the two brightest
stars in the image are visible and you need at least a 10 inch telescope
to get only a glimpse of the horsehead nebula.
This is not the case for photographic
observation. A 3 inch Pentax 75 SDHF apochromatic refractor with a focal
length of 500 mm was used to shoot this picture.
The
cold clean air bit at my cheeks and my feet were numb. Still, I am
becoming more and more aware of time and how it shapes and leaves its
marks on the Earth. In this region, the Milky Way shows her entire form
for no other reason but to remind me of warm memories. During a perfect
clear and bright moment in this winter’s night, arose a glory without a
single sound. In the stark still shadows of a February eve, I breathed
in winter, inhaling the reverent sight.
Nepal,
view of the Kali Gandaki river and Nilgiri South (6,839 m), 2011 | 20
sec, f/1.6, ISO 2000, FL 50 mm, moonrise (Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon
EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM)
Foreground: 9 shot HDR, f4.5, ISO100.
Stars: 720 x 60 seconds (12 hours), f4.5 ISO800.
Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24.
Ogunquit, Maine
Double exposure.
14 shots,
8 for the sky
6 for the mountains.
Milky way over the Uintas. Starscapes
Starry
night sky over the Bryce Canyon Amphitheater in Bryce Canyon National
Park. I am at Sunset Point, looking south to Inspiration Point.
Milky
Way stars over Zion National Park. Springdale, Utah is the entrance to
Zion National Park, and is surrounded on both sides by the the park. The
mountains are illuminated by the reflected lights from this small town.
The mountain in the center is called “The Watchman”.
Milky
Way stars over The Watchman, Zion National Park. The right side of the
mountain is illuminated by the reflected lights coming from the town of
Springdale, a few miles away.
Double Arch, located in Utah’s Arches National Park, under the night sky. Best viewed in the lightbox.
This
is a tweaked version of one of my all-time favorite shots, after getting
some good feedback over at NPN. Compared to the original version, I’ve
fixed some hotspots with the light painting, lowered the arches’
exposure, and made them warmer and more magenta.
This
was created via light painting with an LED flashlight, and two manually
blended exposures (primarily due to not having the right camera body and
flashlight gels to do it in a single exposure.)
Sky exposure:
30 sec, f/2.8, ISO 3200, 4200K WB
Rock exposure:
7 min, f/4, ISO 400, 6500K WB
The
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) under construction,
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory, Atacama Desert, Chile
Something different.of course… the stars are fake
for
those of you who press the dislike button you should be ashamed of
yourself.. i have already had 12 dislikes on this one image just to
promote your image further up the pages, if you don’t like the image
than tell me why.
My friends Chris, Ted and I went out tonight and shot under the light of the full moon.
We
were receptive to shooting Perseid Meteors but there weren’t so many,
plus the sky was very bright from the full moon… so we decided to create
our own meteor shower.
This photo is of Ted spinning a flaming steel wool pad over his head. Pretty impressive meteor shower, no?
A
week long photo/timelapse trip ended here- 7,590ft up in the mountains
at Mirror Lake on a windless, moonless star lit night. The idea started
as mine, but became real by the friends that pushed me over the edge.
“Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.”
- Guillaume Apollinaire
Here’s some Jeep porn under the stars for you 
This is ONE exposure! No camera tricks here. Just alot of playing
around with how long we kept the high beams and brake/interior lights
on.
The milky way, shot on the island Sylt, North Sea coast.
Namibia
is not only the least densily populated country of the world, it is
also one of the driest. The clear desert air is perfect for shooting
stars and star trails, so that’s one of the things we always try on each
year’s Namibia workshop.
I had
planned the trip to coincide with new moon, so that we would have pitch
dark nights with lots of stars. By the end of the tour we had managed
to try it at three different locations. And even if you don’t like star
trails (you know who your are, it’s still a lot of fun to try – being
out there in the darkness, fiddling around with your buttons and
settings, and not to forget the excitement a few hours later, or
sometimes even the next morning: did it all work? Or: ehm, where was it
that I put my camera last night?
When
we returned the next morning, everything worked out, and we spent our
time in the bus to stack the whole lot in PS to see the results. If
you’re interested, please have a look on my blog to see the images from
the rest of our group.
For
this shot of a dead camelthorn tree I made a 58 second exposure for the
master image, during which I painted the tree and the foreground with a
small torch and a warm-up gel. There was still some afterglow on the
dunes in the background. During the night the camera took little over 80
shots, each four minutes long.
I
would have liked the center of the star trails to be more to the left,
but to get this view of the tree, with all the branches perfectly
separated, this was the only position that worked – and believe me, I
tried.
As I
was shooting with a D3X, I converted the star shots to jpeg after raw
conversion before stacking them in PS, to keep the file size manageable.
Nepal,
Annapurna Conservation Area, Ghandruk (1,950 m), 2010 | 6200 sec, FL 24
mm On the picture from left to righ: Annapurna South (7,219 m),
Hiunchuli (6,441 m), in the follow Gangapurna (7,454 m) and Annapurna
III (7.555 m), and unclimbed mountain Machhapuchhre (6,997 m) or Fish
Tail
Galileo’s
Muse offers a surprising view, and captures the imagination of anyone
who dreams of unlocking the secrets of nature. A breakthrough idea can
come from where we least expect it, demonstrating one of the most
powerful techniques of a creative mind. Using his internal rhythms of
imagination, he found insight within humanistic roots of modern science,
even when confronted by his own limitations.
Legend
has it; Shasta’s icy crevasses gave host to a species long since
departed. Amid polished walls, exhibiting veins of gold, silver, copper,
and precious stones, an underground haven had been carved by tall and
agile descendants of passed on travelers.
Milky way above the summer beach in Ishigaki island, Japan.
Light
painting on this arch was assisted by my two new friends, Allen and
Craig, from Texas (standing at the bottom of of Double Arch). This
northwestern view of the arch and the night sky was captured with a
30-second exposure.
Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Blue lake (Cherek-Kel)
Yes! I finally got a shot of the ocean and stars that I am happy with.
This
was an incredible night. Both before the stars and during. My girlfriend
Valorie came along and got some beautiful shots herself.
One
of the most spectacular views in the European Alps is the nighttime
glory of the Mt. Blanc massif reflecting in Lac de Chésery with the
Milky Way atop. After the passage of a summertime low pressure system
plenty of freshly fallen snow lights up the jagged peaks while few
mid-level clouds rush across the sky. The Milky Way rises just above the
main summit of Mt. Blanc. The brightest part comprises the galactic
centre with the star constellation Sagittarius in a distance of about
25000 lightyears. Sagittarius is brightly reflecting in Lac de Chésery
revealing its blue spectral star color. The bright reddish Lagoon nebula
is surrounded by dark interstellar dust clouds that block the light of
the stars behind. The bright Milky Way of the Scutum constellation is
visible at the top of the image. Most of the peaks of the Mt. Blanc
massif are well above 13000 ft (4000 m). The huge peak to the left is
L’Aiguille Verte (13524 ft, 4122 m) followed by the distant chain of Les
Grandes Jorasses (13780 ft, 4200 m), the jagged peaks of the Aiguille
des Grand Charmoz to Aiguille du Midi (12605 ft, 3842 m) and European
Alps highest peak Mt. Blanc itself (15781ft, 4810 m).
August 2011
Canon 5D MkII, Rokinon 14 mm, f/2.8,
static and dynamic exposure of 72 sec, ISO 1600, tripod, AstroTrac TT320
digital astronomical mount
Milky Way and Auroa over Glacier Lagoon – Jökulsárlón in Iceland .
This
place is just awe-inspiring especially at night. There is somthing to be
said about these lumbering giants reaching out and connecting with
galactic neigbors in such quiet majesty.
Shot at Cave Lake near Ely, Nevada my hometown while visiting for Thanksgiving.
As
usual it was a last minute decision because all the stars aligned. I was
thinking of doing some shooting at Cave Lake while I was there, but
when I realized that the sky was going to be totally clear and there was
no moon I knew I had to do some night shots. Unfortunately I didn’t
really have any really warm clothes so Melissa and I scrapped together
what we could and headed out to freeze. It was a little breezy and in
the 30s as we sat out at the lake with blankets while I played with my
camera.
I
originally had intended for some star trails but after fiddling with
some things and it being cold I decided to go for Milky Way shots for
the lake. I also got some twilight shots to composite in to add more
detail to the surrounding hills.
All
in all I’m fairly satisfied with the result. Still have some things to
learn in photoshop especially in the noise cleaning department but it
seems you can only do so much with 2000 ISO on a D7000.
The great three vulcanoes; Surabaya Indonesia.
Mt.Bromo(middle-active with faint smoke)
,Batok(front-completely inactive) and Sumeru(the highest at
back-intermittently active) taken from Pinajagan II view point.
Star trails processed from actual stars at the exact location. You can study my process from my previous images .
The
milky way frames a mountain peak on a remote moraine filled with melting
glacier and icebergs in the Thee Sisters Wilderness.
Winner, Astronomy Photograph of the Year 2010:
I’ve
spent the last two weeks in and around the desert southwest. Here’s one
of those one in a million situations…I actually went out to shoot star
trails and found some of the coolest cloud formations I’ve ever seen,
not to mention in the general realm of composition I desired! So, I took
advantage. This lasted about 20 minutes so I had a lot of times to
capture quite a few frames until I got just the right clouds I wanted.
This is a 30 second exposure with the “magic lantern” technique
described in recent past postings here on Flickr.
This
is a Hohokam Indian petroglyph. Of course no one knows what the spiral
means but the top two guesses for the meaning of a spiral petroglyph
are:
1) A water source is near by (true i this case)
2) It is a related to the night sky
Well
hope you enjoy. This is likely my last post of 2011 as I’m off to Africa
next for the month of January. Next up, critter shots!
The
night sky reflects Native myths and legends deeply rooted in traditional
values and beliefs. The heavens and earth reveal a culture in harmony
with nature.
The white dot on the mountain is not a hot pixel…
The night sky over Palouse Falls, in Washington state. Simply incredible!
The
Arch in Allure of Worlds carries a significant symbolic impact just by
standing there. But the desert archway has a mission greater than being
visually affecting. Its shape and monumental size suggest movement
through time and space, and invite inquiry into the complex, fascinating
stories of human expansion. It typifies the spirit of those seeking new
frontiers within the confines of earth.
Humankind
attempts to free itself from the shackles of ignorance through
acquisition of knowledge, and across the void reflects much about the
world in which we live. Our commitment to ancient and divinely revealed
truths is grounded in the natural world, and emphasizes the importance
of human existence.
abbaye de sénanque, provence, france…
This
was a very enjoyable evening when I took this last year. I had spent
most of the summer avoiding the moon, only going out shooting on the
darkest nights possible to capture the Milky Way bright and epic. But
this night, the moon was big, bright and prominent. And, it turned out
to be a relief to be out in a “bright” night of stars!
If you need wisdom, answers, or help- look for the man on the mountain…
Oregon’s Mount Hood and a starry twilight sky reflected in Trillium Lake.
Knowing that Trillium’s been overdone in the past, I made an effort to do it differently than those before me.
This one’s definitely best viewed in the lightbox.
The
single most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Some geek site stated that
tonight was the best night of the year to see the milky-way. Well they
were wrong because it was a full moon. I drove 3 hours to get to the
only “DARK” area near LA. As my luck usually goes, the gate was locked
when I got there. I started driving and came to a sign that read “DEAD
END.” I noticed a small path behind the sign and after further
investigation saw that it was a dirt road. I drove up and up and up.
This road just kept climbing.. 32 miles later, I pulled over and saw
this. I was blown away. No picture could do it justice. That;s fog
covering the valley and those lights, that’s the traffic on the Ventura
Highway. A couple shooting stars and yes that mess in the upper left,
that’s the Milky-Way. The hard thing was picking a picture to post…I
processed 8 images that all look completely different.
This is an HDR image made up of three
different exposures 6, 15 and 30 seconds. Some selective noise reduction
a little sharpening, that’s all.
inspired by the music of BRIAN ENO
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