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jstephens62 wrote:
Dang! I had the idea of shooting this kind of image, was up on Rainier this weekend and there was so much smoke haze rainier was invisible. When did you go??

With the settings you list, can you see the foreground with star light only? I was thinking you would need moonlight or twilight to see detail in the mountain.

Thanks,

Jack


Hi Jack,

I went on the night of August 12th, when the meteor shower peaked before dawn on the 13th. With the settings I used there was ample ambient night sky light to illuminate the foregound. Although, a moon filled night would have been a lot brighter, but then the Milky Way would not have been visible =)

~Matt
Aug 27, 2015 at 03:44 PM
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Matt.Dieterich wrote:
Hi Jack,

I went on the night of August 12th, when the meteor shower peaked before dawn on the 13th. With the settings I used there was ample ambient night sky light to illuminate the foregound. Although, a moon filled night would have been a lot brighter, but then the Milky Way would not have been visible =)

~Matt


Hey Matt,

I love using the moon to help provide soft light to light up a scene and still get an awesome Milky Way. The trick is to time it when the moon is about 1/4 and when it's close to setting or rising. It works perfectly, and gives the best of the both worlds. The moon at that point is just strong enough that over a 30 sec exposure it will light up the ground for you, but it's weak enough that it doesn't wipe out the stars. The other key with this is obviously to have the moon to your back or side and to shoot away from the moon.

Jim

PS. Thanks for answering my previous questions.
Aug 27, 2015 at 04:19 PM
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JimFox wrote:
Hey Matt,

I love using the moon to help provide soft light to light up a scene and still get an awesome Milky Way. The trick is to time it when the moon is about 1/4 and when it's close to setting or rising. It works perfectly, and gives the best of the both worlds. The moon at that point is just strong enough that over a 30 sec exposure it will light up the ground for you, but it's weak enough that it doesn't wipe out the stars. The other key with this is obviously to have the moon to...Show more →

Hi Jim,

Wow I bet that would create some great lighting! Long exposure photography is really amazing, such a blast to see what different techniques folk use =)

Looking forward to seeing some of your shots soon!

Matt
Aug 27, 2015 at 09:43 PM
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