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I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea and I'll get raked over the coals for realism but a shot of the milky way over this hot spring has been rolling around in my head for a few years now and I somehow had this spot to myself for an entire night to work with. Thankfully the naked hippies aren't keen on this spot in the middle of the night

All three images needed for this were shot in place on a Sony A7rII and Sony 2.8/35 ZA. One image was for the sky (2 minutes on a SkyTracker), a four minute exposure to get a "base" foreground image, and then another foreground image with an LED panel since there is no way I could sit still for a few minutes. All blended back together in a hopefully coherent manner. Enjoy!

Sep 14, 2018 at 06:37 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Mammoth Hot Springs Milky Way

Rick, it appears one hippie stuck around to muck up your otherwise nice shot.

Seriously, good work.

Sep 14, 2018 at 07:13 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Mammoth Hot Springs Milky Way

Cool shot.

Sep 14, 2018 at 10:01 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Mammoth Hot Springs Milky Way

That's a stellar image to me. Curious, did your sky exposure pick up that much light pollution over the mountains, or did you add that in post for creativity?

Sep 15, 2018 at 12:14 AM

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stanparker wrote:
Rick, it appears one hippie stuck around to muck up your otherwise nice shot.

Seriously, good work.

Ha, thanks Stan! And I had board shorts on so the naked hippie count was still zero

KCollett wrote:
Cool shot.

Thanks!

01Ryan10 wrote:
That's a stellar image to me. Curious, did your sky exposure pick up that much light pollution over the mountains, or did you add that in post for creativity?

The sky exposure picked up that much light pollution on it's own and none was added in post. Appreciate the comment!

Sep 15, 2018 at 09:34 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Mammoth Hot Springs Milky Way

good job

Sep 15, 2018 at 09:43 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Mammoth Hot Springs Milky Way

Good execution on the vision. Might be a bit bright (land) for my taste. Fun spot!

aF

Sep 17, 2018 at 08:05 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Mammoth Hot Springs Milky Way

What a fantastic shot.

The light pollution does not even distract from the composition, IMO.

Thanks for sharing that. I can't wait to go back to the eastern Sierra for fall colors at Convict Lake.

Nice!

Sep 17, 2018 at 08:30 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Mammoth Hot Springs Milky Way

Is that the upper spring at Wild Willie's? I just discovered all those hot springs this past summer despite going to that area every summer for 15 years running.

Great shot! I would love to see this with the sky directly above the mountains dialed back, less for realism purposes and more for how it would highlight you as the foreground in the hot spring.

Sep 19, 2018 at 01:51 AM


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