Still searching, looking, hoping for answers in this life. Remembering a wonderful night from our last summer before moving out of the US - I was alone under the stars deep in the Adirondacks of NY, USA at Lake Lila, one of my favourite places. I took some time after photographing a few of my design client's projects to spend time hiking / wandering in the mountains and forests.
This is a 'stay at home' re-edit, playing with the reflections a bit and altering the base Ps files that were stacked and stitched to make this image.
Canon EOS M6, EFM22, f2.8, 120s @ ISO 800, riding on a Vixen Polarie.
27 images (3 land, 12x2 for the sky). Tracked, stacked and stitched. Lr, AutoPano Giga and Ps.
Typically one visits Lake Lila with a canoe after a long drive down a 'unimproved' dirt road. I hiked into this spot after noon and setup, snacked, and watched the light change. I heard fireworks from far far away, dozed off, and eventually watched the Milky Way rising over the lake. I hiked out as the moon was rising, napped in the hatchback and was back in Vermont for breakfast at one of my favourite cafes before the family was out of bed.
Minimal edit in Lr, exported as TIFF, stacked in Starry Sky Stacker, TIFFs stitched in AutoPano Giga, imported to Ps, curves and adjustments, along with pasting in the static foreground images, then final adjustments in Lr.
p.1 #5 · Milky Way, Lake Lila (stay at home re-edit)
A beautiful shot, in a great location a few hours from where I live.
Have you been to Raquette Lake? On dark sky maps, it's the darkest point in the northeastern United States, other than some parts of northern Maine. It's not that far from Lake Lila, and shows a little bit darker on the maps.
p.1 #6 · Milky Way, Lake Lila (stay at home re-edit)
moondigger wrote:
A beautiful shot, in a great location a few hours from where I live.
Have you been to Raquette Lake? On dark sky maps, it's the darkest point in the northeastern United States, other than some parts of northern Maine. It's not that far from Lake Lila, and shows a little bit darker on the maps.
I have been to Raquette - but not at night with camera gear. I found the sky right in Tupper to be quite dark - the night before the shot above I took this for one of my design clients:
p.1 #7 · Milky Way, Lake Lila (stay at home re-edit)
I like having fairly dark skies a short drive from my house. It would take me about 90 minutes to drive to Raquette Lake, but there are reasonably dark skies within a 45 minute drive... just not as dark as at Raquette.
I've had friends from large cities visit and seen the astonishment on their faces when we head out somewhere for some stargazing, the first time they've ever really seen the night sky away from light pollution. Of course, nothing in the northeast is really truly dark, like you can find in some of the wide open places west of the Mississippi, but the Adirondacks are pretty good.
Sorry for the sidetrack. I like the images you've posted here, and prefer the cool edit on the star trails shot.
p.1 #8 · Milky Way, Lake Lila (stay at home re-edit)
moondigger wrote:
I like having fairly dark skies a short drive from my house. It would take me about 90 minutes to drive to Raquette Lake, but there are reasonably dark skies within a 45 minute drive... just not as dark as at Raquette.
I've had friends from large cities visit and seen the astonishment on their faces when we head out somewhere for some stargazing, the first time they've ever really seen the night sky away from light pollution. Of course, nothing in the northeast is really truly dark, like you can find in some of the wide open places west of the Mississippi, but the Adirondacks are pretty good.
Sorry for the sidetrack. I like the images you've posted here, and prefer the cool edit on the star trails shot....Show more →
I used to live in Burlington, VT and before that w.NY - the ADKs are a special place. Spent time canoeing, camping, and cycling there. Miss it, just a little bit, but we are in Switzerland now, so there are other types of mountains to explore.
