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So after short but brutal hike to about 10500 feet elevation (3.2KM) I have found my composition. I didn't care I had no clouds, the place looked otherworldly anyway. This was only 1.5 miles hike but extremely steep with 1500 elevation gain on a sandy (partially rocky) trail at that. I've made 30 steps and rested 1 or 2 minutes before I continued.
I think it took me over 2 hours to hike 1.5 miles! (normally I can hike 1 mile in about 20 minutes). This wasn't a hike, it was a punishment, I just didn't know what it was for
After arriving to a flat rocky area with lots of amazing Foxtail and Bristlecone pine trees I've scouted the place, which at this elevation was not an easy task, and chosen few trees that could look good with the Moon and at sunset/sunrise.
Since I had the Moon up between 6pm and 3am I didn't have a chance to get a good shoot of the Neowise comet. Yes, it was still up and I've shot it but the light (tail's light) was very faint and almost invisible.
The last image has the Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn nicely aligned. The best part of Milky Way (I was hoping to shoot) was right behind the bright (at about 76%) Moon, so nope, no Milky Way this time.
Anyway, here are few fruits of my struggle....
Edited on Aug 06, 2020 at 09:36 PM · View previous versions
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