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 Candyland #4 *with edit | |
*added a second version per Jim\'s critique.
The Milky Way over Zabriskie Point with Panamint Range glowing in distance, Mojave Desert. The moon was waning at 1/4 phase, providing perfect ambient light balanced with the starry night. Three exposure double processed and blended together for a panoramic format. Localized white balance adjustments to maximize chroma tones embedded from within.
Some tips on taking shots like this...
Pre focus at infinity, and using gaffers tape, lock down the focus.
Set your white balance at a custom 6500 or so.
Minimize use of live view to keep the sensor from heating up and creating extra read noise.
Shoot 2 exposures, one for the sky, one for the landscape.
Double process the images with different white balances. Had I used the sky white balance on the landscape, it would be heavily casted yellow.
Does this look like the scene I saw before my naked eye. No!
The naked eye saw almost nothing. Barely distinguishable shapes from the dim moonlight. A sliver of horizon glow. Stars in the sky. The camera, a whole different story, er, image.
Here\'s a larger view at 1920px
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