Lunar starscape

schmoo

So many of you dedicated landscape photographers have been busy over the weekend hiking and shooting! I hope I can catch up and hold a candle to some of the great work in here from the last few days. :ivar For now, here's our 4th of July show. Star trails at 12,000 feet in the Bristlecone Pine Forest of the Eastern Sierras:



Absolutely no bristlecones were harmed or even featured in the making of this shot. :lol3

We wanted to get to the other side of the mountain in time to spot the fireworks that were undoubtedly going on down the valley in Bishop, but the road didn't cooperate and we ended up joining a couple of hikers we met in Patriarch Grove for some warmth at their fire, camera chat, and wine.

Hope to get a chance to sort through the rest soon. And of course, that everyone had a safe and happy holiday weekend! Or a safe and happy regular weekend, if you're not Stateside. :thumb

kdog

Great looking shot, Schmoo! You made your own fireworks. Aside from being moonlit, it looks like a moonscape. Is that a B&W conversion or an IR?

The eastern Sierras are great. I need to spend some time there soon.

Cheers,
-joel

schmoo

kdog wrote:

Great looking shot, Schmoo! You made your own fireworks. Aside from being moonlit, it looks like a moonscape. Is that a B&W conversion or an IR?

The eastern Sierras are great. I need to spend some time there soon.

Cheers,
-joel

Thanks, Joel! No, I don't have IR anything yet, which is painful when you have daylight hours free to shoot. This is just a RAW conversion into b/w. I find that moonlit scapes have an odd color cast to them so I prefer to convert to grayscale.

And yeah, up that high barely anything grows. Definitely worth the trek! There's so much to see around there, it's no wonder so many of the great landscape photographers set up shop within a stone's throw.

thapamd

Love this shot! I'm a huge fan of star trails and this one is lovely. Great comp also, with the path leading us to the sky and beyond. In fact, the path seems to be just another star trail on the ground.

Tee Why

Sweet shot.

tisun

Nice shot. At 12,000 ft, I don't think I can breath and think clearly to shoot.

Marc Muench

schmoo wrote:

Absolutely no bristlecones were harmed or even featured in the making of this shot.

Were you not breathing and sucking up all their oxygen?
Like the image Schmoo, very well composed.

dkoyanagi

I like it. How long was this exposure?

dlplumer

Great shot. I love the comp, the long trails, and the fact that you did it in b&w.

dseidman

Really nice work and I think the black and white really works for this type of image. I was planning on taking this type of shot over the weekend but I ended up feeling too lazy to follow through.

wendell

Great shot schmoo. If not for the road or path, I would say it looks "other worldly."
wendell:s85

nightpixels

I agree that Black and White works really well here. Well done!

Art Scott

dkoyanagi wrote:

I like it. How long was this exposure?

clik the exif link on the pic (folded white corner)

Schmoo.....really well done.clapthumbthumbbow

coscorrosa

Awesome! I agree with Danny, the B&W really works on this shot, and the comp is excellent too.

Tharhawk

Cool stuff. I love b and w.

schmoo

Thanks, all! I never got to see what this place looked like with real light so b/w is an easy way to just get over that obstacle

Marc Muench wrote:

Were you not breathing and sucking up all their oxygen?

Whoops! I suppose that's right, hehehe. We're both disappointed that we arrived about 1/2 hour too late to catch those trees with the sweet light on them, but what a beautiful place.

The day after we stopped in at Mountain Light gallery, where the folks there said to tell you hello!

shniks

Excellent shot Schmoo. Love the monochromatic look....


Cheers,