Moonrise over Manaslu - star trails in Nepal

shadowbladeshadowblade Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
edited October 7, 2011 in Landscapes
45-minute night-time exposure of Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world. The beginning of moonrise at the end of the exposure illuminates the mountain from the south-east.

Taken from ~5200m elevation, in -30 degree cold - I had to experiment on 3 consecutive nights to perfect the timing and exposure, using heat packs to keep the camera gear warm and frost-free during the shot.

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  • knapphknapph Registered Users Posts: 142 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2011
    Thanks, I enjoyed looking at this gallery.
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  • PhilD41PhilD41 Registered Users Posts: 171 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2011
    Amazing image, or should I say images!! I will be happy to gain half the skill and talent you have. Thanks for sharing and explaining a little about the shot. Once I get over my depression, it will give me something to strive for. Just out of curiosity, all your images have amazing color. Is there a little HDR going on? I know it can be used to enhance and not just look fake. I guess I am just curious in how you get such rich color and dynamic range if not. Thanks again!
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited October 7, 2011
    Brilliant timing of this shot to catch the illumination from the moonrise in this way. thumb.gif
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  • shadowbladeshadowblade Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited October 7, 2011
    PhilD41 wrote: »
    Amazing image, or should I say images!! I will be happy to gain half the skill and talent you have. Thanks for sharing and explaining a little about the shot. Once I get over my depression, it will give me something to strive for. Just out of curiosity, all your images have amazing color. Is there a little HDR going on? I know it can be used to enhance and not just look fake. I guess I am just curious in how you get such rich color and dynamic range if not. Thanks again!
    It's mostly filters and blended exposures, rather than HDR software.
    http://www.imperialstudios.biz - Imperial Studios - Landscape, Travel and Fine Art Photography. Also happens to be my website, a work very much in progress... prints available here if anyone wants my work.
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