Sleeping Giant

JonaBeth RussellJonaBeth Russell Registered Users Posts: 1,065 Major grins
edited September 18, 2014 in Landscapes
Mt. Hood, taken from atop Larch Mountain, just south of the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.

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  • JonaBeth RussellJonaBeth Russell Registered Users Posts: 1,065 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2014
    Ok, I had another go at it...trying to clean it up a bit. CC is always welcomed, btw.


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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2014
    #2 >> #1 and nice shot! Pretty sharp for night shot! Where did you get your focus on? Peak?
  • bocoboco Registered Users Posts: 710 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2014
    vind de tweede beter.
    grt,boco.
    http://s281.photobucket.com/user/tutgro/slideshow/wolken%20boven%20de%20polder?sort=3
  • JonaBeth RussellJonaBeth Russell Registered Users Posts: 1,065 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    #2 >> #1 and nice shot! Pretty sharp for night shot! Where did you get your focus on? Peak?

    Thanks, everyone for the feedback and encouragement!

    For focus, I kept trying the Ken Rockwell method of focus to infinity, then "back it off a touch." In the LCD playback, the images were looking good, but the stars weren't quite as clear as I wanted. Turns out, my eyes don't see what the sensor sees ne_nau.gif

    So, I went to Live View, and manually focused until I found a combination that gave me a crisp mountain with clear stars. I'm excited to try that again sometime, maybe with the Milky Way.

    The tricky part was finding a spot where the 20+mph wind gusts didn't shake the camera. The way I chose to combat it was to opt for a faster shutter and higher ISO. Additionally, I set the long-exposure NR to AUTO and the high ISO NR to HIGH.

    Manual settings were: (7D + Tamron 18-200mm)

    EV - 15sec.
    AV - f/4.0
    ISO 640
  • LightMagicLightMagic Registered Users Posts: 261 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2014
    Beautiful. I think #2 is better.
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2014
    Great capture. Two is definitely a better workup, much clearer. thumb.gifthumb

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