Blue Ridge Parkway Star Trails

moose135

A couple of weekends ago I took a ride out to the Blue Ridge Parkway for some star photography. I was down on the south end of the parkway at Waterrock Knob.

1 - I grabbed a few sunset shots waiting on the stars.



2 - Traffic on the BRP



3 - The ranger station/visitor center at Waterrock.



4 - The Moose-mobile



5 - Some star trails looking to the east.



6 - Star trails over Waterrock Knob. This is 30 4-minute exposures, all shot at ISO 100 and f/2.8 using a Rokinon 14mm lens on a Canon 5D3. I used Star Trail Stacker to combine the shots.

Wiren

Nice shots... but #1.... WOW, all the subtle gradations of gray in the hills feeding into the sunset.... great capture and post work there Moose!

David_S85

Great final result! Looks like you had fun along the way, too.

Stumblebum

Like first and last shot! Cheers!

denisegoldberg

I love the first shot, fantastic!

--- Denise

JonaBeth Russell

These are all great, and number one is pretty awesome, indeed. But I wanna make sure #4 gets the appreciation it needs. Not only is it well exposed, but the focus is dead on for the entire scene. Great work!

moose135

Thank you all! I keep looking at that sunset picture, thinking it may have to go up on the wall. It's been a while since I was out shooting stars, probably not since I was out west last September, but life has been "interesting" the past few months and I enjoyed getting to spend a couple of hours out under the stars.

Eia

2,5 and 6 for me! I think the human elements go great with the stars in the heavens!