Twin Lake Moonrise+RP

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 29, 2010114 views6 comments

Moonrise over Upper Twin Lake, Mt Hood Wilderness, Oregon. This photo is from Saturday night. It had been quite a while since I have seen the full moon rise while out on a backpacking trip...always a cool experience.

Nikon D80, 12-24mm dx lens. 3 exposure blend.
1) 5.5 sec at f/16, ISO 100 taken during twilight to maintain some texture in the water/trees.
2) 30 sec at f/4, ISO 200 - 30 minutes later for the stars/sky.
3) 27 sec at f/22, ISO 400 - 45 minutes later for the "moon star".

All C&C are appreciated. Please view large. Best viewed in a dark environment.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on June 29, 2010 at 11:49 AM

Beautiful nightscape. Love the moonstar and the cool reflection.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on June 29, 2010 at 11:58 AM

Enjoying the night are we Scott? You have definitely captured the feel of night!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 29, 2010 at 7:56 PM

Scott,

Excellent work and execution with the night-time and star, and moon photography! This is a terrific starry-night image. And including the moon-start works very well in the image. The only thing I'm torn about is the logs (I think they're logs) in the water. There's just not enough light to really make out or figure out their part of the composition. Obviously it's dark, so I'm not expecting great detail, but for me it's a "tweaner." It's in between wanting to see more detail or none at all. I think this would be an effective and strong image without the water and of course that's your call. I do like the reflected light of the moon, but the log right next to it kinda takes away from the moonlight. Regardless of those points though, I think this is excellent night photography. Looks great in the noise department too - lack of noise that is.

Lon

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on June 29, 2010 at 8:39 PM

Well captured sky and nice moonrise. I like the stars and agree with Lon about the logs. I wasn't sure what they were at first.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on June 29, 2010 at 8:57 PM

Thanks to everyone for the comments. Lon, I appreciate your detailed critique of this image. You've done an excellent job verbalizing my thoughts on the image. I've gone back and forth on the brightness of the foreground logs. Here is a version with the logs brightened up and the lake brightened a little as well.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on June 29, 2010 at 11:39 PM

Just exactly what Lon said. Nice work!

Chris

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