Volcanic Twilight II

Washington's Mount Rainier and a starry pre-dawn sky at Reflection Lake. Definitely best viewed on a dark background, which you can see (in a larger size) at the "Purchase Print" link.

I've been very busy shooting and processing for the last month or two, and haven't had time for NPN, since I feel bad if I post and then can't take the time to leave critique for others' images. However, I made this image yesterday morning en route from Seattle back home to Portland, and just had to share.

This is the "sequel" to perhaps my favorite image (until now). Both are twilight/star blends, and are attempts at doing iconic PNW volcano/lake images a bit differently.

Tech details: one exposure for everything, including sky gradient, taken just as the first hint of alpenglow was beginning to hit the mountain; one exposure for the stars taken earlier in the night (overlaid via a Lighten layer).

Landscape: 1.3 sec, ISO 100, f/9
Stars: 30 sec, ISO 1600, f/3.5

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm, polarizer