Olive Tree Strascape

A nocturnal field session near Montejunto mountain Range - protected landscape area in Portugal.

This is a 20 photos rendition manually stacked, each exposed for 5 minutes long at f/4 100ISO - Plus 1 photo manually blended in exposed at f/4 500ISO for 60 seconds, this one painted with headlamp light, to achieve the detail/overall light in the olive tree and FG grass. Working at 4550K color temperature, this is the color obtained under a nearby village lights and some moonlight.

Method: Composition worked at the end of the day, Autofocused during the twilight, and then about an hour waiting for the night to fall. Started timer programed exposures totalizing 2 hours. I went away, and 3 hours later, returning to the spot made the last 60sec. exposures light painted. Used Nikon digital, wide-angle lens, and the usual equipment.