Startrails above Cloudscape
Star trail, single exposure lasted 1 hour, taken of course in a moonless night.
I've been so many times above the clouds that I no longer even remember how many...
For me it has become a totally normal thing to see below me a lovely carpet of clouds.
Since the late evening this carpet of clouds was entirely shrouding the Valle Gesso, Natural Park of the Maritime Alps (Italy).
From my vantage point I saw that this valley was pointing slightly to the north, so I instantly knew that thanks to Earth's rotation through a very long exposure I would have got the trails of the stars converging right into the cloudscape! Almost like a logical continuation, an extension of it :-) With some distant light pollution coming from the valleys of Cuneo that would have provided a proper hint of light (light pollution is such a precious component in night photography, unfortunately too often misunderstood and underestimated by beginners).
And so it was, as evidenced by this photo.
It has been really fascinating to fix this interrelation between such elements so ethereal and peculiar (stars, light, clouds). A minimalist and silent dialogue... as I love to understand and live the mountain, in serene and peaceful solitude, admiring these bridges toward the otherworldly.
I am pretty sure: in silence there is the answer.
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©Roberto Bertero, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Startrails above Cloudscape
Star trail, single exposure lasted 1 hour, taken of course in a moonless night.
I've been so many times above the clouds that I no longer even remember how many...
For me it has become a totally normal thing to see below me a lovely carpet of clouds.
Since the late evening this carpet of clouds was entirely shrouding the Valle Gesso, Natural Park of the Maritime Alps (Italy).
From my vantage point I saw that this valley was pointing slightly to the north, so I instantly knew that thanks to Earth's rotation through a very long exposure I would have got the trails of the stars converging right into the cloudscape! Almost like a logical continuation, an extension of it :-) With some distant light pollution coming from the valleys of Cuneo that would have provided a proper hint of light (light pollution is such a precious component in night photography, unfortunately too often misunderstood and underestimated by beginners).
And so it was, as evidenced by this photo.
It has been really fascinating to fix this interrelation between such elements so ethereal and peculiar (stars, light, clouds). A minimalist and silent dialogue... as I love to understand and live the mountain, in serene and peaceful solitude, admiring these bridges toward the otherworldly.
I am pretty sure: in silence there is the answer.
_____________________
©Roberto Bertero, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.