The Path Of Destruction (thank you King5 news!)
Thanks to KING5 news for airing this live this evening.
A graphic view looking into the crater of Mount Saint Helens from Johnston's Observatory. The road opens May 16th each year and that is as high as you can drive. I wanted to get there sooner for more snow on the peak but the weather didn't cooperate very well. Signs of destruction abound since it blew in 1980 but a lot more green still returns every year. It's also a great location for astro photography as the stars and Milky Way become visible right over the peak at night.
This is a 2 shot pano stitched vertically in Lr since I had the 70-200E lens on there for the day and it wasn't wide enough to include this foreground. I was still at f16 on accident after shooting some comps with blown up logs in the near foreground. Later when the stars came out I shot a few at 70mm and wide open which worked just okay. Will definitely have the 20mm f1.8 lens on for that next time. At 70mm, about 10 seconds is as long as you can go and still have pin-point stars. With the 20mm lens it could have been 20 or 30 seconds at a lower ISO.
Thank you for your amazing and kind visits my friends. You are the very best! :)
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The Path Of Destruction (thank you King5 news!)
Thanks to KING5 news for airing this live this evening.
A graphic view looking into the crater of Mount Saint Helens from Johnston's Observatory. The road opens May 16th each year and that is as high as you can drive. I wanted to get there sooner for more snow on the peak but the weather didn't cooperate very well. Signs of destruction abound since it blew in 1980 but a lot more green still returns every year. It's also a great location for astro photography as the stars and Milky Way become visible right over the peak at night.
This is a 2 shot pano stitched vertically in Lr since I had the 70-200E lens on there for the day and it wasn't wide enough to include this foreground. I was still at f16 on accident after shooting some comps with blown up logs in the near foreground. Later when the stars came out I shot a few at 70mm and wide open which worked just okay. Will definitely have the 20mm f1.8 lens on for that next time. At 70mm, about 10 seconds is as long as you can go and still have pin-point stars. With the 20mm lens it could have been 20 or 30 seconds at a lower ISO.
Thank you for your amazing and kind visits my friends. You are the very best! :)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ernie.misner