Chilly Campsite
I just arrived home from several nights in the Yosemite/Tuolumne Meadows area. A friend and I backpacked to Young Lakes and spent two nights there. On the second night, we set up our tent next to the still-frozen upper Young Lake. This image is a still frame from timelapse that I shot during the night. The Milky Way entered the frame just as the moon rose, lighting the mountains in the background. I put my headlamp on its dimmest setting and left it on all night inside the tent. We sealed ourselves into our sleeping bags, leaving just a hole to breathe through, so the light didn't bother us.
Shooting timelapse while backpacking is rather tricky, since the weight of camera gear rapidly gets prohibitive... I carried at least 10 lbs of camera gear (5D2 + lenses + ultralight Slik tripod), bringing my pack weight to an even 40 lbs. Because a grip + 4 batteries (necessary for two nights of timelapse shooting) weighed a lot, I came up with a different solution. I wired a high-capacity lithium polymer battery (intended for remote-controlled cars or airplanes) into the camera. The battery provided power for ~12 hours of night shooting and weighed about half as much as a grip + Canon batteries. This was shot on a Tokina 16-28mm f/2.8 lens, though, which is a brick regardless of how you consider it...
Chilly Campsite
I just arrived home from several nights in the Yosemite/Tuolumne Meadows area. A friend and I backpacked to Young Lakes and spent two nights there. On the second night, we set up our tent next to the still-frozen upper Young Lake. This image is a still frame from timelapse that I shot during the night. The Milky Way entered the frame just as the moon rose, lighting the mountains in the background. I put my headlamp on its dimmest setting and left it on all night inside the tent. We sealed ourselves into our sleeping bags, leaving just a hole to breathe through, so the light didn't bother us.
Shooting timelapse while backpacking is rather tricky, since the weight of camera gear rapidly gets prohibitive... I carried at least 10 lbs of camera gear (5D2 + lenses + ultralight Slik tripod), bringing my pack weight to an even 40 lbs. Because a grip + 4 batteries (necessary for two nights of timelapse shooting) weighed a lot, I came up with a different solution. I wired a high-capacity lithium polymer battery (intended for remote-controlled cars or airplanes) into the camera. The battery provided power for ~12 hours of night shooting and weighed about half as much as a grip + Canon batteries. This was shot on a Tokina 16-28mm f/2.8 lens, though, which is a brick regardless of how you consider it...