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Mobius Meteor
After visiting Ancient Bristlecone Forest in the afternoon, I was a bit frustrated that I did not have enough time to do night photography there. What a great place it would have been!
But I had to decide between Bristlecone and the Alabama Hills and went for the more conveniently located Mobius Arch in the Alabamas. After a "scouting mission" late in the afternoon, I arrived at the parking shortly before sunset. There were two other cars parked there. While I unloaded my equipment, I was approached by the guy parked next to me and asked if I would do astrophotography at "the arch". As I told him yes, he seemed pretty unhappy and said that he hoped we wouldn't disturb each other and that it would not get too crowded. I just smiled and said I was sure we would find a way to get our desired shots and started the short walk to the arch. After a few steps a British couple asked me for directions and I invited them to join me for the short hike.
While walking, we started discussing photography and the guy told me he wanted to try Milky Way photography for a while. I told him this was one of the best places to start this great hobby and that his camera was more than adequate (actually better than mine). After further discussing the topic, while setting up my equipment and after showing him some of my RAWs I took at Mono Lake, he was finally hooked. He told me he would go for a short dinner and be back to see a pro at work and maybe learn a few tricks.
This really made me lough out loud. I told him that he was welcome to join me but that I was no pro by far, that I started Milky Way photography only a few month ago and that all I know about the topic comes from Royce Bairs e-Book "Milky Way Nightscapes": intothenightphoto.blogspot.ch/
After the couple left for dinner I continued to setup my equipment and lights and did some test shots.
This is one of the first captures I took, shortly after moonset, while I was still alone at the arch. The flash on the left is a meteor that I chanced to capture in the same frame. Obviously a sign of good luck for the rest of the evening.
Canon 7D mk ll on a fixed tripod
Single exposure 25 sec @ ISO3200
Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED
Mobius Meteor
After visiting Ancient Bristlecone Forest in the afternoon, I was a bit frustrated that I did not have enough time to do night photography there. What a great place it would have been!
But I had to decide between Bristlecone and the Alabama Hills and went for the more conveniently located Mobius Arch in the Alabamas. After a "scouting mission" late in the afternoon, I arrived at the parking shortly before sunset. There were two other cars parked there. While I unloaded my equipment, I was approached by the guy parked next to me and asked if I would do astrophotography at "the arch". As I told him yes, he seemed pretty unhappy and said that he hoped we wouldn't disturb each other and that it would not get too crowded. I just smiled and said I was sure we would find a way to get our desired shots and started the short walk to the arch. After a few steps a British couple asked me for directions and I invited them to join me for the short hike.
While walking, we started discussing photography and the guy told me he wanted to try Milky Way photography for a while. I told him this was one of the best places to start this great hobby and that his camera was more than adequate (actually better than mine). After further discussing the topic, while setting up my equipment and after showing him some of my RAWs I took at Mono Lake, he was finally hooked. He told me he would go for a short dinner and be back to see a pro at work and maybe learn a few tricks.
This really made me lough out loud. I told him that he was welcome to join me but that I was no pro by far, that I started Milky Way photography only a few month ago and that all I know about the topic comes from Royce Bairs e-Book "Milky Way Nightscapes": intothenightphoto.blogspot.ch/
After the couple left for dinner I continued to setup my equipment and lights and did some test shots.
This is one of the first captures I took, shortly after moonset, while I was still alone at the arch. The flash on the left is a meteor that I chanced to capture in the same frame. Obviously a sign of good luck for the rest of the evening.
Canon 7D mk ll on a fixed tripod
Single exposure 25 sec @ ISO3200
Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED