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I wanted the Christmas lights not blown out. I wanted the see what's in the shadows and the highlights. This has been achieved, but with tons of noise. I've seen the Pentax K-3iii's handling of exactly this kind of light, and its results are amazing.
About 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles, the Trona Pinnacles is one of the most unique landscapes I've ever been to. This image, which shows just a few of the more than 500 pinnacles, highlights just how alien the landscape looks.
Adding to the otherworldly look of this scene is the presence of high cirrus clouds that add a glow and haze to the brighter stars. I also suspect that the red glow towards the horizon is air glow and not clouds as when this was shot the clouds were creeping in from the southwest (this image is centered roughly north).
The pinnacles or tufa spires as they are called are calcium carbonate mineral deposits that formed at the bottom of the ancient and now dried up Searles Lake. These tufa spires formed between 10,000 to 100,000 years ago at the bottom of the lake when calcium rich groundwater interacted with the alkaline rich lake water to produce the spires, some as tall as 140 feet!
Above the tufa spires the fall Northern Hemisphere Milky Way arches overhead. Starting from the right the very famous and recognizable constellation Orion shines brightly with its red areas of nebulosity and very bright stars. The bright orange one on Orion's shoulder is Betelgeuse, a very young and chaotic star that will soon (cosmologically) explode into a bright supernova. It's possible Betelgeuse has already exploded and the light from the explosion has yet to reach Earth. No need to worry as Betelgeuse is far enough away that the effects from the explosion will only look incredible and should have no impact on life here. Next, we move up and to the left the California Nebula (in the constellation Perseus) and Pleiades (in the constellation Taurus) can be found above the arch of the Milky Way. Farther to the left, following the dust lanes of our home galaxy, the Heart and Soul nebulae in the constellation Cassiopeia are seen as the two bright red spots close to each other just past the central peak of the arch. Then farther to the left and down parts of the northern hemisphere Summer Milky Way can be seen in the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus. Fist in Cepheus is the red circular area that contains the Elephant Trunk nebula, then farther to the left in Cygnus is the red North America nebula and Gamma Cygni nebula. Lastly, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) sits high above the Milky Way arch in the top central-left. At around 2.5 million light-years distant it's the most distant object in this field of view.
A final interesting note about the Trona Pinnacles is that they have served as backdrops for some sci-fi movies and television series, such as “Battlestar Galactica,” “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier,” Disney's “Dinosaur,” “The Gate II,” “Lost in Space,” and “Planet of the Apes.”
Trona Pinnacles Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trona_Pinnacles
Technical Info:
Date: 11/18/2017
~72 frame panorama 13 sec @6400 ISO
Camera: Canon 6D Hutech UV/IR Mod
Lens: Zeiss f1.4 Milvus 35mm at f2.2
Reveal Focus Filter by David Lane
Processing: Photoshop CC, PTGui
Late evening light highlights the textures of winter on Frog Lake in the Mt Hood Wilderness.
Image with my Hasselblad 500cm
Recently visited Oldmoor Wood, Nottinghamshire. Oldmoor Wood is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, near the village of Strelley. It covers a total area of 15.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by The Woodland Trust.
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By adjusting shadow/highlight I expected some romantic full moon on a beach but it turned out spooky and I liked it.
Weekend means it's time for another vintage lens review. A Minolta MD 50mm f/2. A nifty-fifty that's often overlooked, but offers affordable performance.
Altadena, CA
Pentax Spotmatic, 35mm Pentax Super Takumar f/3.5, Kentmere PAN (ASA 400), Nikon CoolScan V
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Instrumental Music SL chose "Oksana Unplugged Highlighted" for Cover Photo, Apr 2019