Kyle Jones
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I made a stealth up and back trip to Lake Tahoe last night hoping to capture some stars over Eagle Falls and Emerald Bay. The forecast was clear with no moon in the sky and I hoped that the lack of vacationers during the lock down would reduce the light pollution. The biggest challenge I faced was that the only clouds in the sky were directly in my way. Fortunately they vanished a little after 11pm.
This is a blend of 4 exposures at 14mm and f/2.8. Most of the ground game from a 4 minute exposure at ISO 800. I did another ground exposure at ISO 1600 to blend in some more light on the waterfall. The sky is a 4 minute tracked exposure at ISO 800. I used another sky exposure at 30s and ISO 6400 to help blend around the trees and horizon.
Any thoughts are welcome.
Adding two more images for comparison. The first uses the same foreground as the above, but the sky is from another high ISO frame when the clouds were still clearing (no star stacking here).
And here is a later image with a slightly different composition, trying to get more of the Milky Way core on the right. For this the sky was 2 minutes at ISO 1600. It is definitely easier to blend around the trees with the shorter exposure. If you look in the sky on the left, you can see where I captured a meteor.
This is a blend of 4 exposures at 14mm and f/2.8. Most of the ground game from a 4 minute exposure at ISO 800. I did another ground exposure at ISO 1600 to blend in some more light on the waterfall. The sky is a 4 minute tracked exposure at ISO 800. I used another sky exposure at 30s and ISO 6400 to help blend around the trees and horizon.
Any thoughts are welcome.
Adding two more images for comparison. The first uses the same foreground as the above, but the sky is from another high ISO frame when the clouds were still clearing (no star stacking here).
And here is a later image with a slightly different composition, trying to get more of the Milky Way core on the right. For this the sky was 2 minutes at ISO 1600. It is definitely easier to blend around the trees with the shorter exposure. If you look in the sky on the left, you can see where I captured a meteor.
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