A night at Mt. Rainier

dwol · Jul 12, 2009

wow! your photos are amazingly beautiful, nice work

FDSA · Jul 14, 2009

what were your settings for the shot with the stars? i've tried that before and had no luck

labpaws · Jul 16, 2009

WOW i have never seen a sky like this with stars like that. What am i seeing in the area of the snow covered peak of the mountain...appears to be stars in front of the mountain?? or is it just my eyes not working right

dseidman · Jul 19, 2009

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dseidman said:

Thanks for the comments everyone!

I just notice that I posted this in 'Nature & Wildlife' instead of 'Landscape & Cityscape'. I guess that's what I get for doing this at 4:30 in the morning. This might not be the best place for this so if an admin would like to move it, I'm fine with that.

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If you ask me, that is nature at its finest... Beautiful shots! :hail: Just my kind of stuff. Do you mind if I ask what EXIF data you had on the second?

Thanks for the comment! Here's the EXIF for the second shot:

Canon 5D Mark II & Canon 17-40L
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter: 20 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO 5000
*Four exposures were stacked in post-processing to reduce noise.

dseidman · Jul 19, 2009

plastii said:
Great shots! I love the second one - what was the exposure time?

The exposure was 20 seconds long. At this focal length, you don't want to expose for much longer because you'll start to see star trails.

dseidman · Jul 19, 2009

2003protege said:
plastii said:

second one - what was the exposure time?

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+1? Those are such beautiful shots. I love the rocks in the first, especially the green of the moss. It's a great accent.

Thank you! I was actually happiest with the first shot in this series as well.

dseidman · Jul 19, 2009

Art Photographers said:
For me the second one is OUTSTANDING! Well worth the patience in my opinion. I am curious what time it was? Beautiful sky, perfect fill. Love it!

Thank you! The second shot was taken at 2:40 AM. I would have taken it earlier but I was waiting for the Moon to set. Unfortunately I ended up pulling an all-nighter to get these three shots.

dseidman · Jul 19, 2009

labpaws said:
WOW i have never seen a sky like this with stars like that. What am i seeing in the area of the snow covered peak of the mountain...appears to be stars in front of the mountain?? or is it just my eyes not working right

Thanks for your comment! The lights on the mountain are actually headlamps from teams of mountain climbers trying to reach the summit. Here's a 100% crop to better show the mountain:

AverageJoe · Aug 8, 2009

Just saw the Rainer pic in the voting, how long of an exposure was that? Can I see your EXIF info? Very well done, I am envious of the fact that you got this shot and that you were there!