Romania - Mountain Night Shot

[Fate]

Well, landscapes are not my forte, and a nightscape with no tripod (used a fence pole) is not the easiest thing to do. But at least I think this photo shows the scale and beauty of these mountains. The light is from the moon and the slightly coloured artificial light is from the cabana behind me!

DH



Romanian Mountains by David Hedges Photography, on Flickr

 

[LaFoto]

Wonderful atmosphere. Sooo many stars. And the fence pole did well. I guess you did the "timer-trick" as not to move the camera as of the moment the shutter releases?

 

[Fate]

Wonderful atmosphere. Sooo many stars. And the fence pole did well. I guess you did the "timer-trick" as not to move the camera as of the moment the shutter releases?

Yep - used the self timer trick works wonders! Need to go back there with a tripod and move further into the little valley next year...!

 

[Robin Usagani]

the shutter was pretty long i assume? I can see some motion on the stars a little bit.

 

[AverageJoe]

Fantastic shot! I'm not seeing much motion. Can we get the EXIF data on this puppy? Really nice exposure.

 

[dry3210]

The sky looks great in this!

 

[Fate]

Fantastic shot! I'm not seeing much motion. Can we get the EXIF data on this puppy? Really nice exposure.

Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 30 seconds
Aperture f/3.5
Focal Length 20 mm
ISO Speed 1600

The reason the aperture is so wide and the iso so high is that since i could not use a cable release, i couldn't use the Bulb mode. Other wise the aperture and iso would have been far nicer for this sort of shot

 

[Robin Usagani]

you dont have a wireless remote fate?

 

[Fate]

you dont have a wireless remote fate?

Nope Dont usually do landscapes so havnt really seen the need to buy one - but would have been great on that night!

 

[Robin Usagani]

Some of the bright stars I can see them moved tiny bit. Do you see it? Maybe im wrong LOL.. (longer in width)