Night Photography: The Milky Way

[shaunly]

Here's a shot from a recent trip

D700, 20mm, f/2.8, 30sec, 3200 ISO + 1-stop pulled shadow, ACR

 

[analog.universe]

Sweet , where did you shoot this?

 

[Kolia]

Nice !

I have to try it myself !

 

[chaosrealm93]

wow! nicenice. the star trail looks like its coming out of the mountain top

 

[shaunly]

Sweet , where did you shoot this?

Kern River. It's about 150 miles north east of downtown LA.

wow! nicenice. the star trail looks like its coming out of the mountain top

Thanks! I had to climb on top of a big rocky area to clear all the trees then waited till around 1:30 am for this shot.