Milky Way Lake Irene

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 28, 2013171 views3 comments

Taken 8-4-13, 10pm, at Lake Irene in western part of Rocky Mountain National Park using Canon 5Diii, Canon EF14mm at f2.8, 30sec & ISO 6400. Image you see is a stitch of two shots using Autopano Giga 3.0.

30 second exposure just starts to have some streaking of the stars. Light pollution on horizon is lights of Grand Lake, CO.

Any comments of composition etc. are welcomed.

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on September 29, 2013 at 1:48 AM

I like the silhouette with stars/milky way. maybe it's the gigapan effect, but the angle of the trees to the right and the little bit of fir tree top left distract a bit. Did you try any distortion correction? The exposure and stars with fir are worth playing with a little more.

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on September 30, 2013 at 12:57 AM

This is much nicer than the first one.
Nice exposure, the streaking is not noticeable
I might clone out the branches on the upper left.

Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments

Comment posted by Jesse Summers on September 30, 2013 at 10:20 AM

Hello John, it is exciting to capture the Milky Way, isn't it? I'd recommend straightening the horizon on this one and adding some contrast to the sky as well as toning down the magenta a bit. Adding an unsharp mask selectively to the Milky Way at about 40% opacity will do a great job at bringing out the detail in the dust lanes. Cheers!

Registered on September 24, 2013, 4 Posts, 9 Comments