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Milky Way Over Mt. Rainier
Milky Way Over Mt. Rainier
Dr.Confuser


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2013-07 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 G ED
Location: Mt. Rainier, Washington (USA)
Date: Jul 14, 2013
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 5000
Shutter: 15 Seconds
Date Uploaded: Jul 16, 2013

Photographer’s Notes
I’ve been planning this shot for weeks; the Milky Way over Mt. Rainier; angles, bearings, altitude, sunset, astronomical twilight, moon, ISO, aperture, shutter. Lots to get right. Nikon D3’s low noise at high ISO was great. D800 might be 1 to 1.5 stops better at this.

Software that helped: The Photographers Ephemeris (iOS), Sky Safari (iOS) and on the web; Astronomical Twilight Calculator; Lat/Lon calculator.

It was 42 degrees at 6,400 feet at 12:46 AM. Dark! Cold! Calm!

The lights on the mountain itself are climbers’ rope teams. Climbing Mt. Rainier’s glaciers works best when they are frozen hard so most ascents occur after midnight.

RESIZING THIS TO 800 PIXELS IS A CRIME AGAINST NATURE.

Post Processing
• Convert from RAW (PSCS5 Camera RAW)
• Reduce Noise (Neat Image, 50%, twice)
• Exposure (PSCS5 + 1 stop)
• Resize (OnOne Perfect Resize)
• Sharpen (PSCS5 USM)
• Save for Web (PSCS5)

Camera data
• Date: 2013.07.14 12:46 AM
• Camera: Nikon D3
• Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 G ED
• ISO: 5,000
• Aperture: f/2.8
• Shutter: 15 seconds

THIS WAS FUN!!!!!

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 178
Avg (all users): 6.0918
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 6.0303
Avg (non-participants): 6.2188
Views since voting: 378
Views during voting: 177
Votes: 98
Comments: 3
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AuthorThread
08/08/2013 10:36:14 PM
Beautiful shot. This was one of my top picks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/06/2013 11:45:22 AM
It's fun seeing the mountain climbers with their lights :)
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08/01/2013 01:16:53 AM
Those stars are incredible. Nice job. I like the lights in the mountains.
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