Fire Watch
+View on black+ Walking back from Hidden Lake in the dark, we were greeted with a huge full moon rising from behind the mountains. To the naked eye, you could s...
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+View on black+ Walking back from Hidden Lake in the dark, we were greeted with a huge full moon rising from behind the mountains. To the naked eye, you could see the faint smoke plume over St. Mary’s from the forest fires we had been dealing with all week. After setting up a couple quick test shots, I realized that a full 30-second exposure revealed this incredible red glow from fires illuminating the smoke.
Not exactly an ideal composition, but also not your everyday kind of scene, so I set up to where I could use the nice moonlight reflections that accentuated the flowing stream as my foreground. The smokey haze created a warmer moonlight than usual. This is one, 30-second exposure that I was able to pull a ton of detail out of the darkness and another exposure for the moon detail and another star shot.
This was a fitting conclusion to our fire-filled week and left me with a unique memory of our adventures here.
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Not exactly an ideal composition, but also not your everyday kind of scene, so I set up to where I could use the nice moonlight reflections that accentuated the flowing stream as my foreground. The smokey haze created a warmer moonlight than usual. This is one, 30-second exposure that I was able to pull a ton of detail out of the darkness and another exposure for the moon detail and another star shot.
This was a fitting conclusion to our fire-filled week and left me with a unique memory of our adventures here.
Follow me:
Website: ExposureScape.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RyanBuchananPhotography
Twitter: @BuchananPhoto
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Contest Finalist in Color In The Night Photo Contest
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Contest Finalist in Nightscapes Photo Contest
People's Choice in Christmas Moon Shots Photo Challenge
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Greg55
February 25, 2016
very nice. Funny how the naked eye does not pick up things but a lens will!
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JyoScapes
August 27, 2016
Beautiful scape. Had wondered about the exposures the moment I noticed the moon reflections with a sharp moon and the stars in the background. Had guessed that there were at least three exposures that went into making this shot.
Brilliantly done.
Brilliantly done.
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Photoman75
March 22, 2018
Just wow! Spectacular photo. Your gallery is outstanding, you are a great photographer
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May 14, 2018
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