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michaelakrempelhoward
January 02, 2018
AWESOME moment in time. Thank you for sharing this beautiful - one of a kind capture.
TCagle
August 27, 2018
Love the play of the light on the tree. Also, the sun left and the stars right of it. Wonderful shot.
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Location
This photo was taken just north of Montrose, Scotland and this tree has now fallen over during a storm last year. I loved to use this tree in photos due to its age and its separation from the forest. It was awesome shelter while doing astrophotography and looks great when the northern lights are used is the background.Time
This was taken just before sunrise on 25th September 2015Lighting
i used a flash set to max, several times to light up the tree during the exposureEquipment
canon 70d, samyang 10mm f2.8, canon flash, manfotto tripod,Inspiration
i was heading to capture sunrise from the river esk and was passing the tree and noticed that it looked awesome with the Alignment of Jupiter, Mars, Venus And Orion and was not leaving without a photo of the moment.Editing
i had to edit out a telegraph pole and adjusted the levels slightly to to enhance the sky and darken the foreground. i prefer to not do much editing in photoshop and get it right in the camera.In my camera bag
Canon 70d, canon T5i, Canon 100-400mm L F4-5.6, Canon 24-105mm L F4, Speedlite 430exii, Samyang 10mm@F2.8 (@ Night) or Sigma 150mm Macro (@ daytime)Feedback
Go to your locations in the light before wondering round in the dark or with touches as some areas are very hazardous in the dark. a very sturdy tripod for long exposures is required especially in the Scottish wind. use google maps to check alignments of foreground objects and where celestial events will be happening in the sky