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Rainier Reflections

Rainier Reflections

A star trails photo of Mt. Rainier taken from Reflection Lake. In order to capture this image there were several factors which fortunately added up. The ambient...
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A star trails photo of Mt. Rainier taken from Reflection Lake. In order to capture this image there were several factors which fortunately added up. The ambient light is from a half moon, which was setting past the horizon midway through the exposure. This allowed for enough light to illuminate details, but also (once it set), enough dark to pick up on more star trails. Having no wind helped a lot too.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1452/1

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Sep, 2013

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Superb Composition

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