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Behind The Lens

Location

valle las melosas,Chile Andes Centrales by the side of the road, trying to find the circumpolar

Time

logically at night, my first startrail, that's why it has technical errors, I don't remember the time, the first shot is almost dark, so I waited 1 hour more to take the next shots

Lighting

Basically I like to make the shots more real, all those photos are with the same diaphragm and speed there are no variations of light so I waited to make the tracing of stars. I do a test to know which diaphragm to use, seeing the photo I go up or down the aperture, I always use the moon as a natural light, I don't paint with light. photos of the milky way I also use a bit of the crescent moon to illuminate the landscape. do just one shot for nightscape with the exception of the startrail

Equipment

canon 5d mk2, rokinon 14mm ,tripod

Inspiration

without inspiration, I just wanted to do a startrail, it is a therapy to go out alone at night and take photos, Perhaps the maximum inspiration is sacrifice, this is a masochistic passion, the best photo is the one you keep for yourself, the experience of being alone. under a starry sky it is the desire to go for another.

Editing

use PS to join photos, temp correction. saturation, they were my first photos at night, over the years you change your taste for the edition now it is closer to the real and natural there are many photos that are a lie or abuse post, maybe it has ... topazlab. that I no longer use. I currently correct temperature, focus, normal, the night requires the correct light and the landscape are the best editing system,

In my camera bag

nikon d750, canon 6d tamron 15.30 for nikon and rokinon canon mount 14mm a very heavy tripod. I think weight is stability, a big ball head, a little carbon fiber tripod, when I walk miles. But either there is nothing like aluminum, sometimes there is a lot of wind at night and a heavy tripod with a good head. he is a great partner

Feedback

I am nobody to give if not to receive them, my commandments are: composition, place, lighting, planning, plan B, when planning fails. which is almost always, patience, sometimes I arrive during the day and I think how it will be at night. Also as I know the area I take photos in different places. and at home on the computer I see what I did. I can go back but if I see a good place, I imagine a good photo and I shoot sorry for me bad english

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