Way to Infinity
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CappyKev
October 16, 2015
Really like the way the traffic illuminated the trees and rocks on each side of the frame. Looks like you captured some light from the deep setting sun and it didn't detract from the stars at all. It's beautiful.
How many shots?
How many shots?
MarjoCorander
October 16, 2015
Thank you so much CappyKev! :) :) This is a composition of 3 shots. All taken at that moment just to get the lighting right for each part of the photo.
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Location
This photo was taken near Salo, Finland. We were taking milky way photos during the night but the clouds catched us and we needed to move away from our original location. Then driving back from the coast we were checking the cloud situation and in which direction the milky way would be and then came with an idea to stop to a bridge going over Turku-Helsinki motorway. Not far we found one suitable our purposes and started navigating towards it. Soon we found ourselves in forest maintenance road that was going on and on and on. I was almost loosing my faith on getting to the bridge one it showed itself to us - a bridge in the middle of nowhere :)Time
This photo was taken around 3 am when the milky way was in the western sky and aligned with Turku-Helsinki motorway going from east to west.Lighting
This photo was taken using long exposure in order to shoot the car lights lighting the scenery, the light trails and the milky way.Equipment
I used Nikon D610 with Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lense. And in order to take this shot I also used my very heavy duty Sirui tripod.Inspiration
I got this thought of taking a photo of the motorway reaching to milky way but rest of it came during the photo session. The idea kind of crew while I was taking my shots.Editing
I shoot raw as it gives me more freedom with post-processing. Here I made a composition of 3 pictures, one exposure where cars lights were lighting the scenery, one for light trails and one for the sky in order to get the picture I saw in life while standing on the that bridge.In my camera bag
I normally carry my wide range of lenses from extra wide Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 to telephoto Sigma 70-200mm lenses as you never know what happens during the photoshoot. I also carry my Nikon D610 and my Sirui tripod. I have a buch of ND filters, 3 batteries and many memory cards to equip me to what ever situation comes up in front of me when I am out in the field shooting.Feedback
First thing is to have an idea, then check where you can find a place to take that photo based on that idea. For example this one was taken more than 100km from my home but based on the prework I already knew that the milky way would be at west at 3 am and that this motorway will have parts which would be aligned with it if I just arrive there at the right time. Also you need to be aware of the weather as the clouds kills the photosession completely. Also you need to take milky way photos on new moon phase as moon lights the sky so that milky way is not really visible anymore. So prework is mandatory but having good luck and good idea helps :)
