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Top of the World

Taken from the Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Stitched together 30+ photos to make this, just to give a scale of how immense it really is!...
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Taken from the Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Stitched together 30+ photos to make this, just to give a scale of how immense it really is!
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Canon EOS M

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Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 22/1

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Jan, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken from the Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, on top of the Khumbu Glacier. It is actually a series of 30+ photos that I had to stitch together to successfully create the panorama, since the mountains are so unfathomably large!

Time

This is by far the best photo that I have taken in my relatively short time as an amateur photographer. It was taken the morning of May 31st 2014 when we had reached the Everest Base Camp, following the gruelling 3 hour hike of landslides and tumbling boulders (With a fairly severe knee injury as well) from Gorakshep where we would be staying that night.

Lighting

The sun is so extremely powerful at that altitude (Sunscreen is virtually useless unless constantly applied), that it can easily wash out an image. I was lucky that the images that I was able to capture were so clean, given that I had to combine a dark neutral density filter with a high 1/640 f8.0 exposure.

Equipment

I captured the image using a Canon EOS M mirrorless camera with my Canon EFM 22 lens. Aside from a dark neutral density filter, no other equipment was used, as packing light was an absolute necessity!

Inspiration

There had been several stops along the trek to Mount Everest that I was able to capture some absolutely fantastic shots of the landscape, but none had the chance to really show the scale of the environment in that region. I already had a keen interest in putting panoramas together, so I thought that this would have been a perfect opportunity, which it turned out to be, as it is the photo that really blows people away when they look at my trip album.

Editing

Yes, this image did require more post processing than most. Since it was actually a series of 30+ photos taken from that spot, I had to use Photoshop to stitch all of the raw files together after editing them in Lightroom. In an amateur move, I had accidentally taken several prior photos that morning in P mode, which caused them to turn out funny with such powerful sunlight. Luckily, I used M for these shots, and they did not require an extreme amount of processing to make them useable.

In my camera bag

As an amateur who is still relatively new to in depth photography, my kit is pretty limited. I have my trusted EOS M body, with the 18 - 55mm kit lens. It's a fantastic all around lens, capable of capturing sharp and detailed images for one on the cheaper side. I also have the awesome EFM 22mm wide angle lens, which I used for this photo. I love both of them, as they have produced some spectacular images, given my lack of experience. In cases where I am able to carry more gear (Unlike this trip), I have a sturdy Dolica tripod for basic shots and a Fat Gecko Mini Suction Mount, for both my EOS M and GoPro Hero4 Black, when things get crazy.

Feedback

I would say the best advice I can offer for capturing something similar would be to experiment with a couple of shots and settings first. For this image, the biggest factor was the sun being so overly bright, followed by the lack of a tripod to steadily take the shot. Specifically for making panoramas like this, I would recommend taking 2-3 shots per desired image, as some will likely not turn out properly. I used around 32-34 to make the final image for this shot, but I took something like 63 pictures just to be safe!

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Top of the World

Taken from the Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Stitched together 30+ photos to make this, just to give a scale of how immense it really is!... Read more

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