Mt Ruapehu
Shot on the 5th April 2016 when the Milky way was nice and vertical. Mt Ruapehu is an active volcano and I wanted to capture the fiery look of the milky way eru...
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Shot on the 5th April 2016 when the Milky way was nice and vertical. Mt Ruapehu is an active volcano and I wanted to capture the fiery look of the milky way erupting from the crater.
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April 16, 2016
There was a night photo event in Wellington that I wanted to attend, but due to work I had to take advantage of my location and figure night photography out myself. There is a little post production in DPP and then I used Pixelmator to adjust curves because I felt it lifted the colors slightly better. I rarely use post production but it has been good to with the night sky.
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Location
This is a photo of Mt Ruapehu in New Zealand timed to have the Milky Way rising vertically from the crater with the intention of photographing it like an eruption of stars from the volcano.Time
The time was about 8:15pm, soon after sunset. My shooting location had to line up with the mountain, Milky Way and time of day. With forest all around there was only a few spots left and I had to shoot from.Lighting
The twilight had only just ended so that the sky would be dark enough. I also had to shoot between intermittent light from nearby campers.Equipment
I used a Canon 6D with EF 11-24 f4 lens. The tripod is essential, and occasionally I shoot with a 2 second delay to help remove and shake introduced by handling shutter release.Inspiration
This is my second night out taking Milky Way photos. The first was with the wide angle lens to look for optimal ISO and time. On this night I took a handful of photos, landscape and portrait but only had a window of opportunity about 20 minutes long. I wanted to take advantage of a location that suited a vertically oriented Milky Way.Editing
There’s all sorts of noise reduction, a lot more saturation than I’d ever normally use and I removed some lights that were on the mountain.In my camera bag
Canon 6D EF 11-24 f4 EF 24-70 f4 EF 70-300 f4-5.6 RRS tripod Manfrotto fluid head (I also shoot video, so often have the SLR on the fluid head too)Feedback
Buy or borrow a wide angle, fast prime, focus in daylight hours and be careful not to adjust lens. (Correcting focus at night is near impossible) ISO 3200 (or less if you can get a good exposure) time 15-20s to minimise earths rotaton. Use a tripod, a very steady and secure one, set 2s or 10s second delay on shutter release. (Cover view finder if there is light around. Some light can bleed in through the view finder)
