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Milky Way in the wilderness



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8 Comments | Report
mariaharris
 
mariaharris February 05, 2019
the colors are amazing
Hossein_alvandi
 
Hossein_alvandi February 05, 2019
Beautiful
mikoyen27 PRO+
 
mikoyen27 February 06, 2019
An impressive composition, majestueux!
veromory1 Platinum
 
veromory1 February 08, 2019
Beautiful
crystalallentarpley
 
crystalallentarpley February 16, 2019
Amazing shot
amelahajdarevic
 
amelahajdarevic June 03, 2019
Great capture.Snow and white color, always look beautiful
vinaykooduvalli
 
vinaykooduvalli August 27, 2019
Wow gorgeous!!
DNproSTUDIO
 
DNproSTUDIO November 18, 2019
beautiful the milky way
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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo is taken in one of my most visited locations for night photography, the Kurjenrahka National Park in Southern Finland. The reason I visit it so often, is that it's only half an hour drive from my home and has far less light pollution than my hometown. And it has pretty nice wilderness sceneries for foreground...

Time

This was early evening, around 8 PM. In February it gets dark very early in Finland - as opposed to summer when it never gets dark.

Lighting

It was new moon, so it was completely dark. I let long exposure time light up the snowy scenery.

Equipment

This was shot with Canon 5D Mark IV and Sigma 20 mm f/1.4 Art lens, and naturally with a tripod as I used 15 s exposures.

Inspiration

There was fresh snow in the ground, so I wanted to capture the pure beauty of a nighttime scenery in the wilderness. Even though the Milky Way doesn't rise too high during the winter months here, there's still something magical about the night sky.

Editing

To capture more details of the night sky and reduce overall noise, I stacked 20 shots with Starry Landscape Stacker. All of the frames were preprocessed in Lightroom and I did the final edit in Photoshop, e.g. to make the stars a bit smaller and the sky smoother.

In my camera bag

When I go out to shoot the stars, I usually carry my two cameras Canon 5DM4 and Sony A7III and two Sirui tripods. As lenses I have Sigma Art series: 14 mm f/1.8, 20 mm f/1.4 and 35 mm f/1.4. Occasionally I also have my Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini tracker.

Feedback

There's nothing better than just going out and trying for yourself and testing different exposure times to understand what gives the best results with your gear. And then try different post-processing techniques, maybe with the help of some YouTube tutorials. And repeat.

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