Photography
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Found this old church last night when i went about 90 minutes west of Austin to shoot the milky way
the horizon glow is from the town about 15 miles away
tried a little light painting on the church
This was my original goal,shooting just the milky way from Enchanted Rock State Park.
This is a 30 second exposure at f2.8,ISO 16000 ! using an 11-20mm lens on a nikon d500
3Stones
(85 posts)Great captures!
sheshe2
(83,334 posts)Thank you, rdking.
liberal N proud
(60,300 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)Want to come up if we have aurora this year? You'd have to sleep with cats on you, but I can promise good photos!
rdking647
(5,113 posts)years ago we looked at moving to alaska. went so far as to go to anchorage in the winter to see if we could take it.
weve been there several times including taking the dalton highway from prudhoe down to fairbanks
Now i live in texas
it was the darkness we couldnt handle not the cold.
In my wifes words--- if you go to alaska to shoot the aurora she comes with. especially if there are cats involved. I had looked into a trip to beetles in winter about 15 years ago or so. Not sure i could handle the cold now,since moving to texas we have become real cold wimps
raven mad
(4,940 posts)And yeah, it stays darker longer than it does anyplace on the coast. But the dark is amazing. Cold? Only if you don't remember that layers, layers, layers work. I'm an old skinny witch but can sit out for a long time if the lights are playing.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)we were in chicago last march at my cousins house. my wife opened the door looked outside,turned to me and in a very sad disgusted voice said:::: Oh my god its snowing
raven mad
(4,940 posts)After that, you're on your own!
rdking647
(5,113 posts)woke up one morning it was -23. we said this is stupid so we moved to texas . (well austin anyway which isnt really texas thank god)
raven mad
(4,940 posts)I loved Austin! I remember a phrase "You can't get there from here"..................
rdking647
(5,113 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)About 48 miles of great road with the Alaska Range in view.
catbyte
(34,169 posts)blueseas
(11,575 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)❤️
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)mindfulNJ
(2,363 posts)Absolutely amazing!
WatchWhatISay
(3,426 posts)But I've never seen anything like that here.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)plus a camera can capture a brighter MW than the naked eye since the eye sees the instantaneous light hitting teh retina and the camera can accumulate the light over time. this is a 30 second exposure from near enchanted rock
2naSalit
(86,048 posts)Lunabell
(5,919 posts)Such a beautiful nightscape.