Milky Way In The Trees

[Griffin]

I took this photo while camping last weekend. The trees are pinon pines -- quite green in the daylight, but here they are lit by firelight.

http://bengriffin.smugmug.com/photos/627262979_zeGPF-M.jpg

[SKnight]

Very good shot, about a three minute exposure?

[eL eSs Vee]

Beautiful! :thumb

[Griffin]

Very good shot, about a three minute exposure?

Yup ... 154 seconds to be exact. I have other shots with much shorter times, but the trees didn't glow like this.

I do love the Canon 10-22 @ 10mm for these shots. Now I just need to perfect my focus in the dark.

[adbsgicom]

Very nice shot, great effect on the trees. Amazing you don't have any sparks going up in the picture, or did you clean those out in post?

[DaddyO]

Your shot came out pretty well. Nice foreground interest and bright stars. Seems a little blurry center up and not so much everywhere else. Still, a
nice take. What f stop? Focus @ infinity or? :D

[Griffin]

Your shot came out pretty well. Nice foreground interest and bright stars. Seems a little blurry center up and not so much everywhere else. Still, a
nice take. What f stop? Focus @ infinity or? :D

I didn't have any sparks from the fire -- wasn't that close to the fire.

Yeah, the picture is blurry because I didn't get the focus spot on. I was lazy and just guessed -- by setting the indicator to infinity. Normally I would AF on a brighter distant object, or use live mode, but everything was so dark it would make it harder. 154 seconds, f3.5, 10-22mm @ 10mm, iso 400

[DaddyO]

:roflLazy. Know the score there. A flashlight helps tons to focus foreground
in the dark. Infinity is finicky in night shots. Its not always right on the bar.
Sometimes a tad before or after the marker. Pays to make note where it is
given whatever lens once you hit sharp and know it for sure.

[justin24]

Beautiful shot, I have something similar to that.