Category: Night Photography

Wolfgang invited us to his ranch outside of Mariposa, CA. The elevation was around 4000 feet, the night was clear but there was light pollution from the dwellings and there was smog from a fire in the air. We tried different photographic techniques to get some interesting images. like the rising Milky Way.

This is a single ten minute exposure image created with a full frame camera and a 14mm lens.

I set the intervalometer of my c-sensor camera to creating 200 images in 90 minutes. Unfortunately I bumped into the tripod at around 120 images. I still got a decent star trail image. Notice that several air planes were flying through the area.

In this images I experimented with the light pollution and star trails. I wanted to try if the camera is able to create some decent star trails despite the poor light condition.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

Last week people were exited in Merced, CA to see the Northern Lights. I drove out of town to a place where I thought there was less light pollution. I was surprised seeing so many people waiting to see the spectacle.