Vasquez Rocks is the location where Captain James T Kirk battled the Gorn lizard man. And why not? It’s an otherworldly location where one can easily imagine oneself on another planet. To push that along further, I photographed this at night during a 60% illuminated moon, shooting star trails to accentuate the alien landscape.
I like to shoot with low ISO, as low as I can get away with, and a noted astronomer and night sky photographer for TWAN (The World At Night, an international team of sky photographers) commented, “I’ve got to start trying lower ISOs… this is as clean and pretty an image as I’ve seen!”
Perhaps part of it is I am used to using cheap budget DSLRs to shoot night sky photos. And part of it is that I really don’t like noise. Unless I put it in there!! 😀
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Info: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens, 33 minute total exposure after stacking. Each individual photo was a 30 second exposure, ISO 400 f/4. Natural lighting. 20 April 2013 1:42 am.
Photographer: Ken Lee
Location: Vasquez Rocks, California, USAThanks for the love and encouragement!
Equipment: Nikon D7000, Tokina AT-X 116, Feisol tripod.
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