- beautiful - Miroslav Petrasko (blog.hdrshooter.net)
- Amazing! - pahugh
- I wished on this one... - gimmeocean
Valley Stars
The single most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Some geek site stated
that tonight was the best night of the year to see the milky-way.
Well they were wrong because it was a full moon. I drove 3 hours to
get to the only "DARK" area near LA. As my luck usually
goes, the gate was locked when I got there. I started driving and
came to a sign that read "DEAD END." I noticed a small path
behind the sign and after further investigation saw that it was a dirt
road. I drove up and up and up. This road just kept climbing.. 32
miles later, I pulled over and saw this. I was blown away. No
picture could do it justice. That;s fog covering the valley and those
lights, that's the traffic on the Ventura Highway. A couple shooting
stars and yes that mess in the upper left, that's the Milky-Way. The
hard thing was picking a picture to post...I processed 8 images that
all look completely different.
This is an HDR image made up of three different exposures 6, 15 and 30
seconds. Some selective noise reduction a little sharpening, that's
all.
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Comments and faves
Moniza*, quader™, 紅襪熊 (・ᴥ・), La Praline ⚓, and 901 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Moniza* (21 months ago | reply)
Fantastic !!!
quader™ (21 months ago | reply)
wow, this is great!
紅襪熊 (・ᴥ・) (21 months ago | reply)
Excellent
La Praline ⚓ (21 months ago | reply)
Superb colours and beautiful light I
Olympe B. (21 months ago | reply)
stunning colors!!!!
SK Westmore (21 months ago | reply)
Sensational shot, Neil. I'm sure there's a message in there somewhere about the benefits of ignoring the rules!
Anteriorechiuso Santi Diego (21 months ago | reply)
O_O
Greeeeat !!!!!!!
GAURAV KANDAL (21 months ago | reply)
omg this is amazing ..:)
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Angelroc !!!! (21 months ago | reply)
Good work.
Konaflyer (21 months ago | reply)
Very nice!
jardj1 (21 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot and great processing.
Pete Halewood (21 months ago | reply)
Amazing picture and very beautiful as you say! It looks like something big is brewing below the fog that's about to boil over. Colours and processing superb as well.
john edward michael1 (21 months ago | reply)
Just a superb shot !!
- David Olsson - (21 months ago | reply)
The drive was totally worth it :) Stunning shot. I would love to see your other images from this place as well.
Il.Falco (21 months ago | reply)
Stunning work!
Menno Naber (21 months ago | reply)
wow pretty cool :)
►▲▲ (21 months ago | reply)
wow perfect sky & wonderful lights in the sea of clouds ! love it !
T.P Photographie (21 months ago | reply)
wow! amazing shot neil! love the clouds and the stars in the sky!
PhotoArt Images (21 months ago | reply)
AWESOME image Neil - I expect to see this on explore soon :-))))
pooldodo (21 months ago | reply)
so beautiful!!!
Ton Ten (21 months ago | reply)
Amazing !!!
ciccioetneo (21 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot!
JayCMiller (21 months ago | reply)
so amazing
Flickr Photographer Group [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)
Beautiful scene!
Chabix [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)
Wonderful Neil! It's "the" best done...
Rafa Nogueira (21 months ago | reply)
nice picture
Cold Shutterhand (21 months ago | reply)
Amazing! Very well done! The "fire" under the cloud is fantastic.
Alfonso Roca. (21 months ago | reply)
Muy buena composicion, te ha quedado genial. Saludos
gianmarco giudici (21 months ago | reply)
An impressive shot!
Great realization!
edwinemmerick (21 months ago | reply)
Stunning image mate. What a cracker
tattoogirl12 (-break-) (21 months ago | reply)
wow if I believed in heaven I think it would look like this....really freaking awesome work. love it!
-hedgey- (21 months ago | reply)
beautiful image , would make a magnificent print !
Reuben Degiorgio (21 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot!
johnmax6960 (21 months ago | reply)
It's got to be one of your best ones ever!
gtsomething (21 months ago | reply)
The clouds, the sky, the orange and blue, the...the...the...LOOOOOOVE
rianti ape (21 months ago | reply)
Amazing capture!
p-teesuk (21 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot mate, really beautiful. That extra 32 miles to your journey really paid off!
JackyJCMo (21 months ago | reply)
Wow this is absolutely priceless!! Well done Neil.
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nomilknocry (21 months ago | reply)
outstanding!!!
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MLM | Fotografía (21 months ago | reply)
Spectacular!!!
odin's_raven (21 months ago | reply)
wow dude this is stunning
Ferdousi. (21 months ago | reply)
incredible one.
frankcorn (21 months ago | reply)
So beautiful ! Excellent catch of the sky, stars and clouds. Brilliant
Christolakis (21 months ago | reply)
Wow!! What a sight, absolutely magical
Mel Mijares (21 months ago | reply)
for me photo of the week!!
contiflex [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)
stunning photo, well done
luigig75 (21 months ago | reply)
wow I love the traffic lights under the clouds and the view of the stars, you made a wonderful job here!
photograph painter (21 months ago | reply)
WOOOOOOW
great picture!!
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B.M.K. Photography (21 months ago | reply)
Fantastic capture!
durand clark (21 months ago | reply)
Yes this is beautiful, and the story is great.