The clear skies around Lake Pukaki enabled me to shoot the rising Milky Way. I saw these trees on the horizon and decided to use them in the composition. With the camera pointed skyward the trees have a slight perspective distortion, appearing to bend toward the Milky Way. I tried to line the gap in the trees with the stars, which led me to the image title. The shooting star really caps this image off.
I'm not sure what has caused the yellow glow on the horizon, I thought it could perhaps be the glow of the sun setting further over the horizon, however this colour was barely perceptible when I was taking the image.
Canon 5D Mark III | Canon EF 17-40L @ 17mm | ƒ/4 | 30 sec | ISO3200
紅襪熊 (・ᴥ・), Taha Elraaid, காவியம் Kaaviyam Photography, mugley, and 636 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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Dawn Woodhouse 7 months ago | reply
Very nicely labelled too! I see you did not do that but its great anyway.
The pictures beautifully clear. I noticed that myself, that a camera catches colour on the horizon long after its barely perceptible to the naked eye.
forbaz 6 months ago | reply
the epicness....
bottletopburly .SGL 6 months ago | reply
wicked shot
f0Iken4461 3 weeks ago | reply
worst picture i ever seen! no i m kidding it's a wonderful picture! what a sky