Mt Hood Steel Cliffs
Man, o man- what a roller coaster ride of a week it's been!
First things first, this is a finely polished single frame of a timelapse sequence for a night montage I'm working on. I can't promise the final timelapse piece will have all 300 frames looking like this, but.. it's a goal! Big thanks to Darren White Photography for poking me to process this one. He's been raving about it since I posted a preview screen shot from my phone from the night I shot this. Thanks Darren, I think I would have left if alone as just a timelapse if you hadn't kept at me!
Ohk, on to other things, in case you didn't hear- crazy amazingness
happened this week (yes, that is a real phrase). I found out I won
FIRST PLACE in National Geographic's Travel Photo Contest (insert
scene of me running around the room with arms and hands flailing in
air while yelling)!!! You can see details, writeup, and winning image
and accompanying timelapse here:
intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/02/behin...
variation to description here:
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/pictures/110802-...
So, ....I'm still just blown away. I grew up reading National Geographic, and while in my globe-trotting backpacking phase- I devoured National Geographic's magazines as inspiration and window into the world at large. So, to win a photography competition for them is just shocking. Seriously, it may sound cheesy, but I'm really excited for me (yeah, that's right, I'll admit it) but, I'm excited for all of us because it means anyone can win those damn competitions. I didn't think anyone could win them. But, it turns out.. you can! If I did, then, with hard work and determination, next year's winner could be any of you reading this. That trips me out. And is exciting to me.
Thank you all for the incredibly kind comments and messages you've sent this week- man, I am just amazed at the support and encouragement that comes from all of you in the Flickr community :-) I'll be staying in this weekend working on some projects, and one of the things to do is get back to all of you with a thanks. So, till then, thanks again for the incredible support and inspiration that you've been to me, and we've all been to each other.
Cheers guys :-)
OH, also, this weekend there is a "Star Party" up at
Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood. For any Oregon/Washington locals, I'm
going to head up there and check out the stars. Come on out and join
if you're in the mood!
Comments and faves
Bill Ratcliffe, Gary Randall, Mitchell Corsack | MAC Photography, chickenfoot, and 283 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Bill Ratcliffe (22 months ago | reply)
awesome!
Jeff Eickhoff (22 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is fabulous. Really love that comp...the echoing forms of the ridge and the milky way...awesome.
Gary Randall (22 months ago | reply)
Named for William Gladstone Steel, the father of Crater lake. :)
You were cradled within the bosum of the mountian Ben. :) Brillaint shot. :)
Mitchell Corsack | MAC Photography (22 months ago | reply)
Sooo Beautiful!
myksparx (22 months ago | reply)
Too cool.........!!!
chickenfoot (22 months ago | reply)
that sky is so beautiful it makes me want to cry
i hope i can see a night sky like that at some point in my life
great capture
Dene' Miles (22 months ago | reply)
holy echoing forms (echoing what eickhoff said), this is stunning Ben!!
Joel deWaard (22 months ago | reply)
Killer comp, that the Milky Way is awesome as well almost goes without saying.
Fresnatic (22 months ago | reply)
Just absolutely awesome and inspiring! Wow!
Project Dreamland (22 months ago | reply)
So, this is how its done. Incredible breathtaking awesome capture!!
outabounds (22 months ago | reply)
Star party? Hell yeah!
That's an amazing look at the Milky Way.
josefrancisco.salgado (22 months ago | reply)
Beautiful processing.
Natural Perspectives Photography (22 months ago | reply)
Congrats and how deserving you are! Magnificent job! You should be blown away...What? National Geographic...get out!!!
Steven Christenson (22 months ago | reply)
That star party will have a new star! Congrats. With the major solar flare ya'll may see the aurora, too!
KHL-VRT Photography. (22 months ago | reply)
wow, love the pic. thoz stars, wow. and glad your happy, and having fun with your win. you deserve it. ^_^
Hero Dreams (22 months ago | reply)
I know we like to have our heads in the stars but - I'm looking at the angle and slope in front of you and the frozen stuff and... that literal slope in the foreground looks like the proverbial slippery slope of death to me. Naturally, you weren't star trekking around in the dark hours, right? You had already staked out your spot in the daylight, correct?
s a m s t a c k (22 months ago | reply)
Really inspiring stuff.
max vuong (22 months ago | reply)
Congratulations Ben! It's good to see flickerites like yourself win competitions like this. Keep up the great work.
~ Aaron Reed ~ (22 months ago | reply)
The Milky Way looks spectacular in this and the comp is sweet.
سلمان المرزوقي (22 months ago | reply)
very nice image
HIQAYAT (22 months ago | reply)
splendid!
Hettie Naude (22 months ago | reply)
Just AWESOME!!!
protikH (22 months ago | reply)
Love the shot. The crater lake video and the last image in the video is mindblowing
icecubephoto - trying to catch up (22 months ago | reply)
Another beautiful image and congrats on 1st place!
Joy Masi Photography (22 months ago | reply)
wow
Mark S Weaver (22 months ago | reply)
Congrats Ben! Great image!
i.calmes (22 months ago | reply)
Ben- what day/time does the Star Party kick off? I'd love to go. Thanks in advance
AlpineEdge (22 months ago | reply)
Amazing.
Huge congrats for your win!
Watched your time-lapse video too - Very well put together.
Stellar work!
Laura Zulian (22 months ago | reply)
Congratulation!! I love your pics and you deserve to be hawarded!! Huge huge congratulation again!!!
jas1ne photography (22 months ago | reply)
thats awesome man!. talk about once in a lifetime trip. next thing you know you will be working for nat. geo. which wouldnt suprise me. your images are worth it. great job
*wildbio* (22 months ago | reply)
Huge congratulations to you!! Hope you have a good view of the Perseid shower this week end!
Dave Berryman (22 months ago | reply)
Boy! Everyone is out getting great shots of the milyway. Nice work Ben, this is very beautiful.
Orion Ahrensfeld (22 months ago | reply)
Wow, congrats to you man!!! That really is amazing and definitely a fine reward for that shot, National Geographic has always inspired me since I was a kid too so I can only imagine how exciting this was for you. Great job all around and congrats!!
Gary Ngo | Photography (22 months ago | reply)
AWESOME!!
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john_h_moore (22 months ago | reply)
sweet photo! ...but I feel like I'm falling off to the left!! ;-)
now off to read about your crazy amazingness!
bflow.in (22 months ago | reply)
congratiolations for winning the ng contest!!!
amaizing shot! i love your picture!
do you have a link where it is described how to shoot a photo like that?
:)
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Janice L (22 months ago | reply)
Oh, goodness. Almost makes me want to climb a mountain.
BHCMBailey (22 months ago | reply)
Very, very nice. The timelapse preview looks great as well. All the more impressive knowing how difficult it is -- I was on the Alvord last week and I couldn't get anything to work, came away with very little in star pics, even though the view as spectacular.
andreaskoeberl (22 months ago | reply)
really outstanding night photography!
oh, by the way, congratulations on your first place on national geographic!
Ken Scott (22 months ago | reply)
BEN!! .. . . . . . . !
tattoogirl12 (-break-) (22 months ago | reply)
astounding work!
Don Jensen (22 months ago | reply)
the milky way looks like it just goes on forever across the horizon.
this really is a beauty man!
LEXPIX_ (22 months ago | reply)
Congrats and awesome shot.
Aaron Top (22 months ago | reply)
awesome
masahiro miyasaka (22 months ago | reply)
very nice image
c e d e r (22 months ago | reply)
Superb image - and congrats!!!
-Sami(away) (22 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot and congrats on NG! What an amazing feeling you must be experiencing now. Enjoy :)
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Neil Kremer2 (22 months ago | reply)
Excellent
asihsimanis (22 months ago | reply)
Just wanted to say congrats for the win, I loved that shot since Ive seen it on flickr, and I was blown out to see it on the contest, I thought to myself, that this picture will definitely win. and today I just checked the nat geo page and you got the first prize! you have no idea who I am, im just a fan who likes to look around your page to get some inspiration now and then,an I think you totally deserve the win, Congrats anyway and I am looking forward to see more amazing pictures from you.
TeF46 (22 months ago | reply)
awesome!! this one gives me the gooseflesh!!