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Bristlecone Pine Star Trail

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Star Trail midst the Bristlecone pines, Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone pines.

Here is the star trail at the Bristlecone Pine - White Mountains in California.

In August (2011), I attended a workshop - "Dark of the Night Star Photography". This was organized by the Pt. Reyes National Seashore Association and the instructors were the really good Harold Davis, Steven Christenson and Eric Harness. (Side Note: Check this interview I did with Harold Davis a while back - its an awesome read.)

On this workshop, we stayed at the Crooked Creek Research Station at 10,200 feet altitude. The accomodation was good - clean, warm. Not your luxury accommodation you would find at a five star hotel, but dorm style with very clean bathrooms, and beds, and a heater and with a very nice view - just perfect for people on a photography workshop.

The classroom area was pretty nice and comfortable as well. We did have intermittent cell phone service (AT&T and Verizon) in some areas. We also had satellite Internet and wifi - though only from 2.00am till 9.30am - which really sucked. I do wish we had 24 hr internet access.

The point of the workshop - of course was night photography. We went to Patrirach Grove on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night. This photograph was taken at the Patriarch grove. It is a stack of about 23 images, hand blended with one more for foreground detail. The different colors of circles in the star trail are due to the different colors of stars. Isn't that amazing?

Below are some links to tutorials about Star Trails for those interested:
Star Circle Academy star trails - blog.starcircleacademy.com/2011/03/star-trail-creation/
Photo extremist - some tricks - photoextremist.com/star-trails-tutorial
Another nice tutorial - www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/725769/0

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 30s (aperture manual)
Focal Length: 8mm
Lens: Peleng 8mm f3.5 Fisheye for Canon
ISO: 1600
WB: Daylight
Date: August 28, 2011

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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012

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Milky Way and Bristlecone Pine

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Milky Way, Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone pines.

Here is another photograph of the Milky way at the Bristlecone Pine - White Mountains in California.

This August (2011), I attended a workshop - "Dark of the Night Star Photography". This was organized by the Pt. Reyes National Seashore Association and the instructors were the really good Harold Davis, Steven Christenson and Eric Harness. (Side Note: Check this interview I did with Harold Davis a while back - its an awesome read.)

On this workshop, we stayed at the Crooked Creek Research Station at 10,200 feet altitude. The accomodation was good - clean, warm. Not your luxury accommodation you would find at a five star hotel, but dorm style with very clean bathrooms, and beds, and a heater and with a very nice view - just perfect for people on a photography workshop.

The classroom area was pretty nice and comfortable as well. We did have intermittent cell phone service (AT&T and Verizon) in some areas. We also had satellite Internet and wifi - though only from 2.00am till 9.30am - which really sucked. I do wish we had 24 hr internet access.

The point of the workshop - of course was night photography. We went to Patrirach Grove on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night. This photograph was taken on the last night at the Patriarch grove. I really wanted to get a shot of the milky way and here it is!

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 30s (aperture manual)
Focal Length: 8mm
Lens: Peleng 8mm f3.5 Fisheye for Canon
ISO: 1600
WB: Daylight
Date: August 28, 2011

Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012

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The Milky Way

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Milky Way, Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone pines.

This August (2011), I attended a workshop - "Dark of the Night Star Photography". This was organized by the Pt. Reyes National Seashore Association and the instructors were the really good Harold Davis, Steven Christenson and Eric Harness. (Side Note: Check this interview I did with Harold Davis a while back - its an awesome read.)

On this workshop, we stayed at the Crooked Creek Research Station at 10,200 feet altitude. The accomodation was good - clean, warm. Not your luxury accommodation you would find at a five star hotel, but dorm style with very clean bathrooms, and beds, and a heater and with a very nice view - just perfect for people on a photography workshop.

The classroom area was pretty nice and comfortable as well. We did have intermittent cell phone service (AT&T and Verizon) in some areas. We also had satellite Internet and wifi - though only from 2.00am till 9.30am - which really sucked. I do wish we had 24 hr internet access.

The point of the workshop - of course was night photography. We went to Patrirach Grove on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night. This photograph was taken on the last night at the Patriarch grove. I really wanted to get a shot of the milky way and here it is!

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 30s (aperture manual)
Focal Length: 8mm
Lens: Peleng 8mm f3.5 Fisheye for Canon
ISO: 1600
WB: Daylight
Date: August 28, 2011

Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012

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Fire Dragon (Fire Dancers - 15)

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Fire Dancers, Surfers Museum, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

On Sunday Oct 23, I went for a photo shoot with the Bay Area Night Photography meetup group. The plan was to shoot the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk amusement park at around sunset. While there, the organizers told us about this event - a bunch of fire-dancers were supposed to dance with fire on the lawns of the Surfing Museum near Light House Field State Park on Cliff drive.

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 2s (aperture manual)
Focal Length: 85mm
Lens: Rokinon 85M-C 85mm F1.4 Aspherical
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Date: October 23, 2011

Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012

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Looking On

Looking On, San Diego

I was in a restaurant sometime last week, alone enjoying my pizza and beer. I also had my new Olympus E-PL3 with the Konica Hexanon 40mm f1.8 on it. With the tilting LCD, it was easy to pretend to be not taking photos while taking photos. I never realized what a tough job being a hostess in a restaurant is... Everybody is there eating, drinking enjoying, while they have to stand by the door hungry and cold and bored... Tough job indeed!

Technical Details:

Camera: Olympus E-PL3
Exposure: 1/15s (manual aperture at f 1.8, manual focus)
Focal Length: 40mm
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 40mm f1.8
ISO: 400

Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012

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