Two different framings: 50 yds from our house in the Cascades. Both stacked. The orangish slashes of light on #2 is from the last vestiges of sundown. So shot a bit early but elected...

pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA

50 yds from our house in the Cascades. Both stacked. The orangish slashes of light on #2 is from the last vestiges of sundown. So shot a bit early but elected to leave them alone. Altitude just under 4800 ft. Not very skilled at this business but it’s fun working on it.

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lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

pesfls wrote:

50 yds from our house in the Cascades. Both stacked. The orangish slashes of light on #2 is from the last vestiges of sundown. So shot a bit early but elected to leave them alone. Altitude just under 4800 ft. Not very skilled at this business but it’s fun working on it.

Prefer the first. Too bad you did not wait for a darker sky. I think your camera technique is good, just not the when.

pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA

lamiaceae wrote:

Prefer the first. Too bad you did not wait for a darker sky. I think your camera technique is good, just not the when.

Inexperience and impatience on display. Yes, I’ll get there eventually. Fun trying.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

I like both of them, but, yes. The first one is the better one. I think you will get there! Much better than I have been able to do!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Beautiful! Just stay up later (that is the hard part for me).

pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA

Retired CPO wrote:

I like both of them, but, yes. The first one is the better one. I think you will get there! Much better than I have been able to do!

Thanks Chief. I agree. I wasn’t sure what to do about the light slashes in #2 so just went “what the heck, no big deal”. I did a fair bit of reading before trying. Seems fairly complex to get this business right or at least diligent methodology.

I did follow recommendations on focal length (24mm), shutter speeds, tripod, mirror up, cable realease and stop watch while in bulb mode. Not hard but quite a few steps to it all.

It’s was fun fiddling. This summer I’ll have more time to learn. Writers suggest August for our latitude. I want to take a stab this year at working from the north rim of Crater Lake where you can get both the lake and the MW in your frame. Going to do some scouting in the warm weather beforehand. Only about 45 minutes south. Take care.

pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA

UTMike wrote:

Beautiful! Just stay up later (that is the hard part for me).

Yup. That’s the hard part for me. I’m typically up and about before 5 so not much of a night owl.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

I like them both!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

pesfls wrote:

50 yds from our house in the Cascades. Both stacked. The orangish slashes of light on #2 is from the last vestiges of sundown. So shot a bit early but elected to leave them alone. Altitude just under 4800 ft. Not very skilled at this business but it’s fun working on it.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

pesfls wrote:

Inexperience and impatience on display. Yes, I’ll get there eventually. Fun trying.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

pesfls wrote:

Thanks Chief. I agree. I wasn’t sure what to do ... (show quote)

That sounds like an excellent plan.

waltnetto Loc: LaVerne, CA

DRam11 Loc: Polson, MT

I like them both, but the first one is the best. Good first try.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I prefer the second shot. Trees need something to stand on. To get more sky you could shoot in portrait format.

Stan