From this fantastic vantage point the lights of Simon's Town come alive under a beautiful setting sky. Thank you Konrad Clifton for showing me this great spot.
Showing posts with label night photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label night photography. Show all posts
Friday, 4 March 2016
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Under The Stars
The Cederberg is a dry arid landscape, and while this may sound like it's a boring, formless landscape, it is anything but. Millions of years of wind pummelling against the mountain range have caused fantastic and beautiful rock formations, the most predominant being the Wolfberg Arch.
With the knowledge that there was no water along the day hike toward this landmark, my father and I decided to haul our packs loaded with camera equipment and 10 litres of water up the steep slopes.
We were pretty beat by the time we got our camp. But despite the aching bones and tired legs, the view was absolutely worth it. With our tent set up practically underneath the beautiful arch, and not a soul in sight for miles, we snapped away with our cameras.
All in all a great trip!!!
With the knowledge that there was no water along the day hike toward this landmark, my father and I decided to haul our packs loaded with camera equipment and 10 litres of water up the steep slopes.
We were pretty beat by the time we got our camp. But despite the aching bones and tired legs, the view was absolutely worth it. With our tent set up practically underneath the beautiful arch, and not a soul in sight for miles, we snapped away with our cameras.
All in all a great trip!!!
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| Camping Under the Stars |
Friday, 17 April 2015
Starry Starry Night
On my recent trip to the Cederberg I planned to try out some astrophotography. This is something I'm very unfamiliar with, and have never tried before. The landscape of the Cederberg is a series of strange rock formations formed over millions of years by the battering winds. One of the most distinctive features of the Cederberg is the Wolfberg Arch, a 30 meter (100ft) high rock wall, with a massive hole straight through the middle.
With this as a subject I experimented with star photography. With essentially one hour to snap away before the moon came up I decided I would try some deep-space photography, as star-trail photography would just be too time consuming. It was a challenge finding the correct settings to get enough light with as little star-trail as possible and as little noise as possible. With my Canon 50D and Sigma 10-20 lens I ended up getting this shot on a 78 second bulb release, at f/5 with an ISO of 1600. I then post-processed it in Photoshop in order to bring out the light of the Milky Way. For those interested I followed an excellent YouTube tutorial by Kenneth Brandon on how to post-process Milky Way shots.
This was a fun experiment, and something I'm sure in time I'll improve on, but for the moment I'm very happy with the result.
I hope you enjoy it!
And please feel free to comment on this and any other of my posts and pictures.
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| Wolfberg Arch and Milky Way |
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