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Iridescent colors light up the spray on this wave on the north shore of Oahu
Hallstatt lake after rain. Perspective near the wooden bridge
took the chance between some rain shower to visit one of my beloved trees on the hill over my home village. a strong cold breeze around my ears made it uncomfortable. but for a tree shot :-))
cheers from lower franconia, Ralf
I do not believe in God, but it is moments like this when I seriously start to doubt that disbelief.
The night started off at 2am, waking up and getting out of bed not long after I had gotten in. I looked out the window and the sky was coated with low hanging, thick cloud. I got back into bed, I lay there a moment. The weather forecast had been for clear, beautiful skies over Durdle Door – my eyes argued the opposite. Eventually, against my better judgement, I got out of bed and headed for the coast.
Half an hour later I arrived to find my friend Matt already there. Durdle Door is a pain in the arse sometimes, as they lock the gates to the dark park so that you cannot pay for parking and then fine you £90 when you park somewhere close. Still, we knew we would be gone before the place opened up so we left the cars there, put on as many layers as we could and then sauntered down towards Durdle Door.
When shooting the Milky Way (and I am no expert from a photography sense) you need to first let your eyes adapt to the darkness. Once you have been in complete darkness for a around 20 minutes, when you look in the direction of our galactic core, you can slowly start to see the dust and clouds that form the band you see in the image above. As for taking the image, I find that shooting with a large aperture lens, such as an F/1.4 is best and setting your ISO no higher than 3200.
The shot you see above is a panorama of the serial arm of the Milky Way galaxy that we can see from earth. It contains approximately 250 billion stars and is 150 billion light years in diameter. The means that to travel from one side of it to the other, it would take you 150 billion years travelling at 671 million miles per hour. Yeah, its pretty big. What you are looking at is one part of a serial arm.
Anyway, it was freezing at Durdle Door this morning, I mean really freezing. Matt and I lasted there until about 5.30am, when we realised it wasn’t going to be the best sunset and we packed up and headed for McDonalds. For once, he even paid!
long exposure
Central Mosque of Songkhla
Finally made it to Lake Tahoe as a photographer. Yup, I’ve been here numerous accounts since I was still in school. I knew it was a gorgeous lake. Famous for it’s deep crystal clear blue water and a plethora of rocks along the shores. Also known locally as Big Blue. So what did I do when given the opportunity to come up for vacation? Yup, you got that right, I googled and planed and seek out local photography gems. Here’s one, The ever elusive Bonsai Rock. You can figure out for yourself why it’s called such. The passing storm made it almost impossible to shoot. Had to wait for the break between the sprinkle and rain to smooth out the water. Here’s my rendition. Thank you for stopping by and enjoy!
Sig Nordal 