Beautiful Night Photograph!

[Tom Lowe]

My main man, Wally Pacholka, strikes again, this time with a brilliant shot of Mt Rushmore at night. The photo made NASA's APOD for 4th of July.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Amazing!!!

Camera?

 

[Liam Hall]

Truly awe-inspiring.

There's something quite noble in Wally's photography. I bet he's a really good guy to sit and talk with.

Do you know how many shots he used to create this?

 

[Tom Lowe]

Liam, I had the pleasure of meeting Wally out at Nevada's Valley of Fire park a couple of months ago, and he's basically the nicest guy in the world. He's very humble, and generous with his time and knowledge.

Sanjin, I will ask him for some more details about the shot - camera, lens, etc. Based on the image quality, I would guess that he used the Canon 5D Mark II.

 

[Joseph Ward]

Happy Fourth!atriot:

 

[Frank Weeks]

Very nice image Tom. Just curious. Do you use the 5D markII for any of you're time lapses work? Love you're stuff.

 

[Evin Grant]

I was in Joshua Tree fooling around with Astro-photography myself last week...

Pretty fun, all taken with the Nikon D3 and 14-24 and 24-70 Nikkor lenses.

 

[Rudi Herbert]

Very darn nice Evin! Love the composition and the "feel" of the images, I can also distinguish the Nikon look in them (nothing better or worse about that, just an observation). For what I've seen from Tom and now you, Joshua Tree looks like a key into the universe, maybe the gate to a black hole?

 

[Tom Lowe]

Evin, I think you were doing more than fooling around -- those shots are tremendous! Fantastic work.

Videodisc, I use the 5D2 for all timelapse now. I absolutely love that camera.

 

[Evin Grant]

Thanks guys, seriously though these were my first attempts at Astro-pics and Startrails.

 

[ericyoung]

These pictures really looks very beautiful but i think that the background of these pics are not original...

Actually the backgrounds are very real. That's the whole beauty of ultra low noise, high ISO pictures possible with the latest Nikon and Canon cameras, especially with fast lenses!

 

[A. Clint Litton]

Haven't been taking too many pictures as of late, sadly, but long exposures have always been one of my favorite kinds of photography.

Here's one I took in the middle of (almost) nowhere, Georgia, a few years back...

 

[Stefan Christou]

Amazing images guys. Great thread once again from Tom and co.

 

[Frank Weeks]

I use the 5D2 for all timelapse now. I absolutely love that camera.

Are you using the TC-80N3 for control?

 

[Casey Green]

Thanks guys, seriously though these were my first attempts at Astro-pics and Startrails.

Outstanding work, Evin. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Tom Lowe]

Are you using the TC-80N3 for control?

Yes. I also have a TC80N3 knockoff from "Aputure" brand that works just as well and costs a lot less. :cheers2:

 

[Frank Weeks]

Thanks Tom. Got one on order. Can't wait to play and learn.

BTW, beautiful work Evin.

 

[Greg Syverson]

Very nice shots

Starting Thursday I have six weeks off from work to go play with my wifes new Canon
5D 2 . I need to be careful because she may get the idea I think it is mine.

Great work on the night shots. I love them

Greg

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

I was in Joshua Tree fooling around with Astro-photography myself last week...

Pretty fun, all taken with the Nikon D3 and 14-24 and 24-70 Nikkor lenses.

Wow, Evin, ridiculously good stuff.

What was your exposure on this one?

 

[Evin Grant]

Wow, Evin, ridiculously good stuff.

What was your exposure on this one?

Thanks again, 20s F2.8 ISO 2000, Timed using an MC-20 timer remote cable release. The rocks were illuminated by some random campers headlights. The D3 and the 14-24mm F2.8 Nikkor really are the sweet spot for Milky Way photos. The lens is as sharp as a Master Prime and the D3 can expose at this speed with very minimal noise making beautiful large prints.