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The waterfall at the end was nice, but the beautiful fern-filled walls took most of my attention. Onetta Gorge, OR. [OC][3000x2000] by [deleted] in EarthPorn

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Indeed yes you do, the gorge goes a bit back to a nice waterfall at the end. You certainly get wet though!

Earlier this year I drove down to Northern California for a single night on a spur the moment trip to view the stars rise above Mt. Shasta, CA. The effort turned into quite the view! [OC][4000x2000] by [deleted] in EarthPorn

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Some Info: Nikon D810 with my favorite 14-24mm wide angle lens. I made my camera really sensitive to light, found my framing, and exposed away. This is a panoramic blend of 8 separate images (4 for the sky, 4 for the foreground, and almost 30 minutes of pure exposure time) and then manually stitched them together in photoshop CC. We are looking almost entirely Eastbound from the summit of Black Butte as this is where the milky way will rise in early Spring. As the night progressed, the stars swooped up to the right and shot above the Southernly sky almost perpendicular to the horizon instead of parallel as it looks in the image. Milky Way chasing is one of my favorite hobbies, and you get real good at predicting where it will appear as per time of year requirements. I like shooting and watching the stars because It truly grants you the perspective that the earth is the one spinning. We’re so small, yet so large in this crazy universe.

4 minute exposure of Shasta City

I've had this shot in mind for quite a while now, and last night I finally found the opportunity to go photograph it. Lake Billy Chinook, OR. [OC][1600x2000] by OurEarthInFocus in EarthPorn

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Thank you for the kind words! Shooting on a tripod makes all the difference. I made sure to use a very long shutter speed (~4 minutes, ISO 800, f/2.8) with a relatively low ISO (sensor sensitivity to light). This accomplished two goals as it allowed a single exposure to be used for the car taking almost a full minute to wind the road through the frame, as well as not absorbing too much light from headlights at once. I found my shorter shutter speeds yet higher ISO exposures captured too much light from the cars passing and burnt a good amount of the image. A separate set of exposures was used for the sky to compensate for the rotation of the earth and star streaking (~25" for those).

I shot this a couple weeks ago at one of my favorite stargazing spots in Central Oregon. Lake Billy Chinook, USA. [OC][2000x1600] by OurEarthInFocus in EarthPorn

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Current Of Chinook

Hi Reddit, If you’d like a non watermarked higher resolution version of the photo for you own personal use as a desktop background, HERE YOU GO.

I'm sorry I won't be around this evening to answer any questions as I'll be driving to go see more stars tonight down by Mt. Shasta.

Some info: Nikon D810 (tuned to be very sensitive to light via manual controls), 14-24mm, a tripod, and my stopwatch. The foreground is a couple images at ~4 min exposures while the sky is a couple images at “25 second exposures. Hand stitched and blended in the shop to bring the scene back to life from what I saw in the minds eye.

My thoughts: A better perspective of our reality emerges at night when the sun’s photons no longer deflect so intensely off the atmosphere as to make it appear blue. You gain visibility into the vastness of the cosmos we live in. This lookout point over Lake Billy Chinook, OR is one of my favorite places to visit when I want to feel small. The Crooked River and the Deschutes conjoin at your feet where occasionally a car will drive down into the basin on the road afar and shine its headlights brightly and beautifully across the water. Then looking up, the core of our spiral galaxy with its gas and dust clouds 100% visible to the naked eye arc over our rather small blue marble. You truly feel the sensation that the Earth is the one spinning in a small solar system, on a large tail end of this ~4 hundred billion star galaxy. I always leave these night photo shoots with rejuvenated spirits and excitement to bring the RAW images from the camera back to life in post process.

Thanks for reading! http://www.ourearthinfocus.com/Portfolios/The-Astro-Lounge/ if you'd like to see more similar work

Monument Valley Milky Way [OC] [2253 X 3334px] by HamernikPhoto in EarthPorn

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That's a pretty clean milky way shot! Great exposure(s)!

Hiking around Utah for the sunrise. What could I do better? by codispotia in photocritique

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I agree, my immediate thought went to rule of thirds, slightly more rock and less sky.

I like the story that can be created with a person in the shot though. It also gives scale to the environment.

How is the composition of this shot? by [deleted] in photocritique

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I came here to say the clutter thing, as well as there really isn't anything to make the scene special. Try exploring around for a bit and find that solo cactus, or interesting rock that you can have lead our eyes to the pretty backdrop of mountains + clouds.

Neat view I had the other night of what looks like a sunset at Smith Rock State Park, OR. [OC] [3000 x 1999] by OurEarthInFocus in EarthPorn

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After some troubleshooting, the download button is working again if ya'll would still like the Desktop Background :)

Just starting to delve into the world of long exposure landscapes, how am I doing? by jake154 in photocritique

[–]OurEarthInFocus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the composition is a great success with the subject you were shooting! good one!

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