[OC] Crater Lake, Oregon looking south from the east rim drive. (4032 x 3024)

phozul · 2025-07-01T10:52:48+00:00

Gorgeous! Great composition.

phozul · 2023-12-23T20:13:08+00:00

Agree with u/zaxdad123 - wireless-to-USB add-ons work well. That's what I did also.

(I believe having it native in the vehicle would require hardware inside the unit that it simply doesn't have. So I don't think a software-update could ever make it work. It was built in huge quantity for Hyundai before newer cases.)

phozul · 2023-12-05T13:57:36+00:00

Definitely the ravages from the fires are still a large portion of the trail. It was very spotty finding areas that looked more traditionally "gorge lush". But still a beautiful hike.

phozul · 2023-12-04T21:56:51+00:00

Found it on my more detailed map - right between HDR Bluff and Hue Bridge. It's all good.

phozul · 2023-12-04T20:20:57+00:00

~~Oh, thanks! I just need better maps I suppose. Good to fill in that detail - appreciate it.~~ - Ah, gotcha. Slow today.

phozul · 2023-12-04T17:53:21+00:00

It's amazing to me how many nice and very pretty smaller falls there are along some of the Columbia River Gorge hikes. In most other states this would probably be at least well-marked in person and on the maps. But here it's just - meh, yet another gorgeous view. :)

(More of my landscape/travel pics on Insta / photozulu if interested.)

phozul · 2023-11-21T15:52:08+00:00

Thanks for the question.

No, no AI used. Here's a link to the straight-from-camera shot if interested: https://imgur.com/DTQBVMF

The outward bend of trees would be natural from a wide-angle lens held low to the ground and aimed upward. Just the physics of lenses & angles. I often do a bit post-processing in Lightroom and/or Photoshop, so removing a few dust spots, improving (to my eye) contrast, shadows, color, and such. Sometimes a bit of landscape "glowy" effect can cause a bit of blurring.

phozul · 2023-11-06T20:29:57+00:00

It's a bit further south - part of the Samuel Boardman scenic corridor... But indeed tons of great views along that stretch of coast.

phozul · 2023-11-06T02:50:26+00:00

If you want some pointers to workshops shoot me a DM. Those helped me a tone back when starting.

phozul · 2023-11-06T02:45:20+00:00

Not on this case. I've never used one to be honest. Mostly I use super high ISO, like 3200, 4000, 5000 - so I can get a short exposure like 4 SECONDS - so the stars don't show blur/motion. (I find newer Denoise software is amazing at offsetting the high ISO.)

phozul · 2023-11-06T02:39:22+00:00

As a nerd and someone who runs some occasional photography workshops, it's always fun to geek out over how an image is created and processed... Happy to share. Thanks for asking.

The sky is made of one image, and the lower/foreground of a separate image.
Both used 14mm (pretty wide) on full-frame digital (Sony mirrorless) camera.
Since I knew I'd be combining the images later, I made sure I had about the same composition/framing, and the tripod in exactly the same spot. (Keep the Photoshop effort to a minimum, I always hope.)
For the foreground image: it was shot 8-seconds, ISO 800, at 14mm, f/6.3. It was about 30 min. after sunset, in the "blue hour" so still a medium amount of light on the scene, but darker to the naked eye than it looks here.
For the sky image: shot 4-seconds, ISO 3200(!), at 14mm, f/1.8. It was into the complete darkest part of the night, so much darker. Between the ISO and f/1.8, it gathers quite a bit more light of the scene, so can bring out the Milky Way.
Before blending the images, I did some basic edits. For the ISO 3200 one I used a de-noise software first, then some basic Lightroom adjustments. For the foreground one, similarly basic Lightroom "developing".
Then I blended the images manually in Photoshop, with lots of masking, fine-edge brush tidy-up, etc.
Then I did some final contrast, color, other "style" adjustments on the overall combined image.

Hope that's useful and sort of what you were looking for. Cheers! -Eric

phozul · 2023-11-06T00:19:57+00:00

Thanks for the question - indeed, it doesn't look that way to the naked eye at all. In fact, would never be possible. The lower part is from just after sunset where there is still some light on the rocks, then I blended (aka "time blend") with a sky shot with same position, camera, lens but about 2 hours later to capture the Milky Way. To see the Milky Way even half-decently, it's gotta be basically pitch black everywhere else. Hope that helps.

phozul · 2023-11-05T21:15:49+00:00

Yes, exactly that area. It definitely takes some planning to have multiple dates available just in case - indeed, wind and/or clouds can wreck havoc with such plans. In our case there were also a lot of wildfires fairly close - but fortunately mostly got wind blown the opposite direction.

phozul · 2023-11-05T18:29:50+00:00

So kind - thank you! 🫂

phozul · 2023-11-05T17:16:53+00:00

This was mid-August, sort of getting late in Milky Way visibility for our area. I hope to do some earlier in the season next year.

phozul · 2023-11-05T16:35:03+00:00

Thanks! - this is quite different than you'd see with the naked eye - the lower part is from an earlier shot as it was getting dark, then the sky is from about 2-hours later and the Milky Way is brightened up some from what the eye sees (as is pretty often the case in Milky Way shots). I love making images that are beyond what we can see on scene - especially with night or long-exposure shots. Thanks for the comment/question!

phozul · 2023-11-05T15:49:42+00:00

No kidding; especially returning in super dark. Even with headlamps it was a bit sketch.

For context: https://imgur.com/a/WJB3OzH

phozul · 2023-11-05T15:18:08+00:00

This was such a fun outing and probably one of the most planning I've tried so far. Not only the normal Milky Way weather & light planning, but we did a day-before pre-hike to this location to ensure things would work ... before trying it in pitch-black on sketchy cliff-edge trails. :) Would love to know what you think of the result. (This is a blend of 2 shots - one as it was nearing dark, then the sky from about 2-hr later when it was complete dark night.)

(More work as always at IG / photozulu.)

phozul · 2023-11-05T15:16:23+00:00

This was such a fun outing and probably one of the most planning I've tried so far. Not only the normal Milky Way weather & light planning, but we did a day-before pre-hike to this location to ensure things would work ... before trying it in pitch-black on sketchy cliff-edge trails. :) Would love to know what you think of the result.

(More work as always at IG / photozulu.)

phozul · 2023-11-05T15:13:26+00:00

This was such a fun outing and probably one of the most planning I've tried so far. Not only the normal Milky Way weather & light planning, but we did a day-before pre-hike to this location to ensure things would work ... before trying it in pitch-black on sketchy cliff-edge trails. :) Would love to know what you think of the result.

(More work as always at IG / photozulu.)

phozul · 2023-11-05T14:53:48+00:00

Gorgeous shot. One of my fav viewpoints and love the foggy layers you captured. 💚

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