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    Milky Way over Arscenic Arch

    A nice payoff for what ended up being an adventurous night last night. For some reason, I remembered this arch being a lot closer to the road, and the approach being fairly straight forward. It was not. Ended up being 3/4 of a mile in pitch black, over somewhat complex territory. Big props to Wyoming Dave for bringing along Mr. Geepus, an iPod, and some speakers while we waited for the 1/20th moon to set (bottom right.) Notice the small shooting star over the arch as well.

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    (more to come as i get the time)


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    Great pic. I really like the night shots you have posted up over time. I need to give that a go this summer while camping.

    Did you stobe the arch or light it up with a big flashlight? Need to learn how to set something like this up. Care to share you exposure setup?

    Thanks

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    Got a larger version I could steal and use as my desktop background?

    GREAT pic!

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    Way cool Dan!
    "My heart shall cry out for Moab..." Isaiah 15:5

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    Zoinks! Gorgeous. First thing I noticed was the shooting star - very cool!

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    thanks all. one more from a couple nights ago at little egypt.


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    These are fabulous!

    How are you illuminating the rock?
    It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life. - Ten Bears, "The Outlaw Josie Wales"

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    I prefer the more recent picture of little Egypt. That is way cool! Although the shooting star is awesome in the first picture.
    "My heart shall cry out for Moab..." Isaiah 15:5

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    Really, though these pictures are fantastic.
    "My heart shall cry out for Moab..." Isaiah 15:5

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    Quote Originally Posted by CarpeyBiggs

    Dan -

    Could you email me a larger version of this pic? I'd like to use it as my desktop.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Very nice Dan
    Did you using any in camera noise reduction?

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    Great shot's as always Dan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ststephen
    These are fabulous!

    How are you illuminating the rock?
    Thanks. The arch is lit with a tikka xp headlamp. Little egypt was lit with a camera flash, handheld, 3 times as I walked around.

    Quote Originally Posted by summit42
    Did you using any in camera noise reduction?
    No. Try to take care of the noise in post. Though, these types of images lend themselves to really high ISO. They are stars after all, so they look like grain. A little noise is no big deal. I just get rid of the chroma, leave the luma.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldno7
    Great shot's as always Dan.
    thanks kurt.

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    Impressive! You lit the arch with a headlamp? What was your shutter speed?
    The gostak distims the doshes.

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    Dan, as usual--sick pics.

    Would you mind sharing your EXIF info? PM if not here?

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    no problem.

    ISO 3200, f2.8, 30 seconds, canon 5D, 15mm fisheye. light from either another camera flash, or my tikka xp headlamp

    contrast and color correction in post, clean up the noise. no compositing.

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    Those are fantastic Dan. Sorry to have missed you and WyoDave. The guys that I was with on Saturday were in way too much of a hurry to get home. Steve and Clark said you were skinnier. Sounds like you need to hang out with the Mapleton boys and have a dutch oven dinner or two. After all, Dutch oven John and I have beat anorexia.
    Life is Good

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    yeah, bummed to have missed you guys. i was there friday night, but didn't come down to 'thrax, since it seemed there were tons of people.

    not sure i can say i am really skinnier than before. but 3 months of asian food probably didn't bulk me up too much, that's for sure.

    hopefully next time

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