Two Years in the Making

I imagined this image a couple of years ago, and ever since I’ve been waiting for the right conditions. Of course the milky way had to be in the right position on a moonless night, but I also needed calm, clear weather in order to get good star reflections in the lake.

Everything finally came together earlier this week and I got the shot. On the horizon there looks to be a large fire burning which probably accounts for the orange air glow.

-Mirror Lake, Spearfish, South Dakota

Click on the title above to write a comment

Sky:

-Canon 5D Mark III (Astro Modified)

-Sigma 20mm f1.4 lens

-F2.8, 13 sec, iso 3200

-15 stacked images for clarity and noise reduction

Landscape:

-Canoon 5D Mark III (Astro Modified)

-Sigma 20mm f1.4 lens

-F1.4, 30 sec, ISO 3200

-Single image

-Sky images stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker, processed and blended in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

If you don’t see this image for sale and would like to a buy a print, please contact me for ordering details. Many thanks!