This is from an all night solo adventure into the remote southern California desert wilderness. It is a selfie as I'm looking through some images from earlier in the day on my laptop.
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this is phenomenal, composited sky?
In the technical sense, yes. The sky is 15 images of 2 mins each, (track and stacked). The ground and me is one image at late "blue hour". The MW sky is a couple hours after.
Great shot! I think the sky is well processed. The foreground might be a little flat in terms of lighting, but I think the arch adds just enough interest to make it compelling.
My one suggestion would be to maybe use a headlamp or some other camping gear as an artificial light source next time. I think the tablet/laptop pulls me out of the scene a bit. Perhaps it's unfair given how light and portable electronics have become, but when I think about outdoor adventure photography I inherantly think about leaving those creature comforts behind. Great work though!
fair assessment. lol. Can you imagine if the modern day adventurers didn't take any of their tech with them? I wasn't trying to be like Chris McCandless.
True enough! And I disprove my own point when I drag a full-frame dslr on bacpacking trips. More about setting the mood in an image than about the realities of modern exploring.