Yosemite Valley at Night

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Jonathan

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Another astrophotography attempt from my Yosemite National Park trip last fall. Half Dome, Glacier Point, and stars reflected in the Merced River. I think the bright star is a planet, not sure which as I didn't look it up at the time.

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Butlerkid said:
Really a wonderful image! Strong composition. Did you take any images with a shorter shutter speed?
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I didn’t, all were 30 second exposures from that night. Perhaps something I should experiment with next time!

I’m certainly no astro expert, any settings you would recommend? I usually default to 30s, f/2.8, and ISO 6400.
 
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bronaldo said:
Beautiful!

Is this a single exposure?
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Yes, this is a single exposure (30sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400).

I’ve read about other techniques like stacking multiple images to reduce noise or combining a foreground shot and a star shot to blend in post processing but I haven’t tried those yet.

I will say I do like the simplicity of a single exposure haha! But maybe results could be better with other techniques.
 
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Jonathan said:
Another astrophotography attempt from my Yosemite National Park trip last fall. Half Dome, Glacier Point, and stars reflected in the Merced River. I think the bright star is a planet, not sure which as I didn't look it up at the time.

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Beautiful shot. The planet is probably Venus as it is usually one of the brighter planets. However I sure I’d it was visible when you captured this shot. At any rate we’ll do e image.
 
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Jonathan said:
I didn’t, all were 30 second exposures from that night. Perhaps something I should experiment with next time!

I’m certainly no astro expert, any settings you would recommend? I usually default to 30s, f/2.8, and ISO 6400.
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The stars are a bit blurred. A shorter shutter time would help achieve sharp stars. Research shutter time versus focal length.....
 
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Jonathan said:
Another astrophotography attempt from my Yosemite National Park trip last fall. Half Dome, Glacier Point, and stars reflected in the Merced River. I think the bright star is a planet, not sure which as I didn't look it up at the time.

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Beautiful scene and capture with reflection, the Merced was calm that nite!!!Really would like to try this but bedtime is around 9 and the wife hates cold!:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
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MorganP said:
Very nice.
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Thanks!
Whiskeyman said:
It captures the essence of Yosemite Valley very well. Nicely done, Jonathan!
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Thank you!
CentralCoast said:
Cool
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Thanks!
Charles Loy said:
Super photo
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Thanks! I appreciate the comments!
KurtT said:
Beautiful scene and capture with reflection, the Merced was calm that nite!!!Really would like to try this but bedtime is around 9 and the wife hates cold!:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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I went to Yosemite with my buddy from school, he also goes to bed early, around 9, so I was out by myself for this one!
 
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Bob k. said:
Great picture! Was the moon out that night? There is so much light on the mountains and part of the fore ground. At 15mm and 30 seconds I really don't see a star trails.
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The moon wasn’t out when the photo was taken. The light may be coming from the Curry Village campground and/ or Housekeeping Camp campground.

The camera picked up more light than I remember seeing. Thinking the 30s exposure had something to do with that but I’m certainly no night photography expert!
 
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