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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: MattBurt on September 11, 2017, 01:23:07 pm

Title: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: MattBurt on September 11, 2017, 01:23:07 pm

I took this recently on my way up Kilimanjaro. This is at a little over 13,100' (3990 m). Pretty windy and cold that evening!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4408/36985578332_a4c45401cd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YmhKT3)IMGP9962 (https://flic.kr/p/YmhKT3) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on September 12, 2017, 03:58:10 am

Wonderful.

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: francois on September 12, 2017, 04:08:30 am

Very nice night shot, there's a sense of true adventure.

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 12, 2017, 09:16:51 am

Quote from: francois on September 12, 2017, 04:08:30 am

Very nice night shot, there's a sense of true adventure.

+1.

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: MattBurt on September 12, 2017, 11:59:02 am

Thanks! It was definitely an adventure. I was missing my bigger gear at times like this but definitely not when I was hiking and carrying it!

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: sdwilsonsct on September 13, 2017, 02:37:40 am

Quote from: MattBurt on September 12, 2017, 11:59:02 am

I was missing my bigger gear at times like this but definitely not when I was hiking and carrying it!

Hi Matt,
What's your small gear? Mine's a Sony a5000, love the tilt screen.
I like the blue sky -- moonlight? -- but I wonder how it looks darker.

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: HSakols on September 13, 2017, 09:25:02 am

Great sky!  I'd be in my tent.  Looks cold. 

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: MattBurt on September 13, 2017, 01:26:40 pm

Quote from: sdwilsonsct on September 13, 2017, 02:37:40 am

Hi Matt,
What's your small gear? Mine's a Sony a5000, love the tilt screen.
I like the blue sky -- moonlight? -- but I wonder how it looks darker.

Yes, the moon was pretty bright. This is how it looked to me once my eyes adjusted to the dark. I may play around with it a little and see how that looks too but I don't usually like photos that are what I consider too dark and hard to look at.
I was using a Pentax K-3 and DA 15/4 lens (a little gem of a lens) and just had the camera mounted on a little plastic Ultrapod II and perched on a boulder. I blocked the wind with my body to get a steady shot.

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: John R on September 13, 2017, 11:01:31 pm

Great shot Matt.

JR

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: luxborealis on September 16, 2017, 12:09:36 pm

Wonderful work, Matt!

Title: Re: Karanga Camp in the moonlight
Post by: RSL on September 16, 2017, 12:23:54 pm

First class stuff, Matt. Very nice.