Karanga Camp in the moonlight

[MattBurt]

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!
IMGP9962 by Matt Burt, on Flickr

[Paulo Bizarro]

Wonderful.

[francois]

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

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

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

+1.

[MattBurt]

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!

[sdwilsonsct]

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.

[HSakols]

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

[MattBurt]

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.

[John R]

Great shot Matt.

JR

[luxborealis]

Wonderful work, Matt!

[RSL]

First class stuff, Matt. Very nice.