Trillium Lake

[Jameel Hyder]

From a trip couple of years ago. Stayed the night hoping for starry skies. Had to come away with this.

Comments welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice night image, that light on the mountain side is intriging.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice night image, that light on the mountain side is intriging.

That light is what kills the night photography in this location. The clouds helped in this case. Otherwise it is very bright and is from a building with very bright lights in the parking area.

 

[AlanLichty]

That's kind of a serious problem for night time photography - when you are shooting towards an urban area. From almost Salem OR up past Ridgefield WA is a zone of almost continuous light pollution. Mt. Hood is much closer to this area than Mt. Rainier is to the Olympia-Seattle urban light pollution zone.

The clouds do help here and add an interesting set of floating backdrops to the comp. This is one case where the urban lights may have helped with your take away.

 

[Timmeh]

Hey Jameel,

The sky is surprisingly bright for having pinpoint stars, and you did get a reasonable number of stars considering the light pollution. I agree that the clouds dramatically improved the outcome given the light pollution issues.

Tim

 

[Kyle Jones]

Definitely a nice way to use what you were given. I need to make it there one of these days.

 

[JimFox]

This is pretty cool Jameel. The clouds were definitely in your favor. I have found in areas of light pollution that partly cloudy skies can be a real benefit when shooting stars.

 

[Leslie Hunter]

Beautiful!

 

[Carlo Didier]

I actually like the hazy mood. My first thought when I saw it was "like a scene from another planet in Star Wars"
The reflection is very nice too.

 

[MonikaC]

Pretty nice take-away. My first thought was, "that's a lot of light pollution", then a second later, "actually, it's toned down pretty well". Carlo's take on it looking like a Star Wars scene is spot on!

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I like the light in this one, Jameel. You have composed it perfectly and I think it adds to the image. I don't think it is any different than light painting a night scene. Good work!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Thank you everyone for your encouraging comments.

 

[lightsgood]

Epic.....