The beautiful night time sky
The beautiful night time sky
Who doesn’t love a great starry sky? Gazing up at all the billions of stars, wondering what else is out there, feeling so small in comparison to the universe.
Our last night on the Kofa I was determined to get out and shoot the stars. It’s a new moon, and the skies there are unbelievably dark. Plus, the craggy mountains are the perfect foreground for star photography. The milky way isn’t as vibrant as it was in Wyoming, but it was still very bright. Rita and Teri went with me, so we had a fun girls night out. They aren’t photographers, so I enlisted them to be light painters. (after I explained what that was all about) They were so fascinated in what I was doing, and we really had a great time.
The evening started out with the new moon setting right after the sun.
When it got darker, the moon was quite reddish.
When it finally got dark, dark we drove toward the mountain.
Some light painting really helped the craggy mountain stand out more.
The milky way was pretty great too.
Just the silhouette, but still very dramatic.
I love the night sky, and it’s fun to photograph it and preserve it. I’m still not very good at this whole night photography thing, but I sure have fun trying.
Today is the See Beautiful blog hop, so be sure to see what everyone else is seeing beautiful today.
Beautiful skies indeed Mary! I miss those wide open spaces! Happy Seeing Beautiful!
Oh how I need to learn to do this. What a spectacular view of light and shadow, Mary!
great! maybe it is true that there are really diamonds in the sky? probably rihanny saw your photos too :o)
Hello, beautiful series of night shots. The stars and moon are just lovely, great captures. Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend!
Great night skies!
It’s a little too cold here to admire the sky for long; that and the constantly falling snow make it hard to remember what a clear night sky look like ;-)
Stunning, Mary! What a experience of witness this fascinating scene. Thank you for sharing with us. :)
Great job photographing the night sky:) Love the Milky Way!!
We can’t do night photography at all at this point. Your pics are great! They look more like paintings.
I love night photography, and I can tell you had ideal conditions!!!! I found a great book that is guiding me through learning about it called Night Sky Photography by Jennifer Wu and James Martin. The hardest part is focusing because, believe it or not, the stars become pin-point when the focus is set at well less than infinity distance (crazy, I know). A fun website is Lonely Speck, and it actually has a device for sale that takes the guesswork out of focusing on the stars. It’s a little expensive so I haven’t decided yet whether to get one.
Anyway, I love your photos! I’m so glad you have such very dark skies and can share them with us!
I think the stars turned outYou are in such a great place for photographing the sky! I like your photos. The sky over Ontario is clear (for a change) but it’s way too cold to be out photographing the stars.
Looks pretty darn good to me, Mary! If only I knew what you do!…:)JP
All the stars there are so amazing, and those moon shots are just stunning!
I must have missed the light painting post. What is that?
I love the night sky! Our first walk of the morning is one of my favorites. The sky is a dark inky blue, the trees are silhouetted against it and the stars are out too. Of course they aren’t nearly as bright or as plentiful as the ones you see, but it is truly a calming and zen moment. To imagine how tiny one is in the vastness of the universe.