https://www.olyendomike.com/Bar-HarborBoulder-Beach-4-2022/
This was one my "bright ideas"---going up near Bar Harbor in early spring as
the Milkyway arch is nice and horizontal making for some nice possible
compositions not available at other times of year. Problem is it is cold and
the galactic core doesn't rise until well after 2 AM. The weather did not
cooperate that much as cloudy or just hazy at night but we had a couple hour
window on our last night. The beach that required rappelling down a small way
was not very practical at night as the rope was gone. We could scramble down
during the day but hazardous at night with gear.
We scoped out a couple compositions during the day at Boulder Beach and set our
alarms. It was particularly cold and windy, and the humidity was higher than
optimal with clouds to roll in after 2AM according to Clear Outside app. There
is something about balancing on boulders and just standing still for an hour
that puts 30 years on you. We both took one composition even before the
Galactic core was fully up and scurried off to warmup in the car. I set
Marnie's pod as she didn't want to be responsible for a disaster and did not do
a proper job. It shifted a bit after 6 shots so the stack is quite small and
the stacked file still gritty. I stood 20 ft behind her for the foreground
shot with an Android phone, I carry for just such an eventuality to provide a
smidge of low-level lighting to bring out some details in the boulders--that
was a tad over 3 min exposure. (As Dr. Flash always said about exposure to even
it out with external lighting, distance is your friend) The read nois
e on the E-M1 MkIII is just a bit too much for this application and there is a
complex color cast that is a bear to ameliorate. I should trade up. I did
have a go at Marnie's composition and have not done mine yet.
I bet Moose has dozens of shots of Somesville Bridge.
Best wishes to all, Mike
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