LadybugDec 14, 2022
Bryan Hansel

Beyond Adventure (vertical shot)

As far as I can tell, I was the first to take a Milky Way shot behind this island. A friend went a few days later and was the second. That's back when hardly anyone was shooting the night sky.

Flashforward to 2021 when I took this shot and I'm amazed at what cameras can do now. This image combines two photos taken of the same composition. The first is for the sky and the second longer exposure is of the ground. Then they are blended in software.

#photography

Dec 14, 2022 at 1:28pmWeb
Show threadPaul "Princejvstin" WeimerDec 14, 2022
@bryanhansel man, that's some fantastic stuff, Bryan.
Show threadBryan HanselDec 14, 2022
@Princejvstin this was my favorite shot from last year. It turned out to be a popular print, too.
Show threadPaul "Princejvstin" WeimerDec 14, 2022
@bryanhansel If my schedule and budget allows and if you wind up with an cancellation, I may just jump on one of your two night courses (or else I am just going to pounce for 2024...)
Show threadBryan HanselDec 14, 2022
@Princejvstin can you send me an email? I'll add you to the waiting list. When something opens, I work down the list before I open it to the public.
Show threadPaul "Princejvstin" WeimerDec 14, 2022
@bryanhansel and done, and thank you!
Show thread@Lee_in_IowaDec 14, 2022
@bryanhansel Back in wet darkroom days, we called it “sandwiching negatives”.
Show threadBryan HanselDec 14, 2022
@Lee_in_Iowa that wouldn't give the same result. You'd need to completely mask out the sky. It would be better to cut a rubylith mask for the ground, expose the sky, remove the rubylith, switch the negative and then dodge the transition.
Show thread@Lee_in_IowaDec 14, 2022
@bryanhansel You’re right.
Show threadBryan HanselDec 14, 2022
@Lee_in_Iowa I don't miss the wet darkroom most of the time, but watching the image appear on the paper was magically.
Show threadBellison22Dec 14, 2022
@bryanhansel Stunning!
Show threadOldeHippi 🦋🎨🙏🌺Dec 15, 2022

@bryanhansel

Wow, a natural castle!!