Still searching, looking, hoping for answers in this life. Remembering a wonderful night from our last summer before moving out of the US – I was alone under the stars deep in the Adirondacks of NY, USA at Lake Lila, one of my favourite places. I took some time after photographing a few of my design client’s projects to spend time hiking / wandering in the mountains and forests.
This is a ‘stay at home’ re-edit, playing with the reflections a bit and altering the base Ps files that were stacked and stitched to make this image.
Canon EOS M6, EFM22, f2.8, 120s @ ISO 800, riding on a Vixen Polarie.
27 images (3 land, 12×2 for the sky). Tracked, stacked and stitched. Lr, AutoPano Giga and Ps.
Typically one visits Lake Lila with a canoe after a long drive down a ‘unimproved’ dirt road. I hiked into this spot after noon and setup, snacked, and watched the light change. I heard fireworks from far far away, dozed off, and eventually watched the Milky Way rising over the lake. I hiked out as the moon was rising, napped in the hatchback and was back in Vermont for breakfast at one of my favourite cafes before the family was out of bed.
Minimal edit in Lr, exported as TIFF, stacked in Starry Sky Stacker, TIFFs stitched in AutoPano Giga, imported to Ps, curves and adjustments, along with pasting in the static foreground images, then final adjustments in Lr.