Night photography is never the same from one night to the next, or from one location to the next. The wind caught my tripod and threw my camera, lens first, down an embankment and the Tokina didn't even get a scratch on it! When I'm not doing night photography, I also pack my Canon 70-200 mm (aka Big Bertha). I then pack my Canon 6D and my two wide angle lenses - the Canon 16-35 mm and the Tokina 16-28 mm. I hate to admit it but I was planning a shoot with a friend one night and realized only after driving for over an hour that I had forgotten my SD card. The first two things that I make sure are in my bag is an SD card and a battery. Finally, I used an extension package in Photoshop to sharpen the image and compress it. I then processed the colour using Nik software.
ADD CANON 6D TO STARRY NIGHT PRO WINDOWS
I made all of basic adjustments in Light Room, then moved it to Photoshop where I toned down the light coming from the windows in the cabin. The challenge was to edit in a way that the light from the cabin didn't over power the stars. Of course the one night I managed to get out there when there wasn't any clouds it was -28C! It was worth it though the photo turned out exactly as I imagined it would!įor as hard as this shot was to get in camera, it was equally hard to process because it was a single image. Every time I went there the cabin was under cloud, even when the weather called for clear skies. I knew it would look amazing under the stars but I swear this little cabin has it's own weather system - mostly cloudy and overcast. I have been to this cabin several times during the day, and one other time at night. I was also wearing enough warm layers to make an expedition to the arctic! It was -28 degrees celsius that night so warm clothing and boots were essential. This image was taken with a Canon 6D using a Canon 16-35 mm lens, tripod mounted. Just as I was pressing the shutter the mist cleared ever so slightly, and the light softened. I must have tried 50 different settings this image happened to be the very last image I took. The light from the cabin was reflecting off of the mist rising up from the lake. This was one of the most challenging scenes I've ever tried to shoot because of the lighting. This image was taken just before midnight on January, 9th 2015. I lose all sense of time when I'm shooting because I get so lost in the beauty of the night sky, and so enraptured by the incredible details that my camera can "see" but my eyes cannot. It is so peaceful to sit under the stars. There is nothing I love more than night photography. The driving distance is noteworthy because the night I took this photo I did 6 hours of driving and this was the ONLY photo that turned out! I took this photo at Emerald Lake, British Columbia, which is a 2.5 hour drive from my home.
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