Too much light is like too much darkness: you cannot see. –  Octavio Paz

Mt Taranaki and the Southern Cross. I’d had this viewpoint in mind for sometime, as it has a convenient carpark and a sweeping bend. Much depends on car speed, headlight direction and high or low beam – plus ISO choice and moon brightness – but my aperture here was too generous. So I’ve densitised the RAW result to get the desired effect.

Choose a local road but don’t leave it too late or you’ll sit waiting for traffic. And as the evening progresses, each passing vehicle takes a greater interest in your purpose out there.

28mm, ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f6.3

Posted by Barney Brewster

Tags: high ISO, light trails, long exposure, moonlight photography, mountain, movement, New Plymouth, Nikon D700, stars, Taranaki, wide angle

Categories: Night photography