Cape Leveque Milkyway Self Portrait at Night

[iceman]

These two shots are from our 2 night stay at the stunning Cape Leveque (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/tag/cape-leveque) during my Kimberley (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/tag/kimberley) Photographic tour.

The first shot is a self-portrait with the southern part of the milkyway setting into the Indian Ocean. It’s a 30 second exposure, so I had to try to stay completely still for 30 seconds Not as easy as it seems!

The foreground is illuminated by the 50% Moon, setting in the West over the ocean (which I was staring at!).

The next shot was from night 2, and was taken just a few minutes after the brilliant shooting star blazed across the sky (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2012/07/18/incredible-shooting-star-and-the-milky-way-over-cape-leveque/).

It was taken much earlier in the evening, before 7pm when the milky way was still rising.

Both shots taken with Canon 5D Mk II, 30 second exposures with a Samyang 14mm lens, f/2.8, ISO 3200.

- Large 1 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/263)
- Large 2 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/264)
- Blog (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2012/07/22/cape-leveque-milkyway-self-portrait-at-night/)

Thanks for looking.

[CapturingTheNight]

God I love that location :thumbsup: Great work again Mike. I know full well how hard it is to stand still for 30 seconds. It certainly helps if you have something to lean against or sit down.

[RB]

You finally conquered the horizons, now your nose is crooked.......

:rolleyes:

[sheeny]

:rofl:

Lovely shots Mike... I guess if that's what it takes...:P

Al.

[Deeno]

Lovely shot in a magical location and.....
your nose looks good in profile

[Dennis]

Hi Mike

Excellent photos. I couldn’t help but wonder if a shot of you sitting in a rock niche, or hollow, would also have worked? Your stance and angle in the 1st photo complement the small outcrops either side of you.

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman]

Thanks Greg!
More coming from Cape Leveque.. and then there's the daytime shots! :)
The skies were so dark, never seen anything like it.




ROFL! Thanks RB! :)




Thanks Al :)




haha I keep looking at the shadow behind me in that pic - it looks like a shadow looking backwards! :)




Thanks Dennis! I had a couple of others where I climbed up on the rock but they didn't look as natural, or sometimes I looked too hidden.

[h0ughy]

great shots - no offence but i like the second shot better ;)

[lacad01]

Excellent shots - very patient to stand still for 30 sec :)

[colinmlegg]

You won't believe this - just a few 10s of metres further north is a rock sillouete of a face with a nose just like your shadow nose! I have it on my iPhone! :lol:

Great shot. The shadow really grabs you.

[StephenM]

Nice work Mike! Looks like a great spot.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Nikolas]

All I can say is WOW

[iceman]

haha thanks Dave, but my nose was straight in that shot? :)




Thanks Adam :) A few shots I had to throw away because I moved too much. Harder than it seems!




haha I wondered what was causing that shadow. It looks like my shadow is looking away behind me :)
Thanks for the feedback.




Thanks Stephen! You'd have fun doing some star trails there!




Many thanks for your feedback!