Posts Tagged ‘night’
Sequator Procedure (PC)
To help reduce noise in high ISO shots, stacking is becoming a popular option for astro-photographers. First, you must take a number of shots back-to-back with as little delay between them as possible. This means you won’t want any kind of 2-second delay or long exposure noise reduction turned on. Second, you’ll take anywhere from…
Read MoreStarry Landscape Stacker Procedure (Mac)
To help reduce noise in high ISO shots, stacking is becoming a popular option for astro-photographers. First, you must take a number of shots back-to-back with as little delay between them as possible. This means you won’t want any kind of 2-second delay or long exposure noise reduction turned on. Second, you’ll take anywhere from…
Read MoreLong Exposure Noise Reduction
Long Exposure Noise Reduction is a feature we talk a lot about on our night shooting workshops. Most photographers don’t have a clear idea what this function does or why it is necessary. In this article, we’ll explain what is Long Exposure Noise Reduction (LENR), when and where you should use it, and then compare…
Read MoreHigh Uintas Backpacking – Red Castle Lakes
With springtime in the air, now is the time to start planning summer backpacking trips! One location I would highly recommend is Utah’s High Uinta Wilderness. Located just south of the Wyoming border in Eastern Utah, this spectacular backcountry area stretches nearly 60 miles east to west and is home to Utah’s highest peak. The…
Read MoreFalse Kiva
The archaeological site known as False Kiva is one of the most dramatic places in Canyonlands National Park. However, it is seldom visited since there is no marked trailhead and the Park Service doesn’t publish directions on how to get there. The reason is simple: if too many people visited the site, it wouldn’t be…
Read MoreBoise Inversion Star Trails
For the past couple weeks, Boise has been socked in by a heavy inversion. This occurs when cold air in the valley is unable to escape and fog/pollution accumulates. This typically happens every January since the Winter days are short and the sun angle is too low to help clear it out. Since we haven’t…
Read MoreIce On The Racetrack
Last week, my friend Jeremy went out on a quick photo trip. Since he had never been to Death Valley, we decided to venture out the Racetrack. With only one day to spend there, we weren’t sure what to expect and we had no idea what the current conditions were like. For those of you…
Read MoreYellowstone in the Fall
During first weekend of Oct. 2012, I went to Jackson, WY with the intent of photographing fall colors in the Tetons. Unfortunately, the color was lacking that year since it was so dry and the air was hazy from wildfire activity (mostly from my home state of Idaho). Thus, I decided to head North to…
Read MoreSpringtime in the Sawtooths
In early May of this year, I ventured up to Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains for some weekend photography. This area boasts a plethora of great alpine scenery and fun hiking routes. So why would you want to go in the Spring? First, the mountains still have snow on them which lend well to photographs. Second, it’s…
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