El Capitan By Night
Canon EOS 20D, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Focal Length: 10mm, Aperture: f/3.5, Exposure: 10min, ISO100
I spent a cold March evening walking around the Yosemite Valley floor looking for a good spot to compose a decent timelapse photo before settling on this spot where the Northern celestial pole was directly behind the prow of El Capitan. There was almost a full moon that night putting out so much light that any exposures longer than about 15 minutes resulted in a whiteout. I came up with this image after spending about an hour experimenting with different ISO, exposure and aperture settings.
To see more night images of Yosemite Valley, click on the images below:
El Capitan By Night belongs to the following groups:
Astronomy, California Sound , Landscape Photography, Night Photography, Timelapse/Long Exposure Photography and United StatesAvailable for sale as Cards, Matted Prints and Laminated Prints
Jeff Burns, 7 months ago
beautifully done
Nikki Trexel, 7 months ago
that is really well done! i love that the mountain and trees are perfectly visible. this is just great.
dinghysailor1, 7 months ago
A truly wonderful image – well done
Daniel J. McCa..., 7 months ago
Well done. Looks great.
Kevin Harris, 7 months ago
awesome!!
Nolan Nitschke, 7 months ago
very nice. I was been dying to do some night photography in Yosemite!
Michael Bermi..., 7 months ago
It was worth it!!!
Brilliant
Helene Kippert, 7 months ago
Great work!
Christophe Testi, 7 months ago
Fantastic result! Great work.
MuscularTeeth
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7 months ago
ooooooooooh spinny !
Lindsay Knowles, 7 months ago
Fantastic shot Philip
Frank Legault, 7 months ago
Magnificent!!!
Roslyn Lunetta, 7 months ago
nice trails, its almost like a day shot with the light of the moon, worth the hours of cold and thanks for sharing your settings :)
Kasey Lilly, 7 months ago
that’s really neat how the stars sort of frame the mountain. good job
David Harris, 7 months ago
Great capture. Well worth the prep work and this is my spiritual home! I love Yosemite! Great work!
Andy Heatwole, 7 months ago
Excellent work! I’ve never pushed my 20D past 5 minutes but now it looks like I’ve got some experimenting to do. Thanks for the inspiration.
nick board, 7 months ago
Great take, thankyou for the info on the shot.
Scott Ruhs, 7 months ago
Congrats on being featured! Great Job!
canxerart -gra..., 7 months ago
amazing. very well captured
canxerart -gra..., 7 months ago
amazing. very well captured
Charlotte Ottilo, 7 months ago
Incredible capture Phillip!