Venus shines bright in the evening sky at Palisades State Park, South Dakota.
Recently I saw some amazing time lapse video of star and night scenes online. So I resolved to see if I could learn how to do it myself. Shooting the night sky is not easy, but it is the first thing I need to learn in this quest. Last evening was fairly clear early on so I drove to Palisades State Park to try my hand at shooting the stars. I got there with about an hour of sunlight left in order to scout locations... the first batch of photos below are some scenes from around the park as the sun set. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for stopping by.
A stand of fuzzy branches backlight by the low sun. I'm not exactly sure of what kind of branch... possibly sumac?
A last vestige of autumn clings tenuously to a branch in the November breeze.
Late sunlight on the King and Queen rock formations.
The half moon would prove to be a bright light to deal with when the stars came out.
Sunset on Split-Rock Creek.
An airplane streaks across the stars.
Flashlight graffiti by yours truly.
I painted the rock with my flashlight for this shot.
The half moon provided enough light to silhoute the rock formations while I was out. Also, note the glow of Sioux Falls and Brandon Valley in the lower right of these shots. They say the best time to shoot the stars is no moon and the best place are far from any cities so the only light you capture is that of the stars.
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