If you want a masterpiece, copy the masterpiece. Well, not exactly. Today on internet you can find anything. There are a lot of famous photographs that you can mimic. For example, Ansel Adams' "Snake River". This is the same angle Ansel Adams discovered many years ago. You can find information on the internet where a picture was taken many times. Now, all you have to do is to buy a plane ticket, go there and take the same shot. With today's technology, you can mimic the masterpiece without too much effort. Of course, it won't be original. But, it would look good in your living room and can impress your friends who don't know many famous photos. (Nikon D800E, Nikkor 16-35mm F4 at 26mm, 1 sec, f/9 with tripod, ISO=200, Graduated filter to darken the sky)
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When the sun sets, it's time to pack and go back to your hotel/tent/cabin? No, it's time to shoot more. Star trail photography is easy. For this pic, I set my camera at 30 sec exposure and f/2.8. Yes, you should set everything manual. I manual-focused a little shy of infinity. You have to play with ISO to find the best exposure with the setting. Once you are satisfied with the exposure (make sure to check the actual picture and histogram), then you can start the time lapse procedure. First you need to turn off the slow shutter noise reduction so that there is no time lag. Then, set the shutter to the continuous mode. Then finally, shoot with a shutter release cable locked. Because it's locked and set continuous, the shutter automatically releases every 30 seconds. For this pic, I shot 5 continuous 30 second shot.
Now glue all those pics in Photoshop. Open all the pics in layers and combine with "lighter" setting. (D800E, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 at 70mm, 30 sec, ISO = 400) Every picture you see in the internet on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park is from the left side so that the old cabin lines up with the Grand Teton (the tallest of the Tetons). Just to make it little different from all the other pictures, I took this shot from the right side. Off course, I lose most of the Tetons but there was a nice cloud scape to fill the left upper corner of the picture. The Tetons are on the west side of the park so that all the good lighting is in the morning. This one however was taken during the sunset with a graduated filter. Because I was facing more south (taking the pic from the right side), I was not directly facing the sun. (Nikon D800E, Nikkor 16-35mm at 17 mm, f/11, 1/50, ISO = 200, WB = auto, Taken JPEG, handheld with graduated filter)
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