Knowing When to Call It
Sometimes when editing a project, whether it’s a video or a photo, one has to make a hard decision, tens of hours in, to push away from the computer and call a project DONE.
This being my first summer in Maine, I really wanted to photograph fireflies. A single frame image is impressive in its own right, but if one can learn how to stack the images to really show all the tracks of the fireflies in one evening, it can turn a great image into a show-stopper. With how much night photography I do, I’ve always wanted to learn how to stack images, as there are several applications for this in night photography in particular, but it’s felt so daunting to me that I haven’t, until now, learned how. What’s more, I haven’t yet developed a comfort level with Photoshop to even have a basic understanding of how to use it (so there’s your answer if you’ve ever wondered if any of my photos were Photoshopped!).
Acadia’s Best-Kept Secret
Mountain Goat and I are spending the summer in Maine, which, being from California, gives us so many new places to explore. One of several places we wanted to visit was Acadia National Park, with its seashore, lakes and mountains.
One of my goals during the stay was capturing the Milky Way somewhere beautiful. With little familiarity with the park, I asked in a Milky Way FaceBook group for places to photograph it. One of the places suggested was the Schoodic Peninsula. After some cursory research and seeing how spectacular it is, it became the primary place I wanted to shoot.
The weather forecast was all over the place, so I knew I’d need to take the opportunity to photograph it any clear night I could.