So yeah… this is what happens when there is an active volcano nearby. Ash in the atmosphere causes objects that appear white in the night-time sky to take on a beautiful red glow. I had just checked into my “secret hide-away” in Homer, just after 11 pm. I was getting settled in and just happened to glance out my living room window and saw this peaking above the mountain tops. I ran to my car and got my tripod, mounted the 600 f4 on my camera (equaling a 960 mm lens) and blasted away in Live View. I really hope the color translates somewhat over the internet, because the original RAW file is spectacular – I didn’t touch it, except to resize it for the web. These are the real colors – just as I saw them. What an amazing sight to cap off my day. Tomorrow… it’s birds and tide pools! I hope my luck with beautiful subjects and light continues! … looking at it once published, the colors are not nearly as vibrant as they are in the full file – the internet really does a number on available colors. Hey internet gurus, why not dump sRGB for a wider gamut? Everyone has monitors that can handle it now!
Moonrise over Kachemak Bay State Park. Homer, Alaska. Click to Enlarge.
Sweet Dave!
It was one amazing light show. I meant to get up last night to shoot it again, but slept right through my alarm. Must have been tired:)