Northwoods Orion

We are enjoying our holidays at our home in northern WI--it's good to get away from the more urban southern part of the state--and we had a few hours of clear sky last night until just after midnight. I took this photo of Orion over the pines on the shore near our home. It's a 30s exposure with the Nikon D100 and 17-35mm lens at ISO 800. There was a setting 1/2 moon that illuminated the pines and approaching clouds.

It was amazing to stand on the ice and listen to it crack and groan beneath me as it continued to "make ice" as it was only 0F outside. A memorable night.

Jeff

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Very nice shot, Jeff! Is that pretty much "straight" from the camera or did you have to tweak in Photoshop?

Walt

Wow! What a beautiful serene picture. I wish my skies showed a quarter as many strars as your picture does!

Happy New Year

Gregg

Jeff,
Like you said, the "feel" of both images is really great. The moon makes them look almost like twighlight. Couple nice post card there.

Mark

A truly beautiful picture Jeff. The light cast by the moon and reflected by the snow and almost gives the appearance of dusk.

Derrick.

Beautiful Jeff, just beautiful. Zero degrees heh? Chilly!!

Jim Phillips